Damita Cravens, a mental health therapist and life coach, will be speaking with our chapter Tuesday, Sept. 9, about how depression impacts heart patients and what they can do to cope with it.
Cravens is an outreach worker with the city of Evanston. She earned her Master’s of Science in Clinical Counseling from National Louis University in 2017. She received her LCPC (a license to assess, diagnose, and treat mental illnesses and other psychological issues, providing therapy and counseling services independently) in 2025.
“I have experience with people from diverse backgrounds, cultures and belief systems. I have worked with adults who have severe and persistent mental illness, such as schizophrenia, major repressive disorder, Bipolar I, as well as co-occurring substance use disorders,” she says.
She is a board member of the Childrens Advocacy Center of North Cook, the Friends of Evanston Farmers Market and the Black Women of Evanston. among other positions.
She is also a proud member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. and part of the Central Region Mental Health Panel.
The meeting will be at 6:30 p.m, Tuesday, Sept. 9 in Evanston Hospital, Room 1711 on the 2nd floor.
We also hope to present this year’s Mended Hearts award winners with their awards at the start of the meeting, so come to cheer them on.
The meeting is open to everyone, you do not need to be a chapter members to attend. There is no charge.
If you can’t attend in-person, you can Zoom the meeting at this link:
https://zoom.us/j/99887167977?pwd=dEJENmRFc2k5aHlvbjZlVnZiS0MrZz09
North Suburban Mended Hearts Chapter 424 
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