A Contra Costa County woman is taking Black wellness into her own hands after she said county plans for a health and wellness center are taking too long.
Gigi Crowder, the executive director of the Contra Costa affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is launching a community-led African American Holistic Wellness and Resource Hub at the Delta Bay Community Church in Antioch.
“It just became apparent to me that we needed our own place to heal because all of these institutions have so many disparities specific to African Americans,” said Crowder…