USA Health Center for Healthy Communities

04/10/2026

CHC’s Community Garden Serves the Community

Recently, Pastor Sandy McQueen from Truevine Missionary Baptist Church and his daughter visited the USA Health Center for Healthy Communities Garden. Established in December of 2025, the garden is focused on providing fresh produce to clients served by CHC's programs and community members. Pastor McQueen picked up collards, lettuce, and radishes to share with seniors in his congregation. In March and early April, CHC provided a total of 18 bunches of collards, 15 heads of lettuce, and 64 radishes to participants served by the…...

Recently, Pastor Sandy McQueen from Truevine Missionary Baptist Church and his daughter visited the USA Health Center for Healthy Communities Garden. Established in December of 2025, the garden is …

04/07/2026

Violence is preventable, but only if we’re equipped to respond.

We’re bringing together leaders, professionals, and community members for a FREE Community Violence Intervention Training right here in Mobile.

This is about more than information; this is about action.
Learning how to intervene.
How to support.
How to break cycles.

If you care about your community, you need to be in this room.

📅 April 21 & 23 (1–5 PM) OR April 25 (10 AM–4 PM)
📍 HALO House – 578 Stanton Rd.
💲 FREE

Spots are limited. Scan the QR code and lock in your seat. Registration closes on Friday, April 17th , at 5:00 pm.

Let’s build safer communities—together.

04/07/2026

STEMM Scholar Presentation: The Wellness Stand

Rylie McGill and Zulma Molina-Lopez, students in the 25-26 school year cohort of the STEMM Scholars program, explored providing direct services to the homeless population of Mobile for their final project.

Rylie McGill and Zulma Molina-Lopez, students in the 25-26 school year cohort of the STEMM Scholars program, explored providing direct services to the homeless population of Mobile for their final …

04/03/2026

STEMM Scholar Presentation: Water Quality in Steel Creek

Josie Nations, a student in the 25-26 school year cohort of the STEMM Scholar program, conducted water quality tests of Steel Creek in Satsuma and presented the results.

Josie Nations, a student in the 25-26 school year cohort of the STEMM Scholar program, conducted water quality tests of Steel Creek in Satsuma and presented the results.

04/02/2026

STEMM Scholar Presentation: Destroyed or Relocated?: The Impacts Associated with Common Litter and Waste Disposal Methods

Camille Evans and Devale Cunningham, students in the 25-26 school year cohort of the STEMM Scholars program, explored the impacts of common waste disposal methods for their final project.

Camille Evans and Devale Cunningham, students in the 25-26 school year cohort of the STEMM Scholars program, explored the impacts of common waste disposal methods for their final project.

03/26/2026

Today, we distributed produce from our garden to clients in the HALO program that serves patients treated for gunshot wounds at University Hospital. We also provided a box to a client from our Building Safer Communities Collaborative for justice-involved youth. The community garden was made possible by a grant from the Junior League of Mobile and a lot of support from Mobile Urban Growers.

03/19/2026

Meeting Goals on the Path to Transformation

The Building Safer Communities Collaborative (BSCC) provides a public health, trauma informed care approach to working with justice involved youth. Young people are referred by probation intake officers at the Strickland Youth Center and assigned a community health worker (CHW). During the 6-month program, the CHW meets with the youth and his family to set goals, connect them with community resources, and to reflect on what they want for their future....

The Building Safer Communities Collaborative (BSCC) provides a public health, trauma informed care approach to working with justice involved youth. Young people are referred by probation intake off…

03/19/2026

We are advocating for better transportation, a huge barrier for patients accessing medical services, jobs, and other resources. The city of Mobile is excited to look at transportation from a public health perspective. They want to hear from the community. What would you call the new and improved transit system?

03/16/2026

Engaging for Community Health

On Saturday march 14, 2026, the USA Health Center for Healthy Communities and the Mobile Metropolitan Medical Society partnered with Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Bay to host a medical town hall. Pastor Mark Williams and Minister Alice Wells welcomed the panel of eight doctors and encouraged attendees to think about health. Dr. Ashely Williams, director of the Center for Healthy Communities, opened the session with a discussion on the ways diabetes, high blood pressure, and arthritis affects the body....

On Saturday march 14, 2026, the USA Health Center for Healthy Communities and the Mobile Metropolitan Medical Society partnered with Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Grand Bay to host a medic…

03/11/2026