Women as Pastors and Preachers		Home for the Holidays
By Mary Flamer A portrait of Rev. Helen Brown, pastor of Union Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Palo Alto Occasionally, I will meet a person for the first time, and it seems as if I have known this person all of my life. Recently, I had such an experience when I met Rev. Helen Brown, pastor of Union Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Palo Alto. Click to read more...		By Hudi Podolsky, EHP Board Chair Ecumenical Hunger Program opens permanent facility on Pulgas Avenue The Ecumenical Hunger Program, one of East Palo Alto’s most venerable charitable organizations, is finally in a new permanent location. EHP was displaced from it's long-time home in Whiskey Gulch to make way for re-development in 2000. Since that time, they had been in rented quarters on Bay Road... Click to read more...

EPA City Council Holds Cooley Landing Study Session		Partners in the Pursuit of Community Health
By Dennis J. Parker, Community Advocate On November 12th 2003, the East Palo Alto City Council held a study session to receive an information report from the city staff, and to solicit community input on how Cooley Landing should be used if the city acquires it. This was my first time seeing the City Council in action after its "reorganization". Donna Rutherford is now the Mayor, and David Woods is the Vice Mayor. Click to read more...		By Kathleen Alexander, Ravenswood Family Health Center Newsweek reported in a November issue that scientists are assessing the effect of faith on health. Harvard Medical School held a conference in November on spirituality and health and the National Institutes of Health commissioned a series of papers on the subject. While scientists research the issue, people in the community continue to seek care from both the church and the clinic. Click to read more...
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