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Conference Type: In-person and virtual hybrid conference

In-Person Virtual
Speakers Ballroom & multiple rooms Virtual broadcast via web conference
Partners Exhibit Exhibit booths in
hallway/lobby or dedicated
room		 Website
Partners page with logo, website redirect, and service call out.
Partner video: Margarita has
provided a sample*
Community Resource Fair Booths in Lobby and Garden Website
Community page with calendar of events and resource page

In Person

Speakers

Ballroom & multiple rooms

Partners Exhibit

Exhibit booths in hallway/lobby or dedicated
room

Community Resource Fair

Booths in Lobby and Garden

Virtual

Speakers

Virtual broadcast via web conference

Partners Exhibit

Website

Partners page with logo, website redirect, and service call out.
Partner video: Margarita has
provided a sample*

Community Resource Fair

Website

Community page with calendar of events and resource page

Partners Exhibition

Provide information
Have a representative voice and face to the community
Recruitment/referral live

    1. Lisa Hayes, Gennesaret Free Clinic, mobile medical RV
    2. IDOH – Health Equity Council – Shamika – full exhibit + sign-ups for Health Equity Council members. Potential on-site recruitment for CHWs.
    3. Nina Coley – organization focus, potential sign-ups for recruitment/program, no workshop room
    4. Tisha Reid – Purdue IHOPE
    5. James Garrett – barbershop initiative focus, staffed vendor table with barbers or staff from university of
      Indianapolis
    6. Tara not exhibiting Elkhart MHC, but connecting with IMHC on their interest
    7. Pam Clark – only if no other heart disease organization represented
    8. Deborah Ilufoye – trifold on safe international travel, travel clinics yellow fever vaccine provider, pre-travel
      consultation with Deborah in workshop room
    9. Paris Curtis – checking with coalition members

Community Resource Fair

    1. Minority Health Coalition – Grant County – Tanya & Tobacco Coordinator providing direct service programs to community
      members
    2. Online registration for programs? Add to website virtual resource fair
    3. IDOH – Health Equity Council – Shamika wants to provide health equity council information and partnership opportunities
    4. Deborah Ilufoye 1:1 with HECHWs on travel education/notable communicable disease in each District
    5. Travel Health Educator – Deborah – outgoing from US to other countries – resource and add to website virtual resource fair
    6. Pam Clark – informational only on heart disease and agency
    7. Paris Curtis – checking with coalition members
    8. Nina Coley – flyers only, services/program brochures at informational desk; potential table with game for public indoors in Gathertorium. T/F on Cancer Myths and win trinkets
    9. James Garrett – one long brochure including mission, vision, and events
    10. Tara Morris – ? on IMHC
    11. Lisa Hayes, Gennesaret Free Clinic, mobile medical RV + primary care + HIV/HPV Screening
      • Diabetes kits, eyeglass readers (seniors), personal hygiene kits – separate vendor table?
    12. Marco Dominguez – Mexican Food vendors, mental health & finances, digital marketing support, media support
    13. Maliki suggested MCPHD Lead Screening – Carla Johnson – interview questions on risk zone & schedule house review lead
    14. Heather Savage, Indiana Youth Institute. [email protected]

Agenda

Day 1 – Thursday, 10-4pm

Partner focus with speakers, partner engagement, and Partners Exhibition; Everyone recharged, excited

Thursday,
September 29		 Gathertorium – Main Stage Workshop Room 1 –
Digital Dialogues

*Sessions in this track have virtual presenters

 Workshop Room 2 –
Classroom Collaborations

*Sessions in this track are small group collaborations
10 – 10:30 am Welcome
Antoniette Holt, Strategic Equity Officer, Officer of Minority Health
Welcome by and overview of the
National Center of Racial Equity & Inclusion (NCREI) at Martin University
Davyd Hall, Executive Director & Kamille Ware, Public Health Coordinator
10:30 – 11:30 am The Status of Health Equity, a moderated panel on the state of the State

Moderator: Sunny Lu Williams, TechServ, Conference Organizer
Tara Morris, Minority Health Coalition of Elkhart County
James Garrett, Indiana Commission on the Social Status of Black Males
Pam Clark, Community Action of Southern Indiana
Lora Hays, Cancer Support Community Indiana
Kamille Ware, Public Health Coordinator, NCREI at Martin University

A candid conversation on the state of Health Equity in Indiana. Panelists are
community leaders representing perspectives from all four corners of the state
with health system, state agency, coalition, chronic disease state, and public
health backgrounds. Learn of the major initiatives and the changes still needed
to move our state further in health equity.
11:30 – 11:45 am Transition – please visit our Conference Exhibitors and learn more about new and current services!
11:45 am – 12:15 pm Health Equity Council – A Community Health Worker Workforce Development Update

Dr. Lola Olatunde & Shamika Crowder

The Health Equity Council is an Office of Minority Health funded community
outreach model focused on CHW leadership and workforce development to
transform health equity at the local level. Health Equity Council membership and District level outreach campaign are debuting at the Minority Health Partners
Conference!

