Assemblymember Jon D. Rivera joined Jericho Road Community Health Center to celebrate the unveiling of a new playground at Vive Shelter. Funded through a $250,000 investment, this outdoor play area provides refugee children with a safe, healing space to play, socialize, and begin rebuilding their lives in Buffalo.
“There is something to say about the feeling of walking into a room and seeing someone that looks like you. Your ability to relate to others through shared experiences makes a big difference,” Dr. Demetra stated.
Jericho Road is dedicated to promoting improved health outcomes for Black mothers by caring for our patients comprehensively. Currently, Dr. Demetra is working at Jericho Road to create a pilot program that could help account for the social determinants of Black mothers’ health and ensure better care. With her help, we can work to improve the state of maternal health so that all have access to safe, high-quality maternal healthcare.
While it might not be the highest paying medical profession or have entire TV series centered on its drama—family doctors are in high demand. The work is pretty meaningful too. Some might call us the “doctors of the people.” Actually, I don’t know if anyone has ever called us that but I feel like it’s an accurate title because we walk through life with our patients. “Womb to tomb” is not a hyperbole.
Many proclaim to have touched His robe, yet the question remains: Whose hem have they touched? The hem of Christ or the hem of their ego. We are called to take a stand. We are called to a life where all are equal, all are loved, all are welcomed. We are called to a life of humility, justice, and mercy (Micah 6:8).
As we mark the third anniversary of the tragic mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, Charley Fisher reflects on the city’s painful history of segregation and violence, and calls for healing, unity, and faith-driven action. Join us in remembering the lives lost and envisioning a more inclusive future for our community.
Suddenly, Janet slipped into the water. She felt like she would get pulled away but Antonio was able to help her gain stable footing. Yet as she did, she heard her cousin Zandra scream. Janet looked around to see what was going on: Debora, Janet’s 33-year-old sister, was gone. She and her five-year-old were being carried away, down the river. The rest of the family got out of the water as quickly as they could and began running down the river bank. They searched and searched until it was too dark to see.
Dr. Myron Glick, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Jericho Road Community
Health Center (JRCHC), has announced his decision to step down from his role as Chief Executive
Officer, effective later this year, but remain a family doctor and public health advocate with the
organization. A search committee formed by JRCHC’s Board of Directors is conducting a national
search for Glick’s successor. He will remain as CEO until a successor is named.
Today, the Buffalo News published an op-ed by our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Allana Krolikowski. As the federal government seeks to reduce spending, cuts to Medicaid seem inevitable–although devastating. What happens when the poorest among us can no longer access healthcare? The answer is that all of us will be less healthy.
The 2024 presidential campaign was rife with rhetoric around migrants coming to the US to commit violent crimes. This narrative about a “migrant crime wave” was so inflammatory that it arguably bolstered its loudest advocate’s path to victory. But of course, it was simply not true.
In Buffalo and across the country, we in primary care bear the brunt of the brokenness of our healthcare system. It’s not possible to really understand the stress on primary healthcare if you don’t understand the brokenness of how we pay for healthcare and have access to healthcare, instead of having single payer national healthcare.
