The Healthy Churches 2030 RoadMap Tour on August 10, 2024 in Oakland, CA ft Dr. Pernessa C. Seele, Dr. Claybon Lea, Jr., Nakitta C. Foxx, Rev. Jeremy McCants & More!
Event Details
A One Day In-Person Conference, Designed to Help You Start or Strengthen Your Health Ministry!
For More Information Visit: https://www.balmingilead.org/roadmap-oakland
Includes: Free Admission/Continental Breakfast/Boxed Lunch
MORNING PRAISE
AND WELCOME
Rev. Jeremy McCants, MDiv.
Interim Pastor, Imani Community Church
Oakland, CA
Dr. Pernessa C. Seele
Founder/CEO, The Balm In Gilead, Inc.
Richmond, VA
PANEL ON
LOCAL HEALTH PRIORITIES
Denisha DeLane
Founder, Faith in the Bay
Dr. Glenda Newell Harris
Physician, Global Leader
Kimi Watkins Tartt
Director of the Alameda County
Public Health Department.
DISEASE EDUCATION
SESSIONS
Facing the Challenge: Recognizing the Threat
and Reducing the Risk of Peripheral
Artery Disease (PAD) in Black Americans
JaBaris Swain, MD, MPH
Medical Executive, Health Systems Integration, Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson
Science, Faith, & Survival
Yelak Biru
CEO and President
The International Myeloma Foundation
Sponsored by Bristol Myers Squibb
HEALTH MINISTRY
WORKSHOPS
(choose one)
How to Start a Health Ministry
Maya Harris
Program Consultant, The Balm In Gilead, Inc.
How to Strengthen an Existing Health Ministry
Cary Goodman
Program Consultant, The Balm In Gilead, Inc.
Richmond, VA
CLOSING WORSHIP
EXPERIENCE
Dr. Claybon Lea, Jr.
Senior Pastor, Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Fairfield and Suisun City, CA
Nakitta C. Foxx
Lead vocalist for the Kurt Carr Singers
Director of Praise and Worship,
The Fountain of Praise
Includes: Free Admission/Continental Breakfast/Boxed Lunch
More Speakers To Be Announced!
Organizer
The Balm In Gilead, Incorporated
The mission of The Balm In Gilead is to prevent diseases and improve the health status of people of African Descent by supporting faith institutions in areas of program design, implementation, and evaluation to strengthen their capacity to programmatically eliminate health disparities.