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Food for Thought

In this VCU News article, Rich Killingsworth, executive director of the VCU Health Hub at 25th, and Stephanie Flowers, community health worker and outreach coordinator at the hub, provide insights on food insecurity in the East End community.

East End health and wellness center welcomes five community ambassadors

The ambassador program convenes East End residents with diverse backgrounds, lived experiences and perspectives to serve as liaisons between the VCU Health Hub at 25th and the greater East End community.

VCU Health Hub at 25th awards health equity community microgrants to 12 Richmond East End organizations

The Health Equity Community Microgrants Initiative was developed to provide capacity-building funding for grassroots, community-based organizations located in the East End to create new and/or enhance existing programming to address community-identified needs and social determinants of health impacting residents of the East End.