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It Takes A Village is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization whose
mission is to reduce health and social disparities among people of color in the Denver/Aurora, Colorado metropolitan
area.
It Takes a Village and Brother Jeff's Community Health Initiative celebrate together as well as collaborate to provide community programs.
Our name is based upon our principle that the consciousness of people
of color can best be raised by working with leaders from the community
and including those leaders and agencies which have a history and
natural inclination to work best with the communities they serve.
In many instances, agencies get funding for programs and projects
to educate their community about issues, and base their programs
on that funding. We are program driven. We involve the community
in identifying and evaluating the need for programs, find appropriate
community members or agencies to work on those programs, and then
find funding for all involved collaborators to implement the programs.
Thus, we utilize the village resources in order to serve the village.
Executive Director Imani S. Latif rallies the crowd for World AIDS Day.
In addition, all of our programs utilize peer educators who have
intimate knowledge of the issues being addressed and with whom the
community can identify. Our principles are based in culture,
compassion, respect, kindness, and a commitment to excellence.
Our community's health and social problems are rooted in our history
and culture, and can only be solved by recognizing and incorporating
knowledge of that history and culture in our programs.
© 2007-10 It Takes a Village. All Rights Reserved.
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