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CBC Health Braintrust
Members
The Hon. G.K. Butterfield
The Hon. Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
The Hon. Corrine Brown
The Hon. Julia Carson
The Hon. Donna Christian-Christensen
The Hon. Yvette Clarke
The Hon. William Lacy Clay, Jr.
The Hon. Emanuel Cleaver II

The Hon. James E. Clyburn
The Hon. John Conyers, Jr.
The Hon. Elijah E. Cummings
The Hon. Artur Davis
The Hon. Danny K. Davis
The Hon. Keith Ellison
The Hon. Chaka Fattah
The Hon. Al Green
The Hon. Alcee L. Hastings
The Hon. Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.
The Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee
The Hon. William J. Jefferson
The Hon. Hank Johnson
The Hon. Eddie Bernice Johnson

The Hon. Stephanie Tubbs Jones
The Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
The Hon. Barbara Lee
The Hon. John Lewis
The Hon. Kendrick B. Meek
The Hon. Gregory W. Meeks
The Hon. Juanita Millender-McDonald
The Hon. Gwendolynne Moore
The Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton
The Hon. Barack Obama
The Hon. Donald M. Payne
The Hon. Charles B. Rangel
The Hon. Bobby L. Rush
The Hon. David Scott
The Hon. Robert C. Scott
The Hon. Bennie Thompson
The Hon. Edolphus Towns
The Hon. Maxine Waters
The Hon. Diane E. Watson
The Hon. Melvin L. Watt
The Hon. Albert Russell Wynn


2007 Congressional Black Caucus
Spring Health Braintrust


The State of Health and Wellness of the
African American Male:
America’s Under-Addressed Health Crisis”
--- Washington, D.C.

 
 

Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen, Chair
Congressional Black Caucus Health Braintrust
 
 

Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-Mich.),
Chair Congressional Black Caucus
http://www.house.gov/kilpatrick/
 

Rep. Ed Towns (D-N.Y.)
http://www.house.gov/towns/bio.shtm
 
 

Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
http://lee.house.gov/
Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
http://www.cbcfinc.org/
 

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-Ohio)
http://www.house.gov/tubbsjones/photo.htm
 

Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL)
http://www.house.gov/davis/biography.htm
 

Panel One
The State of Health and Wellness of the African American Male:
America’s Under-Addressed Health Crisis

This panel includes presenters who address the state of health and wellness of African American males throughout the continuum of life across myriad health and health care issues. Topics include mental health, oral and dental health, uninsurance, access to comprehensive preventive health care, HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other chronic and acute conditions.

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Million Man March—Largest Assembly of Black Men in United States History
Photo by Jim Wallace, Courtesy of the Smithsonian
 

Photo by Shanna O'Reilly
Moderator:
Dr. Marjorie Innocent
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.
 
 
CARTA PFE Publications
Parent & Family Engagement In Adolescent Reproductive Health
http://www.cartainc.org/PFE_Webpage/PFE_Publications.htm
 
 


(Photo of Barbara Charline Jordan)
Dr. Cara James
Director, Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program


Dr. Kevin Fenton
 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kaiser Family Foundation. Dr. James delivers an overview on the health care, education, criminal l justice and employment experiences of African American males.
Dr. Fenton will deliver an overview of the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS among African American males. Dr. Fenton will include information about the trends of the epidemic among African American males and the impact on the African American community.
   

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

Dr. Gerald Hoke
Dr. William Daley
Dr. Daley will deliver a presentation on the disproportionate impact of cardiovascular diseases on African American males.		 Dr. Hoke delivers an overview about prostate cancer, the importance of prostate health, and the disproportionate impact of the disease on the African American male.
   

Dr. Robin R. Daniel
National Dental Association. Dr. Daniel will deliver an overview of the state of dental and oral health among African American males.
   

Special Guest Speaker


Senator John Kerry (D-MA)

   
 
Keynote Presentation
Dr. Nicholas Cooper-Lewter
University of South Carolina, College of Social Work

Keynote Presentation
Professor, University of South Carolina, College of Social Work. Dr. Cooper-Lewter delivers a special presentation overview on the pressing mental health issues that disproportionately – and often detrimentally – affect the health and wellness of the African American male. Dr. Cooper-Lewter explores violence as a public health issue and highlights the disproportionate impact of violence on African-American males.

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For more information, call Office of Congresswoman Donna M. Christensen, Chair, CBC Health Braintrust, at 202-225-1790
 
 

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