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(Updated: 7.19.11)
Place and Health Equity: Building Stronger Communities for Better Health
September 7, 2011
Conference Goals:
- Unveil new research on the relationship between place and health, particularly as it pertains to people of color and health equity
- Highlight the Joint Center's PLACE MATTERS (PM) initiative and the work of PM teams to address community conditions that shape health
- Convene national leaders, including members of Congress and federal health agency officials, to bring attention to community conditions that shape health and discuss policy solutions
- Explore framing and messaging regarding the importance of place, race, and health equity
| 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration |
| 8:30 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Welcome and Conference Overview
Ralph B. Everett, Esq, President and CEO, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
The Honorable Donna Christensen (D-VI)
The Honorable Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D, Vice-President and Director Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
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| 9:20 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Keynote Address - America's Journey to Health Equity: De-Mystifying the Relationship between Racism and Place
Gail C. Christopher, DN, Vice President for Program Strategy, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
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| 10:00 a.m. - 10:20 a.m. | Break |
| 10:20 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Research Presentations - Segregation, Poverty Concentration, and Health: Why Policy Matters
Moderator: Brian D. Smedley, Ph.D, Vice-President and Director Health Policy Institute, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Presenters: Thomas LaVeist, Ph.D, Johns Hopkins University; Rolf Pendall, Urban Institute
Discussants: Dolores Acevedo-Garcia, Ph.D, MPA, Northeastern University; Manuel Pastor, Ph.D, University of Southern California
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| 12:00 p.m. - 1:25 p.m. | Lunch - Racial Inequality in the 21st Century
Introduction of Keynote Speaker: Natalie S. Burke, President and Co-Founder, CommonHealth ACTION
Speaker: Tim Wise, Author and Educator
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| 1:25 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. | The Joint Center's PLACE MATTERS Initiative: Building a Health Equity Movement, One Community at a Time
Moderator: Natalie S. Burke, President and Co-Founder, CommonHealth ACTION
Panelists: Ngozi T. Oleru, Ph.D, Division Director, Environmental Health Services, King County (WA); The Honorable Dow Constantine, King County Executive; Meghan Patterson, MPH, Director, Office of Health Equity, Boston Public Health Commission; Barbara Ferrer, Ph.D, MPH, M.Ed, Executive Director, Boston Public Health Commission
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| 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Telling the Story of Place, Race, and Health Equity: A Town Hall Forum
Moderator: Eugene Robinson, Columnist, The Washington Post
Panelists: Alan Jenkins, JD, Executive Director, The Opportunity Agenda; Lawrence Wallack, Ph.D, Dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs, Portland State University; Makani Themba-Nixon, Executive Director, The Praxis Project
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| 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | PLACE MATTERS' "Arc of History" Awards Ceremony
Master of Ceremonies: Ralph Everett, Esq.
Awardees: Larry Adelman, Executive Producer, California Newsreel; The Honorable Donna Christensen, Member of Congress; Gail C. Christopher, DN, Vice President for Programs, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Guest Performers: Sugar Strings
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| 7:00 p.m. | Adjourn |
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