Story. Strategy. Faith. Community wisdom.
Where health equityIS action.
Culturally grounded strategy for institutions and communities ready to move beyond good intentions.
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The promise
Change should reach people, not stop at the plan.
“The Rhodes Effect is what happens when community wisdom, public health, faith, and action meet.”
We move from listening to strategy, from strategy to action, and from action to accountable impact.
Three connected pathways
One body of work.
Three distinct expressions.
01 · Consulting
Rhodes To Wellness, LLC
Organizational assessment, cultural responsiveness, curriculum, research, and health-equity strategy.
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02 · Community
Rhodes To Wellville, LLC
Community events, health education, outreach, resource access, advocacy, and collective wellness.
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03 · Story and scholarship
The Public Health Griot™
Public scholarship, the Public Health Griot Approach™, and the Public Health in Theology course collection.
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Strategy with roots and receipts.
Services are shaped for universities, public-health organizations, faith communities, nonprofits, government partners, and purpose-driven leaders.
View servicesPlans that account for systems, history, power, and lived experience.
Courses and workshops designed for understanding, application, and change.
Ethical approaches that treat community stories as evidence and return value.
Meet Ms. Rhodes
Scholar. Strategist. Teacher. Griot.
Fawn N. Rhodes, MPH, is a Community Health Engagement Strategist, faith-based health equity advocate, educator, and doctoral scholar in Global Health Equity at Meharry Medical College School of Global Health.
Ms. Rhodes’ work connects research with real people, honors community authority, and asks a necessary question: what changed because we were here?
Read Ms. Rhodes’ storyPublic Health in Theology
Faith can shape health. The question is how.
Explore five interdisciplinary courses connecting theology, global health, the Black Church, spiritual determinants of health, and accountable public-health practice.
Purchase the complete five-course package or select individual courses à la carte for undergraduate, graduate, or professional learners.
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Bring us the question.
We will help move the work.
Consulting, community partnership, curriculum, speaking, and teaching inquiries are welcomed.
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