Seminar on Re-Envisioning Ethical Alternatives in Health Care:
"INNER CITY COMMUNITIES AT RISK, COVERAGE CRISIS;
UNIVERSAL CHILD HEALTH & BEYOND – NEW ALLIANCE"
November 5, 1997
4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
The Interchurch Center
475 Riverside Drive at 120th Street
New York, NY 10115
Dialogue-Openers:
I. "At Risk, Deepening Coverage Crisis"
Dr. Al Cohall, Director, Harlem Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Commentaries: Harlem Hospital Administrators, Physicians; Harlem Community Practitioners, Analysts and Organizers (Being Invited)Bruce Mesh, Bamaware: Mapping Epidemiology of Risks, Demographic Coverage
II. "Child Health Now!--Community Partnership"
Donna Lawrence, Director, Children’s Defense Fund, New York Office
[Buffet break about 5:45 p.m.]
III. "City Health Care Issue Challenges" [Day after Elections]
* Hon. Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President [-Elect], currently Councilperson
* Rosa Gil, Deputy Mayor for Health
* Rev. Fred Davie, Deputy to Borough President to Ruth Messenger
* Hon. Phil Reed, Harlem City Councilperson[-Elect]; Member, Riverside Church
IV. "Toward New Alliance(s)?"
…Reports on Harlem-Northern Manhattan Clergy, Congregations, CBO’s Outreach…
....Robert Padgug: Envisioning A Model for Regional Communities Health Alliance
* Marshall England, Harlem Hospital Community Board, Campaign Save City Hospitals
Progress Reports, Action Announcements: Around-The-Table"
Action Against For-Profit Takeover(s); Dec. JAMA/Press Conference, Teach-In, "Boston Tea Parties"; Pre-APHA, PNHP National Meetings; Toward National Inter-Religious Constituencies "Gathering" in Mid-America in the Spring; NCC-NMU Eco-Justice Working Group: New Congregations Study Guide on Environmental Health; more..* Invited
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Light supper buffet $8.00
RSVP, please… marcel@ncccusa.org, or, call (212) 870-3561 Fax: (212) 870-3341
Resources for the Civic Conversation - National Council of Churches - 475 Riverside Drive, NYC 10115