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Luis Centeno
| In a neighborhood where promises are made and broken with alarming regularity, Luis built a haven for all kinds of broken people.
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Community Health Leaders
2001
Area(s) of expertise:
Church-based
Urban health
Youth health and development
Leader’s Biography 2001:
Executive Director, Proclaimers of Hope Ministries, Philadelphia, PA
A gang member in his youth, Centeno turned his life around and created a faith-based recovery and addiction prevention program for individuals and families in the "Badlands" of West Kensington, Philadelphia, one of the worst drug centers in the country. Today, 200 POHM voulunteers combine counseling with physical education and arts programs to reach the area’s young men and women.
Leader’s work address (at time of award):
Wyoming Avenue Baptist Church
127 East Wyoming Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19120
Phone: (267) 307-6756
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