Mayor Elicker to join Local Partners to Launch Black Church Project to Address Alcohol and Other Drug Use
The Black Church Project will provide substance use treatment to residents struggling with alcohol and other drugs to determine best way to offer care
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Tomorrow morning, New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker will join Dr. Ayana Jordan, leadership from addiction clinic MCCA, Community Services Administrator Dr. Mehul Dalal, Rev. Streets, and members of the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church to launch The Black Church Project. The Black Church Project was recently awarded $3M from the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, within the National Institutes of Health.
The need for programs like The Black Church Project is necessary because of severe health problems associated with people of color who use alcohol and other drugs, but don’t feel comfortable or safe accessing traditional settings for addiction treatment. Even though the Black community uses alcohol and other drugs at lower or at equal rates to the White community, the Black community has more severe health problems related to their substance use like higher rates of HIV, Hepatitis C and other diseases and are more likely to be put in jail as a result of their use. By partnering with Dixwell Church and community members, The Black Church project could really help communities of color with alcohol and other drug problems get the help they need in a way that speaks to them and honors their humanity and culture. The goal in this project is to get our community to seek alcohol and other drug treatment and stay in treatment.
Black Church Project Launch
Mayor Elicker, Dr. Jordan, Dr. Dalal, Rev. Streets, and MCCA leadership
Dixwell United Congregational Church
217 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven, CT
Thursday, November 5, 2020
11:00 AM
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