This session focused on local and state-based initiatives and best practices for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities. Speaker: Dr. Owen Garrick, Sinkler Miller Medical Association Dr. Owen Garrick is Chief Operating Officer of Bridge Clinical Research. He has overall responsibility for the Clinical Trials and Investigator Training business units. Bridge CRO is the leading…
This session focused on local and state-based initiatives and best practices for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities. Speaker: James Allen Crouch, California Rural Indian Health Board James Allen Crouch, California Rural Indian Health Board, a member of the Cherokee Nation, is Executive Director of the Sacramento-based California Rural Indian Health Board, a position he…
This session focused on local and state-based initiatives and best practices for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities. Speaker: Dawn Mahi, Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Service Dawn Mahi, Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services, is the Health Through Action and Lei Hīpu’u Coordinator at Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services in Honolulu, Hawai’i. There…
The keynote address focused on the national strategy to eliminate racial and ethnic health disparities and a plan of action to achieve health equity. Keynote Speaker: Dr. Garth Graham, U.S. Department of Health and Human Service Dr. Garth N. Graham, MD, MPH, FACP is the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health in the Office of…
The Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) and members of the Summit Host Committee are convening the 2011 Health Equity Summit to bring together diverse communities with our nation’s experts in health care, civil rights, and government to discuss policy reforms and initiatives that…
Members of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA) stand together on the ten-year anniversary of 9/11 to remember the tremendous loss of life that occurred on that day and to recommit ourselves to fundamental American values of civil rights, inclusion, and diversity.
This prayer and reflection for hope and healing was crafted by organizations committed to racial equity and social justice. It is offered for public use in worship services, meetings, remembrance events, and gatherings that will mark the 10th Anniversary of September 11th.
In March 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law historic health care reform, a combination of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). These new laws will provide 32 million currently uninsured individuals with health insurance coverage, make health care more…
