Elaine R. Ferguson, MD, a noted pioneering holistic physician, author, and the founder of One Health, LLC, has launched Rise & Thrive™: Healing Hate’s Invisible Harm, a groundbreaking holistic healing initiative designed to provide a vast array of programs, services, and other learning resources to inform, inspire and help urban communities heal deep wounds caused by racism.
According to U.S. government statistics, each and every day over 200 African Americans die prematurely due to their exposure to racism. While institutionalized and systemic racism remains a well-defined risk factor, the corrosive impact of daily exposure to prejudice and hate remains an overlooked factor. It is the most toxic aspect of racism’s destructive health harm. In 2020, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) finally declared racism, a public health crisis.
