Meet Timothy Johnson, President and CEO of the United Way of the Bluegrass. Timothy is a self-described "poverty reduction specialist" and champions health through financial empowerment.
Listen as Timothy shares his journey to Lexington, the importance of helping the community meet basic needs and experience financial empowerment, and current United Way of the Bluegrass initiatives to reach these. You can learn more about Timothy Johnson and the United Way of the Bluegrass at www.uwbg.org.
Joining host Gerald "GEO" Gibson as a co-host for this episode is Rachael Corrone. Rachael is the #IChampionHealth program assistant, a United Way of the Bluegrass fellow, and a UK PhD candidate.
This episode was recorded from the new Marksbury Family WayPoint Center at the Historic Palmer Pharmacy, which opens to the community on May 13, 2024.
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#IChampionHealth is a collaboration between the PREVENT Community-Engaged Alliance in the UK College of Education, Operation Making A Change, and the United Way of the Bluegrass.
This project is supported by funds made available by the Kentucky Department for Public Health’s Office of Health Equity from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, under RFA-OT21-2103. The contents of this podcast are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of or endorsement by the Kentucky Department for Public Health or the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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