MEDIA ADVISORY: Public Health Opens Community Healing and Trauma Prevention Center in South LA

County of Los Angeles, California sent this bulletin at 09/04/2018 08:25 AM PDT
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Media Contact: media@ph.lacounty.gov - (213) 240-8144

For Immediate Release:
September 4, 2018

Media Advisory: 

Public Health Opens Community Healing and Trauma Prevention Center in South Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES – On Wednesday, September 5, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas along with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and community partners will unveil the Community Healing and Trauma Prevention Center (The Center) at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Public Health in Willowbrook. The Center provides a safe community space to support community dialogue, mobilization of community resources and leaders, and community-based work aimed at improving the social determinants of health and the root causes of complex trauma in South Los Angeles.

The Center will serve a community that experiences the highest rates of assault-related trauma and homicide in Los Angeles County. South Los Angeles homicide rates are nearly four times higher than the rest of the county. 


WHEN:       

Wednesday, September 5, 2018
Tours begin at 10:00 a.m.
Speaker remarks at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE:     

MLK Center for Public Health
11833 Wilmington Ave, Willowbrook, CA 90059

WHO:                       

  • Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, County of Los Angeles, District 2
  • Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
  • Jan King, MD, MPH, Area Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
  • Deborah Prothrow-Stith, MD, Dean and Professor at Charles R. Drew University College of Medicine
  • Ebony Luchien, Resident, Volunteers of America, and Community Action for Peace member
  • Leticia Martinez, Resident, Best Start Leadership, and Community Action for Peace member
  • Kevin Orange, Resident, Soledad Enrichment Action, Advocates 4 Peace & Urban Unity, and Community Action for Peace member

CONTACT: 

LA County Department of Public Health | (213) 240-8144 | media@ph.lacounty.gov

INFO:

  • Guided tour of Community Healing and Trauma Prevention Center
  • Performances by Aztec dancers from Our Lady of Victory Church and Rhythm Arts Alliance Drumming Circle
  • Original artwork created by local artists, including an original mural titled The Healing Tree, by Los Angeles based illustrator and social impact designer Grace Lynne

If you require additional accommodations, please call (213) 240-8144.