Advancing the Response to COVID-19: Sharing Promising Programs and Practices for Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities - The Office of Minority Health

Advancing the Response to COVID-19: Sharing Promising Programs and Practices for Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities - The Office of Minority Health

Hello!

We are just seven days away from the Advancing the Response to COVID-19: Sharing Promising Programs and Practices for Racial and Ethnic Minority Communities virtual symposium hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health. The virtual symposium will highlight state, tribal, territorial and community-based efforts addressing COVID-19 among racial and ethnic minority and American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

We invite you to join us on Sept. 17, 2020 to hear from national, state, tribal, and local experts leading efforts developed for public health leaders at all levels and community organizations confronting the pandemic.

Speaker Announcements

Make sure you attend the Opening and Closing Plenaries featuring leadership from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Opening Plenary |  Welcome & Opening Remarks  | 12:30 PM ET

Secretary Alex Azar, JD, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services RADM Felicia Collins, MD, MPH, FAAP, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health and Director, Office of Minority Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Keynote Address

ADM Brett Giroir, MD, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Closing Plenary | Call to Action & Closing Remarks  |  4:45 PM ET

Leandris Liburd, PhD, MPH, MA, Chief Health Equity Officer, Director of Office of Minority Health and Health Equity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention VADM Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, Surgeon General of the United States