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Rock Your Health: Going For Gold, Day 1
Oct 8
Students, faculty and staff, please save the date for October 8-9, 2024 for our school-wide kickoff of the Going for Gold campaign that will put an acute attention on cancer.
On a local level, we are calling it “Rock Your Health,” complete with a tribute to Medgar Wiley Evers.
On October 8th and 9th, we will launch our campaign with a two-day event, including our annual Benefits Fair on the 9th.
Here’s a look at the Day 1 agenda (9:30 a.m. to noon in the EOJ Auditorium in AB1):
Presider
Ms. Susan M. Haynes
Interim Executive Director, Human Resources, Medgar Evers College
Continental Breakfast
Welcome
Ms. Susan M. Haynes
Opening remarks
Patricia Ramsey, PhD
President, Medgar Evers College
Speaker introduction
Dr. Evelyn Castro
Senior Advisor to the President for Community Engagement
Dean, School of Professional & Community Engagement
The State of Health
Dr. Leslie Hayes
Deputy Commissioner, Division of Family & Child Health
NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
Medical Professionals Panel Moderator
Mr. Peter Holoman
Director, Medgar Evers College
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Panelists
Dr. Sewit Teckie
System Chief of Oncology, New York City Health & Hospitals
Ms. Pamela Jones
Licensed Master Social Worker, NYC Health & Hospitals
Kings County Primary Care Outpatient Department
Dr. Xavior Johnson
Director, Health Equity and Partnerships, Merck
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Introduction of Speaker
Dr. Jesse Kane
Senior Vice President, Student Success & Enrollment Management
Medgar Evers College
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Donald Alcendor
Associate Professor
Center for AIDS Health Disparities
Research Division of Microbiology & Immunology,
Physiology & Obstetrics & Gynecology
Meharry Medical College
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Medical Professionals Panel Moderator
Mr. Nick Masuda
Associate Director, Marketing & Communications
Cancer Survivors Panelists
Ms. Laura James
Mr. Conrad Rite
Ms. Yvonne Stephenson