Marion County

Community Connectors: Whitney Gherman

Nov 29, 2021

Since 2017, Marion County has redefined what it means to be a Family and Consumer Sciences Educator. Traditionally focused on building healthy people, residents have called on Family and Consumer Sciences in Marion County to respond to the conditions that underpin health inequity: racism, ableism, sexism and other forms of injustice that presently and historically exist in the community. For Whitney Gherman, the most significant part of her job is to redistribute material and financial resources from the university to support community-led initiatives and programs.<Read more...>