Naturopathic doctor Jesse R. Brown, director of the Detroit Wholistic Center, is calling a community meeting from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., December 7, at Healthy, Wealthy and Wise for members of the Detroit Metro healing community to come together for networking, sharing ideas and creating a vision for transforming Detroit’s chronic health and resulting social ills in 2020 and beyond.

“Detroit has been rated at times as the unhealthiest and fattest major city in the country and it’s getting worse,” says Brown. “The rates of chronic illnesses are disproportionately high, especially among African-Americans, and the answers are in every home, kitchen and place of worship in the city. We are also missing out on opportunities to generate wealth in the multi-billion-dollar health and wellness arena. This gathering is for people who see the ways to improve our health and wealth as we rebuild our community.”