St. Louis American Newspaper Spotlights both SIUE’s Media Event of Viola “Mother” Ford Fletcher and the WE CARE Clinic’s New Mobile Health Unit and Health Fair
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Simone Williams, diversity and engagement librarian at Lovejoy Library and assistant professor, was part of a front-page article in the March 28-April 3 edition of the St. Louis American that featured the University event that brought Viola “Mother” Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, to campus on March 19.
Simone shared that Mother Fletcher, co-author with her grandson Ike Howard of “Don’t Let Them Bury My Story: The Oldest Living Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre In Her Own Words,” was brought to campus to mark “living history.”
In the same edition under “Your Health Matters,” SIUE School of Nursing’s (SON) WE CARE Clinic was highlighted for displaying its new mobile health unit during a health fair co-sponsored with Kappa Alpha Psi, East St. Louis Alumni.
“The mission of the WE CARE Clinic is to advance health equity through access to care, patient-provider concordance and student readiness to practice,” said Jerrica Ampadu, PhD, RN, CCP, associate professor in the SON and Clinic director. “In 2022, the clinic was awarded a $4 million grant from the Health Resources Service Administration to establish a mobile health unit.” The $270,000 mobile health unit is called WE CARE Clinic REACH, which stands for Responding, Educating, Advocating for Community Health.
Among other things, Ampadu shared how the clinic was awarded a $4 million grant from the Health Resources Service Administration to establish the mobile health unit.
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Viola “Mother” Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, visited the SIUE campus on March 19.
(L-R): Shown in front of the WE CARE Clinic REACH mobile unit are Nakiya Vincent, Tierra Smith APRN, MSN, FNP; Myjal Garner DNP, APRN, FNRC; Jasmine Getalla and Riley Hughes, both SON students.