Health Equity Community Health Worker Leadership Panel
Shamika Crowder & District HECHWs

Come meet the District Health Equity Community Health Workers (HECHWs)!
Learn about their passion for the community, their work, and upcoming
initiatives.

 Refugee Health & Resettlement Overview,
Maliki Yacouba
Virtual Q&A

Indiana is home to many refugee
populations with a most recent
welcome to our new Afghan
neighbors. Mr. Yacouba provides
an update on the state of refugee health and cultural competency
education for our attending
healthcare service providers and
community based organizations
focused on social determinants of
health on how to better connect
and collaborate with refugee
leaders to serve clients.

 Breast Health Advocate initiative
Breast cancer risk assessment tool
focus group
Pink-4-Ever, Lisa Hayes

Come test out a new risk assessment tool! Ms. Hayes of Pink-4-Ever has designed a new tool that needs your
data and support as part of this on-
site focus group. This session will run multiple times during the Minority
Health Partners Conference. Help our
partner test bed a new tool towards
advocacy of patient voice!
12:15 – 12:30 pm Transition – please visit our Conference Exhibitors and learn more about new and current services!
12:30 – 1:45 pm
Lunch & Keynotes		 12:35-12:50pm: Governor’s Public Health Commission Report Takeaways
Carl Ellison, Indiana Minority Health Coalition

The Governor’s Public Health Commission Report has been released. Join Carl Ellison, Committee Member, on key takeaways of the report. The Governor’s Public Health Commission report includes recommendations for improvements in six workstreams: funding; workforce; governance and infrastructure; data and analytics; emergency preparedness; and childhood and adolescent health. Those recommendations will form the basis of proposed legislation for the 2023 legislative session. Report access here:

12:55-1:45: State of Indiana Health Equity
Ms. Antoniette Holt, Strategic Equity Coordinator & Director of Office of Minority Health, Indiana Department of Health
1:45 – 2 pm Transition – please visit our Conference Exhibitors and learn more about new and current services!
2 – 2:30 pm State Policy Update on Direct Service Workers
Pam Clark and Myrna Martin

The Family Social Services Administration of the State of Indiana is currently developing an Indiana Direct Service Workforce (DSW) Plan. There are six pillars of the plan that will be shared as work in progress. Learn and provide feedback on new public health workforce policy!

 The Confess Project
Lorenzo P Lewis

This is a video recording of Mr.
Lewis, Founder and CEO of the
Confess Project, a mental health
campaign facilitated in
barbershops across the country in
advocating and discussing mental
health. Learn about the marketing
campaign and programmatic
efforts in major cities across the
US…and hear about what’s next
for Indianapolis!

 Breast Health Advocate initiative Breast cancer risk assessment tool focus group
Pink-4-Ever, Lisa Hayes

Come test out a new risk assessment
tool! Ms. Hayes of Pink-4-Ever has
designed a new tool that needs your
data and support as part of this on-
site focus group. This session will run
multiple times during the Minority
Health Partners Conference. Help our
partner test bed a new tool towards
advocacy of patient voice!
2:30 – 2:45 pm Transition – please visit our Conference Exhibitors and learn more about new and current services!
2:45 – 3:15 pm 10 Year Impact of the Indiana Black Barbershop Health Initiative –
Lake County Success Story
Moderator: James Garrett
Panelists:
Esther Lewis, Founder and CEO of Holistic Evolution
Louis Robb, owner of Lil Lou’s Beauty and Barber College (10 year IBBHI barbershop participant)
Erin B Sherrow Hayse, Purdue Nutrition Education program (10 year IBBHI volunteer)
Kaleb Sweatt, Lil Lou’s highschool student (HE Barbershop Health Series mentee)
Christian Jackson, Lil Lou’s student (HE Barbershop Health Series mentee)

James Garrett, Executive Director of the Indiana Commission of the Social Status Black Males, moderates the Lake County Impact panel sharing the incredible outcomes that started with participation in the barbershop health initiative and expanded into the formation of Holistic Evolution, a male mentoring program supporting Black & Hispanic youth in the Region and the successful award of the Indiana Together We Will grant to support barbers and youth certified as community health workers and health educators. Learn more about this
incredible community collaboration and collective impact!

