![]() Chavonne has also served as the project coordinator for The California Endowment's Building Healthy Communities initiative-a 10 year, $1 billion initiative created to address statewide health inequities. ![]() As a student activist, she addressed student inequities facing South Central students such as misappropriation of resources, access to college preparatory classes, and lack of quality learning facilities. Taylor’s history of serving the Los Angeles area began at age 14 when she joined South Central Youth Empowered thru Action (SCYEA) in an effort to help improve the conditions of South Los Angeles schools. She has spoken at educational institutions, such as Chapman University, presenting information about the Adverse Childhood Experiences study conducted by the Center for Disease Control and Kaiser Permanente. She has trained medical professionals, teachers, social workers, and therapists in understanding childhood trauma and how to create a space for trauma-informed care. Combining her roots in community organizing and multimedia, she works with both independent and public institutions to bring overlooked and ignored groups to the forefront of political and social discussion.Ĭhavonne is currently a trauma educator, facilitating workshops on the correlation between health and childhood trauma. ![]() Chavonne “Vida Starr” Taylor hosted and produced many live pre-recorded radio programs such as Life Star Radio on as well as Reality is Real and Flip the Script on KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles. ![]()
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