#CouchConversations: Caretakers, Risktakers & Trailblazers: Women Smashing the Caste System of COVID

COUCH CONVERSATIONS PRESENTS: Caretakers, Risk Takers and Trailblazers Women Smashing the Caste System of COVID Thursday, March 18th, 2021 6:00PM – 8:00 PM EST Zoom Webinar PROGRAM Lines Open:

Ariel Baker, NEBiP Program Coordinator

Opening Speakers:

Nicole Price, NEBiP Board Chair, Bithiah Carter, President of NEBiP, Mr. Michael Curry, President- Massachusetts League of Health Centers, Commissioner Monica Bharel

Speaker(s):

Dr. Paulette Chandler, Ms. Petrina Cherry Dr. Renee Crichlow, Ms. Patricia Bonner- Duval Hon. Linda Dorcena Forry, Dr.Cassandra Pierre , Dr. Oneeka Williams

Question and Answers:

Audience

Closing Thoughts:

Dr. Atyia Martin

Adjourn:

Nicole Price, NEBiP Board Chair

DESCRIPTION The first confirmed case of COVID-19 arrived in the US on January 15, 2020, and since then our lives have been altered in ways unimaginable. On February 22, 2021, the US recorded its 500,000th death.

Now, COVID-19 is the leading cause of death in the US. Millions and millions of lives have been transformed as a result of the health, social, and economic impacts of this pandemic.

As we move toward the inflection point of COVID-19, meet Black women who are at the forefront of change. We are taking matters into our own hands. Hear from health professionals leading the charge from the top of their fields who will help to demystify the rhetoric surrounding the vaccine and its impact on our community.

The conversation will provide a contextual grounding for our current COVID-19 situation and end with a better understanding of the distribution of the vaccine. At the end of the conversation, we will address the implications and legacy of COVID-19, the vaccine, and the future of a more equitable healthcare system, and the role of philanthropy in securing this future. _________________________________________________________________ ABOUT NEW ENGLAND BLACKS IN PHILANTHROPY (NEBIP) Our mission is to inform, reform and transform philanthropic giving in the black community. We inform by providing tangible facts about, and a deeper understanding of, black philanthropy. We reform by offering an alternative view of the Black community and the power of Black philanthropy. We transform by assisting in establishing strategic philanthropic partnerships for black philanthropy.

SPEAKERS’ BIOS

Monica Bharel serves as the Commonwealth’s chief physician. As Commissioner, Dr. Bharel oversees a public health workforce of nearly 3000 and an expansive department addressing issues. Read more about Commissioner Bharel here.

Paulette Chandler ,MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Associate Epidemiologist in the Division of Preventive Medicine and a primary care physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She serves as lead for community engagement and education for COVID-19 vaccine trials at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Read more about Dr. Chandler here.

Petrina Martin Cherry is a marketing and healthcare executive with over 25 years of experience specializing in marketing strategy, healthcare marketing and community program development and entertainment marketing. Read more about Petrina here.

Dr. Renee Crichlow, MD, FAAFP, is Chief Medical Officer of Codman health Center. She is the incoming Vice Chair of Health Equity at the Boston University Department of Family Medicine, and the medical editor for Diversity Equity and Inclusion of American Family Physician. Read more about Dr. Crichlow here.

Michael Curry, Esq. is the CEO at Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, which represents 52 health centers, serving over 1 million patients out of over 314 practice sites throughout the state. Read more about Mr. Curry here.

Patricia Bonner-DuVal is the board president of the Grimes-King Foundation for the Elderly and has serves as VicePresident of Development for notable non-profit organizations. Read more about Ms. Duval here.

Honorable Linda Dorcena Forry is Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Community Relations at Suffolk Construction. She leads their national strategy to strengthen their diversity and inclusion platform.. Read more about Hon. Forry here.

Dr. Atyia Martin is the CEO and Founder of All Aces, Inc. Dr. Martin has over 20 years of experience applying the principles of racial equity and social justice during her career in resilience, emergency management, public health, and intelligence. Read more about Dr. Martin here.

Dr. Cassandra Pierre is an Assistant Professor at the Boston university School of Medicine, the Medical Director of Public Health Programs and the Associate Hospital Epidemiologist at Boston Medical Center and the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Council. Read more about Dr. Pierre here.

Dr. Oneeka Williams is a Urologic Surgeon at Emerson Urology in Concord, MA and Assistant Clinical Professor of Urology at Tufts Medical School. She completed a BA in Biophysics at Johns Hopkins University, her MD, MPH at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health, surgical training at Massachusetts General Hospital and urologic training at Lahey Clinic. Read more about Dr. Williams here.

Today’s program was made possible by the generous support of:

Mr. Lee Pelton

We would also like to thank NEBiP’s #CouchConversation supporters: