AGENDA
Healthy Churches 2030 Conference begins each day with worship and thanksgiving. Annually at this time of year, we gather from diverse faith communities. However, central to our gathering is our belief in the presence and power of the One God and the spiritual authority of His son, Jesus Christ. This one-of-a-kind conference brings faith and public health together to forge solutions to the long-standing alarming rates of health disparities among African Americans. We also welcome our faith partners from across the continent of Africa. Comparable to African Americans, too many human beings living throughout the Black Diaspora suffer and die needlessly from a lack of health access and resources, poverty, and poor health behaviors.
10:00am - 10:30am
Plenary A-1 | 2021 Annual State of the Union on the Black Health
Clyde W. Yancy MD, MSc, Professor and Chief, Division of Medicine-Cardiology Associate Director, Bluhm CV Institute Vice-Dean, Diversity & Inclusion Northwestern University FSM, Chicago, IL
10:30am - 11:00am
Plenary A-2 | Conference Opening Preacher & Special Guest Performance
Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas Dean, Episcopal Divinity School; Bill and Judith Moyers Theology Chair Union Theological Seminary, New York, NY
Wintley Phipps World-renowned Vocal Artist, Pastor Founder and CEO, U.S. Dream Academy, Silver Spring, MD
11:15am - 12:30pm
Institute A | Pandemic! Nehemiah 2:17
Bishop Horace E. Smith MD
Bishop Tudor Bismark Founder & Overseer, Jabula New Life Ministries International and Senior Pastor, New Life Convenant Church, Harare, Zimbabwe
Bishop Yvette Flunder, DMin Presiding Bishop of the Fellowship of Affirming Ministries and Senior Pastor, City of Refugee United Church of Christ, Oakland, CA
Rev. Danielle Brown, DMin Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Plainfield, NJ
Rev. Frank A. Thomas, PhD Preacher, Teacher, Scholar, Thinker
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Symposium A-1 | Tools for Evaluating Faith-based Health & Wellness Programs
Joyce Moon Howard, DrPH
1:30 - 2:30pm
Symposium A-2 | Voices for the Heart: Raising Awareness of Hereditary ATTR-CM
Sponsored by Pfizer
Dr. Sanul Corrielus, MD Cardiologist, Corrielus Cardiology, Philadelphia, PA
Don Chaney Former Professional Basketball Player and Coach living with ATTR-CM
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Symposium A-3 | SoulCare
Sheila E. Battle, MHS
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Symposium A-4 | Tools: Fundamentals of Implementing and Strengthening Your Congregation’s Health & Wellness Ministry
Pamela Price, RN
Cary L. Goodman
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Evening A | Healthy GULLAH Cooking with Chef Charlotte Jenkins
Chef Charlotte Jenkins Famed Gullah cuisine Chef
10:00am - 10:30am
Plenary B-1 | Diamond Plenary: Sponsored by Biogen
Sponsored by Biogen
10:30am - 11:00am
Plenary B-2 | hATTR Amyloidosis: An Underdiagnosed Condition Disproportionately Affecting African Americans
Sponsored by Alnylam
Albert J. Hicks III, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist University of Maryland Medical Center
Joanna Pearson, RN Patient Education Liaison Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
11:15am - 12:30pm
Institute B | TRAUMA! A word that affects us all: How do we heal?
Pervis Taylor, III, MA
Inger E. Burnett-Zeigler, PhD Clinical Psychologist and Associate Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Rev. Dr. Willie Dwayne Francois III Senior Pastor, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Pleasantville, NJ
Dr. Khaalida Forbes, DMin Founder and CEO, Metamorphosis Enterprises, Atlanta, GA
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Symposium B-2 | The Untold Stories of Sickle Cell Disease and How The Church Can Respond
Sponsored by The Balm in Gilead Inc.
