5 years of violence prevention and recovery efforts

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5 years of violence prevention and recovery efforts

WhenDr. Oyinkansola Okubanjothinks back on her childhood growing up on the South Side of Chicago, she remembers all the free programs run by community organizations that helped shape her as a teen. “Community organizations saved us all,” says Dr. Okubanjo, an emergency medicine physician atAdvocate Health Careand medical director of DEI for Advocate Medical Group. […]

Source: The Crusader Newspaper Group

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