NNPA NEWSWIRE — In a city with such a legacy of residential segregation, the block on which you’re born can easily determine your trajectory in life. That's why Phylicia Porter is convinced a public-health approach to the myriad issues that plague Baltimore is just as critical as legislative fixes are when it comes to addressing deeply systemic challenges. “I’ve always been super involved in my community; I think my parents instilled in me this idea of staying busy and only getting into ‘good trouble,’ to evoke a little John Lewis here. I’ve been doing all this behind-the-scenes work for years,” Porter explains.
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