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曾经繁荣的社区, 庞蒂亚克现在被认为是奥克兰县最贫穷的城市, with nearly 31% of its population currently living in poverty. 尽管面临挑战, those at the forefront of the city’s revitalization efforts, 比如社区外展专家 Canequia 《韦德体育app官网》的制作者们都对它的未来持乐观态度.

Moulder oversees education and outreach at The Wellness Plan Medical Centers in Pontiac and has served as co-convener of the 韦德体育app官网/庞蒂亚克倡议 2017年加入幼儿教育集团(OUPIECE), 休伯特·普莱斯死后, an outspoken advocate for early childhood education funding and support within the Pontiac community. 作为奥克兰初级保健服务的联络人, Moulder began working with OUPIECE in 2015 under the leadership of Price, 她称赞他是他为之奋斗事业的捍卫者. 

他知道, 为了开始改变, it would be important to begin with school age children and their families by providing access to not only the appropriate curriculum, but he also found that many of these children were not seeing their doctors or receiving support around strengthening the family unit,莫尔德谈到普莱斯时说.

These findings fueled Moulder’s ambitions to provide families in Pontiac with quality health care, 包括牙齿和行为健康. 

“Families are having to choose from putting food on the table over getting their children to the doctors,”她说。. “When families come in for 医疗保健, it is usually when things are so bad they had no choice.”

根据 U.S. 人口普查局, nearly 14% of Pontiac residents under the age of 65 do not have health insurance. Moulder assists many of these residents by helping them apply for health insurance and referring them to entities that will ease the process. 在她目前的职位上, she has coordinated events to connect families directly to agencies, developed video resources to educate families on application procedures and community services available, and has even scheduled and transported some individuals to appointments.

“有机会进入高质量的学校, 医疗保健, 社会服务和安全非常重要,”她说。. “These children deserve the best and only with the community agencies working collaboratively to meet these needs will this next generation have what they need.”

Additionally, Moulder has contributed to several OUPIECE projects, primarily as co-lead of the 庞蒂亚克复原计划, which aims to spread awareness of the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and childhood trauma, while also promoting the significance of empathy and relationship building to strengthen the resilience of the Pontiac community. Its message is based around the award-winning documentary “弹性:压力的生物学和希望的科学,” which Moulder frequently organizes free public screenings of throughout the Pontiac community. 

Having worked as an educator in the Pontiac School District for several years, Moulder has facilitated several workshops and informational sessions about ACEs and resilience across the district for both students and staff, 以及整个更大的社区.

“Working with OUPIECE and advocating for the Pontiac community to holistically understand the impact of ACEs on young people has been the most rewarding experience,”她说。. “It has truly changed my life and given me an additional passion to add to my list by helping families understand how resilient they can be and that their futures can be altered if they don’t allow adverse childhood experience to dictate their lives.”

去年, she also served as project consultant and community liaison for the creation of the OUPIECE documentary “Pontiac Strong.” 

因为她在OUPIECE的工作, Moulder became the first recipient of the OU 社区参与 Award last year. 

“I was honored and humbled [to receive the award], to say the least,”她说。. “People who do this kind of work do not do it for recognition because usually there is none — it is just the spirit of the role of community engagement.”

While the award was a milestone in Moulder’s more than two-decade career, 就她而言, 她的工作远未结束.

“永远都需要变革推动者, 对于人的连接和倡导在一个社区,”她说。. “Pontiac is a community that is resilient and has a tremendous history of overcoming the challenges of losing General Motors and having families have to leave the city to find work ... it is a city that deserves to rise from the ashes and continue to grow.”