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2019 Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness
Oct
28
to Nov 1

2019 Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness

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October 28 – November 1, 2019 | Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu HI

The Family Engagement and Cultural Effectiveness conference is designed to celebrate the different cultures, traditions and practices that are reflected in the modern family. In so doing, participants learn how to use the strengths and attributes of culture to aid a child’s own successful walk through the world.

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UPHP All-Staff Meeting
Oct
9
7:30 AM07:30

UPHP All-Staff Meeting

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Dr. Marcella Wilson will be the keynote Speaker at Upper Peninsula Health Plan’s All-Staff Meeting on Wednesday, October 9th, 2019.

The mission of UPHP is to be an innovative health plan managing the care of our members in the Upper Peninsula guiding them to quality, cost-effective care through our network of providers improving the overall health of the communities we serve.

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JPS Research Symposium 2019
Jun
7
8:00 AM08:00

JPS Research Symposium 2019

JPS Health Network is hosting the 2019 JPS Research Symposium Friday, June 7th, 2019. The symposium will be held at the Riley Center at Southwestern, located at 1701 W. Boyce Avenue Fort Worth, TX 76115 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

The theme for this year’s research symposium is “Fostering Health Equity through Research and Practice”. The topic of Health Equity comprises a growing international initiative to diminish healthcare disparities and promote research focused on solutions.

The event will have keynote speakers with esteemed expertise in health equity. Dr. Marcella Wilson is the author of Diagnosis Poverty: A new approach for understanding and treating an epidemic. In her newest role, President and Founder of Transition to Success™, Dr. Wilson is leading a national social change movement with a standard of care to treat poverty as an environmentally based medical condition. In addition to Dr. Wilson, we will be joined by the American Heart Association, who is proactively leading initiatives addressing the health inequities and disparities that exist in our country.

The symposium will provide a forum for JPS and Tarrant County community researchers to share research insights and ideas via poster and podium presentation sessions. Researchers, including clinicians and students, are encouraged to exchange innovations, ideas, and experiences in clinical practice and research.

The symposium will commence with an awards ceremony honoring those with outstanding research contributions. For more information on JPS Research Day, contact ResearchSymposium@jpshealth.org.

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Community Impact Town Hall
Mar
6
5:30 PM17:30

Community Impact Town Hall

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The Community Impact Town Hall is a community-wide gathering that features a national keynote speaker to heighten local awareness on alleviating poverty. The speaker share national successes and best practices on ways we move ahead in this fight against poverty. In true town hall fashion, the event will close with a participatory audience dialogue around solutions to fight Mid-South poverty.

The United Way of the Mid-South implemeneted Driving The Dream, their new system of care that collaborates with health and human services agencies to help drive the dreams of the Mid-South community. In honor of their 95th anniversary, who better to speak on the topic of poverty and economic mobility, than the woman who developed the model for their system, Marcella Wilson.

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Western States Early Learning Institutes
Feb
12
1:00 PM13:00

Western States Early Learning Institutes

  • DoubleTree by Hilton Phoenix Tempe (map)
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Region 9’s Western States Early Learning Institutes has been expanded to offer a variety of experiences for education staff, program leaders and program partners. You may attend just one element or a package of events that best fits your agency’s training priorities. All activities will be held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Phoenix Tempe.

Hear Dr. Marcella Wilson, Ph.D. / Founder and Chief Executive Officer, speak about Transition to Success and their efforts.

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HRCS Fighty Poverty Summit
Jan
25
8:30 AM08:30

HRCS Fighty Poverty Summit

  • MSUFCU HQ2 Building Community Room #2055 (map)
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On January 25h, the City of Lansing Human Relations and Community Services presents the Fighting Poverty Summit. Register to hear Dr. Marcella Wilson share her model, Transition to Success, framing a logical process to fight poverty and drive self sufficiency.

Capacity is limited – to reserve your seat, email or call: hrcs.communityevents@lansingmi.gov, (517) 483-4477. The deadline to sign-up is Thursday, January 17th, 2019.

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