The following is a speech as prepared for delivery by Yvette Highsmith-Francis this morning at the Martin Luther King Jr. breakfast in Meriden. I am sure that many of us have been impacted by Dr. King’s life and legacy both directly and indirectly. As a young woman, raised by a single mom, living in public housing, living in poverty financially but wealthy in love and support – Dr. King’s legacy became very relevant to me in a serendipitous way –…
A message from Mark and Margaret to the CHC family: This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, let me take a moment to thank each and every member of the CHC family for your work in helping us realize Dr. King’s dream. In his great “I have a dream” speech, Dr. King said, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin…
When we hear the words “cervical cancer”, it is generally understood that only women can be diagnosed with this disease. This is true, as the male body does not contain a cervix. Thinking exclusively in this manner, however, can result in missing out on the larger discussion that surrounds cervical cancer: that of dealing with genital human papillomavirus, or HPV. January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, though the scope of this effort is broader than the title might suggest. Cervical…
Mark and Margaret speak with Lygiea Ricciardi, Acting Director of Consumer e-Health at the Office of the National Coordinator at the Department of Health and Human Services. Ms. Ricciardi discusses plans at ONC to accelerate the e-health movement which seeks to make electronic health records available to all patients so they can be better informed stewards and consumers of their own medical care.
Meet Deanna Lampo, a FoodCorps Service Member based out of the CHC, Inc. in New Britain! – Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I graduated from Millersville University of Pennsylvania with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Sociology, with a minor in Cultural Anthropology and concentrated the majority of my undergraduate research on Food and Culture. – What about joining CHC most excites you? Being a part of team that is working so diligently to improve communities…
We are proud to announce that Julie Nash, Ph.D. and Behavioral Health Clinician at CHC, is now a fully-certified Registered Play Therapist-Supervisor! This esteemed credential is granted by the Association for Play Therapy (APT) and is the highest level of recognition awarded through the organization. Now, you might be thinking, what exactly is play therapy? According to Julie, there are two definitions of play therapy that are particularly helpful. The first is the formal definition provided by APT, which states…