Proyecto RAICES a Health Disparities Project Winner

When Akron Beacon Journal reporter Betty Lin-Fisher received a health reporting grant of $3,000 from the Cleveland based Center for Community Solutions, she decided to redistribute the money to address the issue of racism as a public health crisis.

Now, three Summit County programs have each been named as winners of $1,000 apiece, selected by a group of Northeast Ohio judges that included Amy Lee, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A., a professor of family and community medicine and the program director for the Consortium of Eastern Ohio Master of Public Health program.

One of the winners is Proyecto RAICES, a program that serves Hispanic and Latino youth in Akron and plans to work with NEOMED students for its bilingual healthy food project. 

Read about the winners in the Akron Beacon Journal article.