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Symposium B-3 | Essential Conversations: Caregiving and Dementia
Sponsored by AARP
Carl V. Hill, PhD, MPH Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer Alzheimer’s Association
Rita B. Choula, MA Director, Caregiving, AARP Public Policy Institute
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Symposium B-4 | Caring for the Cancer Caregiver: Challenges and Celebration of the Black Caregiver
Sponsored by Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
Regineak Ruffin Behavioral Health Therapist
Lori Beard-Daily Training Coordinator/Contracting Officer, US Courts
10:00am - 10:30am
Plenary C-1 | Generational Health Matters: Breaking Cultural Stigma to Save Black Men from Prostate Cancer
Sponsored by Janssen
Robert Ginyard Chairman, ZERO Board of Directors; Podcast Host, Entrepreneur, and Prostate Cancer Survivor
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Symposium C-1 | Beyond the Pandemic: Promoting Good Health in Our Kids and Young Adults during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic
Sponsored by Association of Black Cardiologists
Rachel M. Bond MD Co-Chair Women’s and Children’s Committee, Association of Black Cardiologists
Annette K. Ansong, MD Co-Chair Women’s and Children’s Committee, Association of Black Cardiologists
Carissa M. Baker-Smith, MD Interim Medical Director, Heart Failure, Transplant, and Advanced Cardiac Therapies/VAD; Director, Pediatric Preventive Cardiology, Nemours Children’s Hospital
Camille Bonta, MHS ABC Policy Consultant Summit Health Care Consulting
1:30 - 2:30pm
Symposium C-2 | Brain Health & Wellness: The Role of Technology
Co-Sponsored by Balm In Gilead National Brain Health Center & Biogen
Pamela Price, RN Deputy Director, The Balm In Gilead
James R. Williams, PhD Head, Biogen Digital Health, External Innovation and Alliances
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Symposium C-4 | The Power of Planning- Advance Healthcare and Financial Preparation
Sponsored by Compassion & Choices
Brandi Alexander National Director, Community Engagement Compassion & Choices, Portland, OR
Rev. Charles W. McNeill Jr., Senior Pastor, Unity Baptist Church, MD
Shawn Perry Executive Producer and Host, The Senior Zone
Ricardo Thomas, President Thomas-Waddell & Associates, New Orleans, LA
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Evening C | Work It Out!
Dolvett Quince Celebrity Fitness Trainer, NY Times Best Selling Author & International Speaker
10:00am - 10:30am
Plenary D-1 | Blood Cancer in African Americans—Facing Disparities During a Pandemic
Sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb
Doug E. Fresh World's Greatest Entertainer, Hip Hop Legend
Kimberly Alexander Chief Executive Officer, Level Health Agency, Frisco, TX
Joseph Mikhael, MD Professor, Applied Cancer Research and Drug Discovery Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Phoenix, AZ
Robert Pugh Pastor, educator, and businessman
10:30am - 11:00am
Plenary D-2 | Diamond Plenary: Sponsored by Amgen
Sponsored by Amgen
11:15am - 12:30pm
Institute D | Conference Closing Preacher & Special Guest Performance
Rev. Dr. Howard-John Wesley Senior Pastor, Alfred Street Baptist Church, Alexandria, VA
Anthony Brown Grammy-nominated American urban contemporary Gospel artist
1:30pm - 2:30pm
Symposium D-1 | Diamond Symposium: Sponsored by Amgen
Sponsored by Amgen
1:30 - 2:30pm
Symposium D-2 | How We Use Our Faith in Diabetes Management
Michael Roberson
Cherise Shockley
Phyllisa Deroze, PhD
Kendall Simmons Former NFL football player, Super Bowl Champion, Diabetes Patient Ambassador
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Symposium D-3 | Paradigm Shift: How Young Adults are Responding to Social Justice - Spiritually, Emotionally and Physically!
Rev. Dr. Dominique A. Robinson Assistant Professor, Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, TX
Rev. Dr. John Faison, Sr. Watson Grove Missionary Baptist Church, Nashville, TN
Rev. Stephen A. Green
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Symposium D-4 | Ignore No More: Sarcoidosis, The Rare Disease of African-American Women
Sponsored by The Balm in Gilead, Inc.
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Evening D | Celebration of Life
Tonight we celebrate the extraordinary lives of family, church and community members, and our friends who have transitioned to the ancestral court and now sit among the angels. With Joy in our hearts, we remember and we celebrate with music, words and our love!
Join Founder & CEO, Pernessa Seele and Co-Host Stage & Screen Actor Morris Chestnut
The Right Rev. Adam J. Richardson, Jr. The Senior Bishop of The African Methodist Episcopal Churchand the Presiding Prelate of the 10th Episcopal District
The Right Rev. Kenneth Monroe The Senior Bishop of African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and the Presiding Prelate, Eastern North Carolina Episcopal District
The Right Rev. Bishop Lawrence L. Reddick III The Senior Bishop of the Christian Methodist Church and the Presiding Prelate of the Eighth Episcopal District.
Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems Theologian, Scholar, Writer, Minister, Co-pastor Ray of Hope Community Church, Nashville, TN
Crystal Aikin World-renowned Gospel singer-songwriter
