“I see the staff of the CEC as being like a point guard of a basketball game,” says Vernard Alexander. “We're the connector between Pitt and the Homewood community and greater opportunity.”
Homewood
Vernard Alexander Named Director of the Community Engagement Center in Homewood
Vernard Alexander serves as the new Director of the Community Engagement Center (CEC) in Homewood, effective Nov. 13, 2023.
This Pitt program trains members of Black churches to provide bereavement counseling
Researchers from Pitt’s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences are helping address racial disparities in mental health care by training congregants of Black churches in Pittsburgh’s Homewood neighborhood and Wilkinsburg Borough in counseling skills, creating new entry points for residents to access services.