Plymouth Healing Communities welcomes our new board president, Robie Flannagan.
Robie, no stranger to PHC, brings her unique experiences and perspective to the organization as it enters its twenty-second year focused on sustainability and DEI.
Robie does not bring lofty titles, degrees, or financial wealth. Still, there is something about Robie that makes her the ideal board president for Plymouth Healing Communities as it continues to chart its course to ensure that it provides healing spaces, companionship, and circles of support for people who live with mental illness and housing instability.
There’s Something About Robie
“Life choices don’t happen in a vacuum. Likewise, recovery doesn’t happen in a vacuum. Everyone in recovery needs healthy relations and an intentional community.”
Could it be that she has lived experience and a clinician's perspective to share, or could it be her passion for continuing to move PHC forward into “living the mission fully”?
Perhaps it is her core belief that healthy relationships and intentional community are essential for a person in recovery- that addiction, trauma, and unfortunate life choices don’t happen in a vacuum. Likewise, healing doesn’t happen in a vacuum.
Or maybe it's that she feels it is her responsibility to push back against inequality by pushing forward a diversity, equity, and inclusion agenda.
Truth be told…
It’s Everything About Robie
Robie’s core belief compelled her to seize opportunities early in her recovery, to serve as a PHC Companion over twelve years ago and Harborview peer counselor shortly after that, and her sense of responsibility pushed her to say “yes” this year when asked to serve as board president.
Her lived experience helps her to stay focused on seeing that the organization represents and reflects PHC residents and the communities it serves. Her unwavering support of PHC’s mission, vision, and statement of principles promises increased sustainability as Plymouth Healing Communities continues to become an organization that wholeheartedly is living into the mission and vision statement.
Oh, there’s a lot about Robie Flannagan that is undeniably inspirational. If you have not had the opportunity to meet Robie, be sure to register for this year’s Night of Hope. Robie and her welcoming spirit will greet you, and the night promises to be a night like no other, supporting healing and community.