 United States & International COVID-19
Update & Travel Health Education,
Deborah Ilufoye
Virtual Q&A

Join Ms. Ilufoye for a deep-dive
into COVID-19 travel health and
education prior to your holiday
vacation planning!

 HECHW District Council Membership Informational
Shamika Crowder & HECHW’s

Health Equity Council needs your
leadership in each of the 10 District
Councils! Meet one-on-one with
your local HECHW and learn more
about membership!
3:15 – 3:30 pm Transition – please visit our Conference Exhibitors and learn more about new and current services!
3:30 – 4 pm Day 1 Wrap-Up
4 – 6 pm Free Time
6 – 8pm International Marketplace Tour
Restaurant Traveling Dinner

Gathertorium – Main Stage

10 – 10:30 am

Welcome by Antoniette Holt, Strategic Equity Officer, Officer of Minority Health

10:30 – 11:30 am

Moderated Panel: Status of Health Equity

Moderator: Sunny Lu Williams
Panelists: Tara Morris, Minority Health Coalition of
Elkhart County
James Garrett, Indiana Commission on the Social Status of Black Males
Pam Clark,
Nina Coley

11:30 – 11:45 am

Transition

11:45 am – 12:15 pm

State Policy Update on Direct Service Workers
Pam Clark

12:15 – 12:30 pm

Transition

12:30 – 1:45 pm

Lunch & Keynote

1:45 – 2 pm

Transition

2 – 2:30 pm

2:30 – 2:45 pm

Transition

2:45 – 3:15 pm

10 Year Impact of the Indiana Black Barbershop Health Initiative – Barbers as Health Educators
James Garrett, barber, key community leaders (Elkhart model)

3:15 – 3:30 pm

Transition

3:30 – 4 pm

Closing

4 – 6 pm

Free Time

6 – 8pm

International Marketplace Tour
Select Restaurant Tour

Workshop Room 1 – Digital Dialogues

*Sessions in this track have
virtual presenters with audience
participating in Martin University
classrooms.

11:45 am – 12:15 pm

Refugee Health & Resettlement Overview,
Maliki Yacouba
Virtual Q&A

2 – 2:30 pm

Virtual Q&A

2:45 – 3:15 pm

United States & International COVID-19
Update & Travel Health Education,
Deborah Ilufoye
Virtual Q&A

Workshop Room 2 – Classroom Collaborations

*Sessions in this track are small
group collaborations in Martin
University classrooms.

11:45 am – 12:15 pm

HECHW Meet & Greet
Shamika Crowder

2 – 2:30 pm

Breast Health Advocate initiative
Breast cancer risk assessment tool
focus group
Pink-4-Ever, Lisa Hayes

2:45 – 3:15 pm

Breast Health Advocate initiative
Breast cancer risk assessment tool
focus group
Pink-4-Ever, Lisa Hayes

Agenda

Day 2 – Friday, 10-2pm

Partner focus in the morning; afternoon 3-7pm with Community Resource Fair

Gathertorium – Main Stage

10 – 10:15 am

Welcome

Day 1 Recap

10:15 – 10:45 am

BIPOC Health Equity Initiative

Beth Kreitl, WeBloom & Partners

10:45 – 11 am

Transition

11 – 11:30 am

Maternal & Child Health – IMHC Project ECHO

Lauren Lancaster & Tony Gillespie

Indiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition

Anastasia Oguntade

11:30 – 11:45 am

Transition

11:45 am – 12:15 pm

Data Storyboard: Preventative Care & COVID-19

Jane Pauley Community Health Center

12:15 – 12:30 pm

Transition

12:30 – 2 pm
Lunch

Purdue I-HOPE
Tisha Reid
Keynote: “What has and hasn’t changed in 50 years in public
health”
Janice Edmund-Wells
Iowa Office of Minority Health, National Association of Offices
of Minority Health
Elizabeth Jackson Award Presentation

2 – 3 pm

Transition to Community Resource Fair

3 – 7 pm

Community Resource Fair
DJ, Food Trucks, Giveaways, Games and more!

Workshop Room 1 – Classroom Collaborations

*Sessions in this track are small group
collaborations in Martin University
classrooms.

10:15 – 10:45 am

HECHW District Council Membership
Informational
Shamika Crowder & HECHWs

10:45 – 11 am

Transition

11 – 11:30 am

HECHW District Council Membership
Informational
Shamika Crowder & HECHWs

11:30 – 11:45 am

Transition

11:45 – 12:15 pm

HECHW District Council Membership
Informational
Shamika Crowder & HECHWs

Workshop Room 2 – Classroom Collaborations

*Sessions in this track are small group
collaborations in Martin University
classrooms.

