Congratulations to Cottage Grove Neighborhood Association!
At the Movers of Mountains 2025 Annual Dinner of Mustard Seed Community Health, the Cottage Grove Neighborhood Association was recognized and presented the Partner Award for supporting community, health, and environmental justice. This year's theme was "Embodied Connecting Environmental Justice and Community Health".
Cottage Grove Neighborhood Association and New Hope Community Development Group members, and many community partners and supporters attended the dinner. The award was accepted by Cottage Grove Neighborhood Association Resident Leader, Geneva Headen. Geneva is a member and serves as treasurer for the association. She is one of the inaugural members of the association. The program included a fireside chat on Environmental Justice & Community Health moderated by Bethany Chafin, Assistant News Director, WFDD. Ms. Sherri White Williams, Executive Director of the Environmental Justice Community Action Network, and Dr. Elizabeth Mulberry, Founder of Mustard Seed Community Health, were members of the discussion panel.
Congratulations to Cottage Grove Neighborhood Association! Thank you for your support of the community, health, and environmental justice.
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