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Melva Jones, R.N.
| In short, she basically risks her life, status, and personal pleasure to do this work—it’s her calling.
Nominator
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Community Health Leaders
2000
Area(s) of expertise:
Substance abuse
Leader’s Biography 2000:
Program Manager/Director, Mattie B. Uzzle Outreach Center, Baltimore, MD
Jones runs a successful grassroots drug intervention program in partnership with local faith leaders to reclaim a community blighted by substance abuse. The center provides street outreach to get people into treatment, housing, a soup kitchen and job referrals to residents of one of Baltimore’s most troubled neighborhoods.
Where this Leader can be reached today:
Program Manager
Mattie B. Uzzle Outreach Center
1211 North Chester Street
Baltimore, MD 21213
Phone: (410) 342-6858
Email: mqjones@erols.com
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