Who We Are
The Wellness Collaborative, Inc, founded by Jeanette Callahan MD (Pediatrician), Karen Craddock Ph.D. (Psychologist) and Robin Reed MD (Internist) —is a wellness educational nonprofit located in Roxbury MA that provides an innovative solution to eliminating health care disparities. We provide educational insight and best practices that promote sustainable personal and community health, wellness, and resilience.
TWC is unique because of our interdisciplinary framework, ethnocultural focus and strengths-based approach to the social determinants of health. Rather than using the typical labeling of social and environmental issues as “determinants,” we frame them as “influencers,” which means they do influence but are not fixed or fated determinants of our health.
TWC seeks to solve the problem of health disparities by addressing these social influencers of health through a people-centric, community and partnership model to co-create collections, programs and support collaborative solutions.
TWC's innovative approach strategically links people, programs, practices and policies that engage and impact Black and Brown communities and leaders of all kinds. We convene and curate programs by incorporating our signature 7 Disciplines of Wellness©.
Our 4 Pillars
Our Team
Advisory Board
Community Board Members
leaf denotes Seed Membership
Fanta Atkinson, Ph.D., LMHC
Director at the Center for Homicide Bereavement at the Cambridge Health Alliance
Consultant/ Workshop Facilitator-Private Practice
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-fanta-atkinson-22540b259/
Richard Booth, Ph.D., LMHC
Clinician-Brown University Counseling Services
Board of Trustees Member-Village Green Virtual Charter School
Clinician/ Consultant/ Workshop Facilitator-Private Practice
Steven Craddock
Managing Director
Economic Development, Diversity & Inclusion
Councilman, Wampanoag Tribe Aquinnah
Jerel Ferguson
Education & Volunteer Coordinator
The Urban Farming Institute
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerel-ferguson-086651329/
Ashleigh Gordon
Artistic/Executive Director
Castle of our Skins
Michelle Holmes, MD, Dr.PH.
Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School
https://cdnm.bwh.harvard.edu/michelle-d-holmes-md-phd/
Xenia Johnson Bhembe, MD
Sahar Lawrence
Community Engagement Officer
Mary Ann Nelson, Esq.
Executive Director
Mission Hill Health Movement
Jeri Robinson
Boston School Committee
Retired VP,
Early Learning Initiatives - The Boston Children’s Museum
https://www.bostonpublicschools.org/school-committee/about/jeri-robinson-chair
Khalil Saddiq
Gerda St. Fort, RN
Retired RN
Cambridge Health Alliance
Joyce Swagerty, M.Ed.
Irischa Valentin
Seed Partners
leaf denotes Seed Membership
Community Partners
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Authentic Caribbean Foundation
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Western Mass Black Nurses Association
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Indian Orchard Community Council
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East Springfield Neighborhood Council
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True Alliance Center
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Zili Misik Project
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Tele Louange Broadcast
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Sparc! The Artmobile & Friends
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Rebel Cause
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Align Healthcare
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Race Recovery Project
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Roxbury Cultural District
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The Reconciliation & Restoration Foundation
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SEL4MA
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Alegna Health
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Boston Public Health Commission
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MCAAP-Children’s Mental Health Task Force
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American Nurses Association
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New England Regional Black Nurses Association
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Castle of Our Skins (COOS)
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Elder Health Care Disparities Coalition
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Western Mass Black Nurses Association
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Mindful&Melinated
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The Food Project (TFP)
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KT&T Distributors
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Adolfo Cuevas, PhD
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Margaret Kiwanuka, MSW, LCSW
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Risheen Brown, LICSW
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Walter Raleigh Higgs, MDiv, MSW, LCSW
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Nissi Naturals
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Anan Botanica: Kitchen and Backyard Remedies
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Vyvyane Loh, M.D.
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Jamaine S. Davis, PhD
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Kemi Babagbemi, M.D.
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Vaccination Conversations with Scientists: Cornell Medical School
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American Nurses Association
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Crystal Dawn Silas, M.D.
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Marlene Boyette
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Nyell Jeudy
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Thea L. James, M.D.
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JoAnna Rorie, Midwife
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Amina Shaw-Moss, LCAT-LP
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Natasha’s Homemade Organic Body Butter
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Love Your Menses, Inc.
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PureSpark
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New England Medical Association (NEMA)
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Community Conversations: Sister2Sister