The Balm In Gilead Invites You to a Free Live Webinar about Prostate Cancer on Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at 7pm ET
Event Details
Join The Balm In Gilead for real talk about the role families and faith organizations can play to ensure that Black men receive appropriate screening and treatment for prostate cancer.
Speakers
Lionell Sabb, PhD, and Mrs. Cynthia Sabb
Husband and wife experiencing the prostate cancer journey.
Dr. Lionell Sabb and Cynthia Sabb are celebrating their 42nd wedding anniversary this year. Both are natives of Orangeburg, SC, where they still reside. Dr. Sabb, an intensive foster care social worker, and Cynthia Sabb, an insurance and property manager, are the proud parents of a daughter who is a neonatologist and a son who is an IT specialist. In December 2022, Dr. Sabb was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer, which culminated in surgery. Immediately, Cynthia intensified her role as the family’s caregiver and provided round-the-clock care for Dr. Sabb, in spite of her own health challenges.
Dr. Fenwa Milhouse
Board Certified Urologist·Down There Urology
Dr. Fenwa Milhouse is a board-certified urologist, the co-owner of her own practice, Down There Urology in Chicago, and the star of TLC network’s “Dr. Down Below” Dr. Milhouse uses social media to destigmatize urological conditions, as well as demonstrate the importance of representation in Urology. Known by the world as “Your Favorite Urologist”, she has been featured on several media outlets including Yahoo Style, HuffPost, Essence Magazine, CNN, Insider, Cheddar News, WGN, Sex with Dr. Jess, and regularly on Blackdoctor.org. She was named Top Urologist in Chicago in 2023 by Women in Medicine. She currently sits on the board of the Chicago Urological Society, and is an active member of several professional societies including the American Urological Association and the Society of Urodynamics and Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction.
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel T. Brooks
Senior Pastor·Greater Saint John Baptist Church Birmingham, Alabama
Rev. Dr. Nathaniel T. Brooks is an established intergenerational millennial leader and thinker. For several years, he has been a faithful servant and leader of several educational, community, and religious organizations that include: Board Chair at The O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB. Editorial Board Member at the Institute of Youth Ministry (IYT) – Princeton Theological Seminary, Leadership Council Member for the Ethics & Religious Liberties Commission; ans Black Theology & Leadership Institute Fellow – Princeton Theological Seminary. Dr. Brooks is also President/CEO of the Change- It-Foundation, a non-profit consultant firm established to support churches and businesses in areas of leadership, team development, and professional coaching. Dr. Brooks has done international missionary work in various developing countries: Kenya, Liberia, St. Croix, Haiti, and Guyana, South America. Dr. Brooks was licensed in 2004 and ordained in 2007 into the Gospel ministry by his pastor and mentor, Bishop Walter Scott Thomas Sr., New Psalmist Baptist Church (Baltimore, MD). Dr. Brooks served at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Herndon, VA., as Youth & Young Adults Pastor and later as the Executive Pastor, and Minister to Youth & Young Adults at the Park Church (Charlotte, NC) where he oversaw three multi-campus ministries of 1,000 Youth & Young Adults weekly. Currently, Dr. Brooks serves as the Senior Pastor of the Greater Saint John Baptist Church, Birmingham, VA. As Senior Pastor, in five years, Dr. Brooks formed a food bank ministry in the church’s high crime and poverty-stricken neighborhood which successfully fed 9,000 families, seniors, kids and the homeless population during the global pandemic. Dr. Brooks grew the church and oversaw a $400,000 revitalization capital campaign for its dilapidated educational building & fellowship hall. This campaign was completed funded by faithful members and community partners without adding any debt to the church.
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