The reopening event for a reimagined Center for Health Equity was a passionate affair, meant to stoke community pride and togetherness while highlighting the need to increase health equity through a racial equity.
Foundation for a Healthy St. Petersburg’s (FHSP) leadership held three discussions Friday to honor the long-awaited occasion, themed “Create: The Center Experience.” A quote from the late South African Bishop Desmond Tutu encapsulated the theme: “My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
The Center Experience began with a literal boom as the Lakewood High School Drumline emerged from behind curtains, dancing and playing their percussion instruments. Dr. Donna Petersen, FHSP board chair, then likened the reopening to someone awakening from a deep slumber to see the dawn of a new day. Read more
