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RoLanda Wilkins wants the girls and young women in her community to grow up healthy, with a sense of purpose and promise for their future. She recognizes that some of these young folks struggle to get on the right footing. They face barriers, not the least of which is the lingering impact of the 1980s and ’90s crack epidemic on black families. Wilkins was a teenager in Meadowview in that era.
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