2022 PRE-CONFERENCE EVENT
Separate registration required. Your pre-conference event registration does not include conference registration.
MEETING THE MOMENT:
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE NOW
Wednesday, October 26
1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel (Magnolia Room)
Join us after for a Welcome Reception from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Morgan's Restaurant
1:00 - 4:30 p.m.
Sheraton Grand Sacramento Hotel (Magnolia Room)
Join us after for a Welcome Reception from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. at Morgan's Restaurant
This pre-conference event will bring together leaders and stakeholders addressing climate change as an imperative issue for health centers. We will explore the impacts of climate change on health centers and health center patients from diverse perspectives including:
Participants will benefit from panel presentations as well as breakout discussions in small groups. You will leave with new ideas for engaging your health center in climate change work, and effective strategies to address the effects of climate change and advocate for change.
- Climate change as a health issue
- Advocacy and sustainable infrastructure for health centers
- Climate change as an environmental justice and health equity issue
Participants will benefit from panel presentations as well as breakout discussions in small groups. You will leave with new ideas for engaging your health center in climate change work, and effective strategies to address the effects of climate change and advocate for change.
AGENDA
Welcome
Plenary #1: Climate Change as a Health Issue: What Can Clinicians and Health Centers Do About It Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, Health Equity fellow at Harvard School of Public Health’s Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment
Panel #1: Strategies for Health Center Greening (Decarbonization) and Advocacy
Jean Nudelman, Senior Director, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente, Northern CA
Plenary #2: Climate Change as An Environmental Justice and Health Equity Issue
Danielle Frank, Member of the Hoopa Tribe, Youth Director, Save the Salmon
Panel #2: Developing A Climate Change Work Group at Your Health Center
Lily Kelly, La Clinica de La Raza
Beth Herrmann, Open Door Community Health Centers
Plenary #3: NACHC’s Involvement in Climate Change and Environmental Justice Efforts Including Efforts At Health Centers Across The US
Ben Money, Sr. Vice President, Public Health Priorities, National Association of Community Health Centers
Plenary #1: Climate Change as a Health Issue: What Can Clinicians and Health Centers Do About It Gaurab Basu, MD, MPH, Health Equity fellow at Harvard School of Public Health’s Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment
Panel #1: Strategies for Health Center Greening (Decarbonization) and Advocacy
Jean Nudelman, Senior Director, Community Health, Kaiser Permanente, Northern CA
Plenary #2: Climate Change as An Environmental Justice and Health Equity Issue
Danielle Frank, Member of the Hoopa Tribe, Youth Director, Save the Salmon
Panel #2: Developing A Climate Change Work Group at Your Health Center
Lily Kelly, La Clinica de La Raza
Beth Herrmann, Open Door Community Health Centers
Plenary #3: NACHC’s Involvement in Climate Change and Environmental Justice Efforts Including Efforts At Health Centers Across The US
Ben Money, Sr. Vice President, Public Health Priorities, National Association of Community Health Centers