i grew up in zinga a jabu, and it was like, you don't let any one mispronounce your name. You are four years old. And if somebody mispronounces your name, then you are too politely correct them and let them know how your name is pronounced. I can remember very young, probably maybe like four or five years old, being on picket lines protesting injustice. What a powerful foundation to start with. jo see your dad out there in the world, forceubly modelling the behavior,. rather than just saying these are the rules by whichlike, we're supposed to live.
As a physician with specialties in addiction medicine and psychiatry who has spent her career focusing on stigma reduction and health equity, Nzinga Harrison is uniquely positioned to help people navigate the stress of current events including from opioid crisis and COVID to racial violence and systemic injustice and move from thinking to action with the goal of improving health and society. Dr. Harrison is the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health, an innovative company who provides comprehensive outpatient care for individuals experiencing opioid and other substance use disorders. She also holds adjunct faculty appointments at the Morehouse School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry, is Co-Founder of Physicians for Criminal Justice Reform, Inc. and Campaign Psychiatrist for Let’s Get Mentally Fit, a public education and stigma-reduction campaign. As host of the In Recovery weekly podcast by Lemonada Media, she engages a large audience on all things addiction including drug addiction, but also other addictions, for example food, sex, gambling.
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