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From YouTube: Community Caring Clinic Ribbon Cutting
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In Roxbury's Dudley Square, Mayor Walsh, alongside co-founders Abdifatah Ahmed and Mohamed Abdullahi, cut the ribbon on the Community Caring Clinic. With this new facility, the co-founders begin to fulfill their dream of helping the local Muslim and immigrant communities get connected to mental health services.
A
Long
ago
my
name
is
Sara
Galati
I'm,
one
of
the
clinicians
at
the
community,
caring
clinic
and
I'll,
be
the
MC
for
today.
So
first
we
have
chef
yasser
from
me.
The
senior
imam
of
islamic
societies-
boston,
cultural
community
center,
who
will
be
leading
us
in
prayers
if
you
could
join
us.
Thank
you
so
much.
B
Salamualikum'
so
now
with
hundred
analysis,
salam
ala,
rasulina,
allah
and
wasabi
human
wanna
in
the
name
of
God,
the
gracious,
the
merciful
to
him
we
belong
and
to
him
we
shall
return.
We
ask
him:
is
the
infant
Grace
and
boundless
mercy
to
send
an
abundance
of
prayers
and
peace
upon
all
of
his
illustrious
prophets
and
messengers?
Amen.
B
I
just
want
to
begin
by
saying
that
it's
truly
an
honor
to
be
here
this
afternoon.
I
think
this
initiative
by
our
dear
brothers
and
sisters,
Muhammad
and
many
others,
is
truly
a
significant
and,
if
not,
you
know
momentous
occasion
to
see
that
such
institutions
are
being
built
in
our
communities
to
serve
really
critical
needs,
especially
in
the
space
of
mental
health
and
wellness
and
spiritual
well-being
that
such
such
Institute's
and
such
efforts
are
critically
needed.
B
In
this
moment,
I
really
hope
that
this
is
gonna,
be
a
special
star
and
towards
greater
healing,
because
I
think
that
in
our
communities,
especially
in
Boston,
we
need
a
lot
of
healing.
We
need
a
lot
of
wellness
and
especially
the
beautiful
hearts
and
souls
that
are
behind
this
initiative.
I
hope
and
pray
that
we'll
bring
a
lot
of
wellness
into
our
community.
So
with
that
we'll
pray,
we
ask
Allah
subhana
WA
Ta'ala.
B
We
ask
God
to
to
bless
this
effort
to
bless
this
initiative,
to
make
it
a
guiding
light
for
the
hearts
and
souls
of
so
many
in
our
community.
I
ask
him
to
to
bless
all
of
those
who
strive
and
struggle
every
day
to
serve
this
community,
to
bless
all
of
our
elected
officials,
the
mayor
and
to
bless
all
of
our
Institute's
and
organizations.
All
of
our
efforts
to
bring
wellness
and
betterment
I
ask
God
to
bless
us
all
and
to
bring
wellness
to
our
community.
A
D
D
So
you
know,
as
we
are
seeing
a
ever-increasing
number
of
students
of
young
folks
from
all
walks
of
life,
high
school
students,
middle
school
students,
unfortunately,
and
especially
college-age
kids,
who
are
reporting
more
and
more
incidents
of
incidences
of
mental
health
issues,
addressing
mental
health
in
our
communities,
both
as
Americans
and
specifically
as
Americans
of
color
and
as
Muslim
Americans.
This
is
a
probably
one
of
the
most,
if
not
the
most,
defining
issue
of
our
decade
and
it's
going
to
get
worse.
As
the
climate
worsens.
D
We
live
in
a
ever
challenging
climate,
where
students
and
young
community
members
are
oftentimes
experiencing
a
great
deal
of
anxiety
about
their
identity.
Their
experience
a
great
deal
of
anxiety
about
what
it
means
to
be
a
person
of
color
in
this
time
what
it
means
to
be
a
Muslim
American
in
this
time
what
it
means
to
come
from
an
immigrant
background
in
this
time
or
whether
you're
on
campus,
whether
you
are
in
the
public
school,
you
have
a
child
in
the
public
school
system,
you're
going
to
be
confronted
with
this,
either
directly
or
indirectly.
D
The
demands
that
are
on
the
campus
community,
the
demands
and
our
family,
the
demands,
our
clergy
members,
to
help
bring
healing
and
wellness
to
an
ever-increasing
number
of
young
people
that
find
themselves
in
a
climate
of
negative
bias
through
no
fault
of
their
own.
That
challenge
is
something
that
no
one
institution
or
two
institutions
can
deal
with.
It
does
take
a
village
to
raise
our
children.
It
does
take
a
community
to
step
in
and
what
has
the
well-being
of
our
children?