10:15 – 10:45 am

Digital Marketing Matchmaking
TechServ Marketing Team

10:45 – 11 am

Transition

11 – 11:30 am

IN Together We Will: Enhance Your
Grant
Mr. Blake Wood, Director of Public
Policy & Grants Administration,
TechServ

11:30 – 11:45 am

Transition

11:45 – 12:15 pm

Digital Marketing Matchmaking
TechServ Marketing Team

Friday,
September 30		 Gathertorium – Main Stage Workshop Room 1 –
Digital Dialogues

*Sessions in this track have virtual presenters

 Workshop Room 2 –
Classroom Collaborations

*Sessions in this track are small group collaborations
10 – 10:15 am Welcome
Day 1 Recap
10:15 – 10:45 am BIPOC Health Equity Initiative
Beth Kreitl, WeBloom & Partners

WeBloom & Partners are collaborative conveners supporting
innovative program launches like: Regional Recovery Café,
Street Outreach Teams, and Discovery Café for Youth. Learn
from WeBloom Founder and partners on the different program
offerings and models of care supported.

 HECHW District Council Membership Informational
Shamika Crowder & HECHWs

Health Equity Council needs your
leadership in each of the 10 District
Councils! Meet one-on-one with your local
HECHW and learn more about
membership!

 Digital Marketing Matchmaking
TechServ Marketing Team

Come meet with the TechServ
Marketing Team to scope your digital
marketing project!
TechServ is providing free consult to
attendees of this session on website,
social media, and graphic design.
1 attendee per session will be
selected for a free website overhaul!
10:45 – 11 am Transition
11 – 11:30 am Maternal & Child Health – IMHC Project ECHO
Lauren Lancaster & Tony Gillespie

Lauren Lancaster, Maternal & Child Health Program Manager,
& Tony Gillespie, VP of Public Policy discuss the impacts of
Doula workforce on Black Maternal Mortality and the
Community Doula Services direct service program and Project
ECHO educational program.

Indiana Black Breastfeeding Coalition
Anastasia Oguntade

Ms. Oguntade shares the latest initiatives at the Indiana Black
Breastfeeding Coalition.

 HECHW District Council Membership Informational
Shamika Crowder & HECHWs

Health Equity Council needs your
leadership in each of the 10 District
Councils! Meet one-on-one with your local
HECHW and learn more about
membership!

 IN Together We Will: Enhance Your Grant
Mr. Blake Wood, Director of Public
Policy & Grants Administration,
TechServ
11:30 – 11:45 am Transition
11:45 am – 12:15 pm Data Storyboard: Preventative Care & COVID-19 – Services &
vaccination, mental health & behavioral health data
Jane Pauley, Community Health Center

Join Chief Operating Officer, Patrick Wooten, and Six Sigma
Yellow Belt Practice Leaders on a healthcare transformation
journey illustrated through data dashboards on Jane Pauley
Community Health Center’s approach and improvements to the
COVID-19 pandemic. Learnings include introduction on Six
Sigma Process Improvement, Lean Certification, and the
measurement of change and improvements at the federally
qualified health center.

 HECHW District Council Membership Informational
Shamika Crowder & HECHWs

Health Equity Council needs your
leadership in each of the 10 District
Councils! Meet one-on-one with your local
HECHW and learn more about
membership!

 Digital Marketing Matchmaking
TechServ Marketing Team

Come meet with the TechServ
Marketing Team to scope your digital
marketing project!
TechServ is providing free consult to
attendees of this session on website,
social media, and graphic design.
1 attendee per session will be
selected for a free website overhaul!
12:15 – 12:30 pm Transition
12:30 – 2 pm
Lunch		 Purdue I-HOPE
Tisha Reid

Update on Purdue’s Indiana Health Opportunities for People
Everywhere Initiative.

12:30-1pm: Child Abuse & Neglect – Supporting our Families in Crisis
Minister Alexis Nelson, Faith Temple of Christ. Gary HELPS Clinic, Founder of Coaching Towards Purpose

Minister Alexis Nelson shares family counseling approach supported in Gary churches, HELPS clinic, and family based programming to provide community interventions towards healthier families.

 

1:05-1:35pm: What is the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Brain Health in Minority Communities?
Dr. Sophia Wang, Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, IU School of Medicine

Dr. Wang explores the impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on brain health in Minority Communities. Dr. Wang is a clinician-researcher with a focus on better understanding cognitive aging and to develop interventions which can prevent cognitive decline in older adults.

1:40-2pm: Elizabeth Jackson Award Presentation
2 – 3 pm Transition to Community Resource Fair
3 – 7 pm Community Resource Fair
DJ, Food Trucks, Giveaways, Games and more!