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Introducing: Sage Community Health

by Claudia Garcia-Rojas   |   Published May 8, 2011

Sage Community health sandwich boardOn May 1st, 2011, Sage Community Health Collective opened its doors to Chicago. Started by Tanuja Jagernauth, Liz Appel, Stacey Erenberg, and Jennifer Wade, the Sage Community Health Collective offers a variety of “trauma-informed, body positive, and harm reductionist healing services.” Their mission as outlined on their website is:

to create a non-hierarchical worker owned collective committed to community wellness

to challenge systemic health disparities and the traditional patient/practitioner dynamic

to provide affordable, accessible, trauma-informed and harm-reductionist healing services including acupuncture, herbs, bodywork, and nutritional counseling

to facilitate the pursuit of community and individual wellness via workshops and skillshares in partnership with community members, activists, and freedom fighters.

The Sage Community Health Collective is located at 2514 W. Armitage Avenue #205, Chicago, IL, 60647, and offers sliding scale options and services.

photo of the whole sage crew