D
Last
month,
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
mentioned
racism
and
hated
patron
bias
as
the
number
one
one
of
the
primary
factors
that
affects
the
health
of
the
development
of
children
that
hatred
racism
affects
the
health
of
children.
So
it's
not
only
a
public
health
issue.
It's
a
social
health
issue.
This
is
a
major
detriment.
That's
affecting
our
children
as
Muslim
Americans.
We
are
finding
that
the
climate
of
hate
and
hatred
bigotry
is
constantly
affecting
our
well-being,
psychologically
mentally,
spiritually
and,
in
some
cases,
even
physically.
D
So
this
kind
of
institution
here
this
kind
of
devoted
this
type
of
resource,
which
devotes
itself
to
bringing
practitioners
and
clinicians
to
the
frontlines
right
in
the
center
of
the
city,
to
bring
the
best
help
the
best
professional
help,
the
best
spiritual
help.
The
best
experience
you
help
to
students
of
our
backgrounds
to
try
to
address
a
major
public
health
crisis.
This
is
a
blessing
in
our
community.
This
is
a
blessing
for
all
of
us
as
Americans.
D
So
this
is
something
that
requires
the
attention:
the
resources,
the
devotion
of
modest
clinicians,
of
it
divided
into
votes.
It
requires
the
devotion
and
attention
of
law
enforcement,
of
community
officials,
of
social
workers,
educators,
family
members,
teachers
more
and
more
and
more
of
us
have
to
do
what
we
can
to
stem
the
tide
of
a
mental
health
crisis
that
is
affecting
folks
that
unfortunately
presents
itself
in
heightened
increased
notions
and
heightened
increased
levels
of
depression,
anxiety
and,
unfortunately,
attempted
suicide
and
suicide.
D
A
E
Thank
you
very
much
for
that
introduction
Chara
bomber
morning,
wash
also
to
dr.
Amer
and
dr.
Abdullah,
also
Bob
Johnson,
the
president
of
a
so
light
Institute
all
the
office
workers,
all
the
help.
All
of
you
here
greetings
to
you
from
Nami.
That's
the
National
Alliance
on
Mental
Illness
of
Massachusetts.
It's
an
honor
for
us
to
be
here
to
show
it
community
coloring
clinic
on
that
grand
over
give
a
big
hand,
clap
for
this
Brandel.
E
So
glad
to
see
one
of
my
board
members
to
have
dr.
Roy
here
with
us,
but
I
was
reading
about
the
mayor.
Your
great
mayor
here.
This
is
great
when
the
mayor
can
come
out
to
such
occasion
like
this
and
how
tumor
he
promised
the
champion
of
24-hour
Boston,
meaning
that
he's
gonna
for
24
hours
a
day
he'll
be
around.
You
will
see
him
somewhere
champion
the
cause
of
those
who
trying
to
improve
themselves
and
make
Boston
a
better
place
to
live
and
he's
right
here
today.
E
E
Is
there
that
people
want
to
live
here?
They
live
here.
Why
am
I
saying
that
to
you,
because
teamwork
is
important,
we're
not
a
team,
because
we
work
together.
We
are
team
because
we
respect
trust
and
care
about
each
other.
That's
what
makes
us
a
team
making
sure
that
different
voices
are
hold,
that
people
feel
respected
and
valued
and
that
they
are
in
environments
that
they
can
do
their
best
work.
E
Equity
is
critical
to
the
long-term
viability
and
success
of
any
city
in
any
nation.
Beginning
idea,
racial
disparity,
for
instance,
which
is
a
problem
in
our
nation,
there's
also
widely
known
that
people
with
mental
illness.
Every
representative
in
the
criminal
justice
system,
the
most
recent
data
born
from
a
bill
of
justice
statistics,
show
that
more
than
one-quarter
people
at
jail
meet
the
threshold
for
serious
psychological
distress
and
nearly
half
have
been
told
by
mental
health
profession
that
they
have
a
mental
illness.
E
E
There
is
also
substantial
evidence
of
racial
and
ethical
disabilities
in
the
community
mental
health
care.
That's
documented
by
the
US
Surgeon
General's
report
on
mental
health.
Racial
inequity,
minorities
have
let
have
less
access
to
mental
health
services.
The
right
people
or
less
to
receive
lead
occur
the
more
likely
to
receive
per
quality
curve
well
treated.
E
A
Thank
you,
dr.
Boyd.
Next
I
will
be
reading
the
press
release
for
the
community
caring
clinic
community
caring
clinic
at
55
Warren
Street
is
a
new
behavioral
health
clinic
founded
by
two
pharmacist,
dr.
happy
fuzzy
admin
and
dr.
Mohammed
Abdullah.
