Dr. Peter Hayden, founder and CEO of Turning Point, a culturally specific service center for addiction recovery and advocacy, is retiring after 47 years of service.
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Turning Point’s Peter Hayden nationally recognized as pioneer of Black sobriety
A national association recently awarded Dr. Peter Hayden the inaugural ‘Diversity, Inclusivity and Racial Equity Award’ for pioneering cultural-specific treatment.
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Turning Point Gala honors commitment to a vital service
Nothing so virulently plagues African America as chemical dependency. It destroys individuals and families across class, whether the sufferer’s a street drunk or junkie, white collar professional or even, as history notes, a metropolitan mayor. Accordingly, lifesaving institution Turning Point, Inc. is a vital community resource. This month’s Honors Gala, therefore, is more than the organization […]
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For sex workers, ‘a little understanding can go a long way’
They are hit hardest by dangerous rise in STDs The Minnesota Department of Health has documented a dramatic, dangerous rise in STDs in the state over 2016: Syphilis increased by 30 percent, gonorrhea by 25 percent, and Hepatitis C infections by 38 percent. Numbers aren’t in for the past year, but there are two certainties: They’ll increase, and […]