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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


2009 CBC Spring Health Braintrust/National Minority Quality Forum Leadership Summit Agenda


THE EMERGING MAJORITY AND THE U.S. HEALTH SYSTEM: THE PARADIGM SHIFT BEGINS!
Tuesday, April 28, 2009


in cooperation with
 

Welcoming Remarks & Session I - April 28, 2009
Click Here to View The Session

 

Welcome Remarks and Greetings


Congresswoman Donna Christensen




 
Session I: Health Equity and the Changing Demographics in America: Why Health Disparities Should Be Relevant to Everyone.
During this session, panelists highlighted various under-addressed health equity issues, raised awareness about the diversity of subpopulation groups affected by health disparities and explored the changing demographics in this nation its impact on health.



Dr. Gary Puckrein
President and CEO
National Minority Quality Forum
Dr. Puckrein speaks about the changing demographics in this nation and its impact on health, health care and health equity.
 


Rebecca Fox
Director
National Coalition for LGBT Health
Addresses LGBT health disparities and the myriad factors that exacerbate health inequities in the LGBT community



   

Beth Landon
President
National Rural Health Association
Addresses rural health disparities and highlights links between rural, race and ethnic health disparities.
 


Eleanor Hinton Hoytt
President and CEO
Black Women’s Health Imperative
Ms. Hoytt will highlight gender health disparities, as well as explore the health and health care issues that sit at the intersection of race and gender.
     
 

Awards Session features Congressman James Clyburn, preview of excerpts from the film "Deadliest Disease in America," & Session 3 - April 28, 2009 Click Here

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

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