The
mission
of
community
caring
clinic
is
to
provide
a
high
quality,
behavioral
health
service,
with
integrative
holistic
approaches
tailored
toward
low-income
and
underserved
communities.
A
The
clinic
has
a
specific
focus
on
mental
health
awareness
within
the
immigrant
refugee
and
Muslim
communities.
These
individuals
and
families
faced
many
barriers
to
treatment
which
include
feelings
of
shame,
cultural
stigma,
language
barriers,
a
lack
of
familiarity
and
trust
with
the
behavioral
health
care
system
and
the
high
cost
of
treatment.
The
community
caring
clinic
is
here
to
bridge
the
gap
between
behavioral
health
services
and
their
neighbors
needs.
The
community
caring
clinic
services
will
include
individual
family
and
group
therapy
and
community
support
programs.
Dr.
Abdul,
Fattah
Hamid
and
dr.
A
Muhammad
Abdullah
were
born
in
Somalia
and
graduated
from
the
Massachusetts
College
of
Pharmacy
and
health
sciences.
Both
have
personally
experienced
the
trauma
of
being
forceful,
forcefully
uprooted
from
their
homes
as
young
boys
being
refugees
in
foreign
countries
and
coming
to
the
United
States
as
immigrants
and
cultural
and
religious
minorities.
These
experiences
have
led
to
dedication
to
serving
immigrant
and
refugee
youth
and
families.
Dr.Mohammed
serves
the
Muslim
community
in
Greater
Boston
area,
as
a
teacher
scholar
for
onic
studies
and
Arabic
language.
A
He
also
serves
as
a
spiritual
guide
and
a
mentor
for
many
youth
and
family
members
in
Roxbury
area.
Dr.
Abdul
Fattah
has
spent
much
of
his
professional
career
working
with
immigrants
and
refugee
youth
and
their
families,
with
a
special
emphasis
on
teaching
how
to
overcome
trauma
and
how
to
apply
strength
to
achieve
one's
dreams
and
contribute
to
the
community.
Thank
you
all
for
your
presence
with
us
today.
A
F
Okay
for
the
various
office,
so
I
just
wanted
to
say,
but
I
just
wanted
to
give
you
a
welcome
from
the
merchants
and
also
from
our
community
in
one
thing
that
people
don't
know
in
Dudley
square.
One
third
of
the
businesses
here
are
immigrant
businesses
and
I
actually
have
20
Somali
American
businesses
here.
F
Healthcare,
retail
accounting
meat
market,
everything
so
they're,
hardworking
people,
and
we
want
to
welcome
you
to
Dudley
square
I,
also
want
to
acknowledge
the
building
that
they're
in
is
the
waster
comunidades
building
they
developed
this
building,
there's
nobody
here
from
the
waste
of
the
day,
and
so,
but
that's
basically
all
we
want
our.
We
want
to
give
the
mayor
some
time
to
speak.
We
know
he
has
a
busy
schedule
so
welcome
to
Dudley
and
I
hope.
You
come
back
again.
A
G
H
It's
a
it's
it's
great
to
be
in
Dudley
square
I
want
to
thank
Joyce
in
her
work
at
Main
streets
Muhammad.
Thank
you.
Look
in
your
work
here
when
talking
with
you
in
a
second
Sheikh
gasify
me.
Thank
you,
my
friend,
and
thank
you
for
being
here,
Bishop
Boyd.
Thank
you
as
well
in
the
work
you
do
for
the
national
lines
of
mental
illness
and
thank
you
for
you
do
all
over
the
state.
H
The
bishop
represents
the
organization
all
over
the
Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts.
So
it's
it's
really
important
that
we
continue
to
support
about
the
work
of
what
you
do.
We're
excited
to
be
here
at
the
community,
caring
clinic
in
Dudley
square.
This
is
a
vibrant,
growing
part
of
our
neighborhood
here
in
W
square
in
Roxbury,
and
we're
excited
to
be
here
today.
The
biggest
part
of
our
growth
here
is
small
businesses
and
making
sure
that
those
small
businesses
of
vibrant
this
clinic
that
will
it's
going
to
be
open
across
street.
H
H
We're
excited
about
also
through
our
Office
of
Economic
Development,
we're
going
to
continue
to
work
to
make
sure
we
bring
more
businesses,
technical
support
and
helping
store
for
improvements
and
what
we
do,
but
small
businesses
reflect
the
needs
and
wants
of
the
community
what
they're
part
of
so.
You
think
about
a
neighborhood.
You
think
about
a
Main,
Street
district.
You
think
about
diversifying
business
to
make
sure
the
businesses
in
those
areas
are
meeting
the
needs
of
the
community.
H
The
community
caring
clinic
is
a
great
example
of
that,
as
an
immigrant
himself.
