The University of Memphis will host the 2002 Minority Health Summit at The U of M Holiday Inn and The University’s Fogelman Executive Center Sept. 12-13.
The seventh annual summit entitled “Investing for Results: Changing the Conversation” will focus on youth leadership and empowerment, community economic development and health-related issues.
“The purpose is to help build a healthy community through partnerships and collaborations,” a Tennessee Office of Minority Health employee said.
Other objectives include exploring multi-dimensional markets impacting community health and examining systems that affect community benefits.
The summit will begin Thursday at 7 a.m. Participants will have the opportunity to visit exhibition booths from government, non-profit and corporate organizations focusing on issues ranging from health to education.
Workshops will be held each day to discuss solutions to inefficiencies in economic development, education and community health. These seminars will address issues such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, domestic violence and African American leadership.
Speakers at the summit include cardiologists, oncologists, professors of anthropology and ministers.
Friday’s keynote speaker will be Tavis Smiley, publisher of The Smiley Report newsletter and host of “The Tavis Smiley Show.” Smiley is also a correspondent for CNN, “Good Morning America” and “Primetime” Thursday. Smiley wrote the book “How to Make Black America Better” and is the founder of a youth charity.
“The Minority Health Summit will offer an excellent opportunity for members of all cultural and ethnic backgrounds to network with others across the state of Tennessee,” wrote summit chairman Senator Roscoe Dixon in a letter to participants.
Registration for the conference will begin Wednesday from 6-9 p.m. and continue Thursday and Friday at 7 a.m. Tickets are $100 for adults and $75 for students. Tickets include lunch Friday.
The Minority Health Summit is sponsored by the Tennessee Black Health Care Commission, Tennessee Caucus of Black Legislators and the Tennessee Office of Minority Health.
For more information or registration, please contact the Tennessee Office of Minority Health at 615-741-9443.
