5th Annual
History of Black Columbus Conference
Health & The Black Family: Mind, Body & Spirit
May 3, 2008
9:00 am-4:30 pm
8:00 am
8:50 am
9:00 am
9:45 am
10:30 am
10: 45 am
12:00 pm
1:15 pm
2:10 pm
3:00 pm
3:45 pm
4:30 pm
Registration and Continental Breakfast
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kenneth Goings, Ph.D Chairperson
Department of African American and African Studies
The Ohio State University
Panel discussion
Diabetes in the Mount Vernon District: Was it always this way?
Tim Anderson
Pat Funderburg, Central Ohio Diabetes Association
Trudy Gaillard, OSU Medical Center
Wilburn Weddington, M.D, Professor Emeritus, OSU Medical Center
Panel Discussion:
Too Soon, Too Small, Too Sick: Black Infant Mortality in our community
Allen Huff, The Neighborhood House, Inc.
Gwen Simmonds, OSU College of Nursing
Martha Simmons, MSN, APRN, BC, Columbus Public Health
Keith Sullivan, The Neighborhood House, Inc.
Break
Keynote Address : Cheryl Boyce, Ohio Commission on Minority Health
Lunch with music provided by the OSU Jazz Ensemble, Dr. Ted McDaniel, Director
Panel discussion:
Black female depression and a healthy African American family
Barbara Warren, PhD, OSU College of Nursing
Cathy McDaniels-Wilson, Freedom Center
Panel Discussion:
Elderly issues on the Near East side: a historical perspective
Marsha Atkins, CNM, ND, OSU College of Nursing
Gloria Robinson, R.N., M.S. Prevail-Respect, Inc.
Julie Van Putten, M.D., Ph.D Columbus Neighborhood Health Centers
Panel discussion:
HIV/AIDS: A rising epidemic
Tiffany McDowell, Doctoral Student, OSU
Victor Peoples, The Tobias Project
Panel Discussion:
Self destruction: homicide in the Black community
Rudolph Alexander, PhD OSU College of Social Work
Commander Jeffrey Blackwell, Columbus Police Department
Closing Remarks
Judson L. Jeffries, PhD
Professor, Department of African American and African Studies
Director, Community Extension Center