Muhammad
understands
the
challenges
that
immigrants
face
on
a
daily
basis.
I
often
talk
about
my
own
parents
being
immigrants
from
Ireland
and
they
actually
met
right
down
the
street
at
the
intercolonial
dance
hall.
I
wanted
a
mom
in
front
recognizing
the
needs
of
mental
health
services
and
working
with
those
needs.
H
It's
okay,
to
talk
about
issues
that
you
have
it's,
okay,
to
deal
with,
problems
that
you
have
every
single
person
in
this
parking
lot
today
has
something
or
is
dealing
with
something.
Some
of
you
talking
to
a
friend
somebody
talking
to
a
counselor.
Some
of
us
go
to
a
meetings.
Some
of
us
aren't
talking
to
anybody,
and
what
that
does
that?
That
kind
of
overtakes,
our
thinking
and
really
doesn't
give
us
a
sense
of
peace
in
our
life,
and
it's
important
for
us
that
we
do
this-
that
we
continue
to
talk.
H
This
clinic
is
an
example
of
a
community
lead
solution
to
an
issue
facing
our
entire
city.
This
clinic
is
going
to
work
with
people
struggling
mental
health
and
also
people
struggling
with
the
effects
of
trauma
trauma,
especially
when
a
it
exists
in
the
persistence
of
barriers
that
hold
people
back
in
Boston,
we've
been
growing
a
network
for
trauma,
support
in
our
city,
and
we
want
to
expand
it
to
more
residents.
H
We
know
that
some
of
our
most
vulnerable
residents
are
like
low
in
our
low-income
residents,
our
immigrant
residents
refugees,
and
they
face
even
greater
challenges
accessing
care,
and
it's
something
that
we
need
to
make
sure
people
understand
that
we
want
everybody
to
access
care.
This
clinic
helps
break
down
barriers,
Bob
and
his
team
are
making
this
clinic
services
available
and
accessible
in
a
comfortable,
welcoming,
confident
way.
H
This
is
a
difficult
scary
time
in
our
country,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
immigration,
but
there's
a
lot
of
other
issues
that
are
challenging
not
too
far
from
here
about
a
block
up
the
street.
What
we'll
see
is
a
lot
of
people
struggling
with
drug
addiction
and
alcoholism
throughout
a
neighborhood
and
it's
okay
to
talk
about
it,
and
it's
great
that
this
clinics
going
to
be
able
to
help
and
help
people
that
walk
through
the
front
door,
reclaim
their
life
and
help
them
change
their
life
for
something
stronger.
H
It's
important
for
us
in
Boston
to
continue
to
be
a
leader
in
standing
up
for
our
immigrants
and
standing
up
for
all
of
our
communities.
I
want
to
thank
all
of
you
for
helping
establish
trust
in
our
community
and
showing
that
we
are
a
city
that
looks
out
for
everyone,
we're
a
city
that
truly
looks
out
for
everyone
again.
Congratulations
on
your
grand
opening
and
I
want
to
welcome
you
to
W
square.
G
The
community
members,
the
leaders,
the
mother,
is
above
the
helpers,
the
aunts
and
uncles
and
family
members.
All
of
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
the
clinicians
and
this
type
of
community
caring
clinic
is
a
special
thing
for
them
too,
but
I
also
say
I
want
to
give
the
mic
to
the
president
of
communicating
clinic
dr.
Abdul
Fattah,
to
say
a
few
words,
and
then
we
will
go
to
the
clinic
to
see
and
also
to
open
to
do
the
ribbon-cutting
with
the
mayor.
Thank
you
very
much.
C
It's
a
very
honored
today
to
be
here,
I'm
very
actually
happy
that
out.
We
have
this
great
event
all
together
and
I
wouldn't
actually
hold
you
that
long,
but
I
want
to
thank
everybody
who
came
and
who
support
this
initiative.
The
initiative
that
needs
for
everybody
on
this
initiative
is
done
where
the
Community
Partnership
is
not
done
a
lot
so
when
I
appreciate
people
who
participate
making
this
happen,
including
actually
I,
can
have
them
here.
Thank
you
for
mayor
for
coming.
Thank
you
for
Bishop
Hill,
for
Pournami
for
national
mental
health
illness.
C
Thank
you
for
Roy
who's,
also,
the
chapter
prison
for
Judge,
Esther,
rotary
and
Merriman,
and
also
thank
you
for
YouTube
and
the
rest
of
the
Imam,
the
answer
and
Holly
and
everybody
else
who
came
to
support
this
initiative
and
thank
you
for
we're.
Gonna
have
some
snacks
and
that's
all
we're
gonna
go
in
the
kilometer
to,
but
it's
okay.
Thank
you.