GrassROOTS Community Foundation

GrassROOTS Community Foundation (GCF) is a training institution with a focus on public health and social action. We work to enhance individual and family well-being, develop girl changemakers and mobilize community action. Our organizational practice, initiatives and programs are organized around the principles of justice and four intersecting areas of wellness: Physical Health, Mental Health, Sexual Health, and Economics of Health. Founded in 2011 by sociologist, Dr. Janice Johnson Dias, Associate Professor of Sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice with support from Tarik “Black Thought” Trotter of The Roots. Our mission is to create a world where all girls grow up to be healthy women.GrassROOTS' board includes a group of professional working mothers and leaders: Lisa Maxwell, VP of Product Marketing-Mastercard; Mona Scott-Young, CEO of Monami Entertainment and Dr. Olivia Affuso, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Alamaba.