Bridging the Gaps Symposium: Working Conference on Strategies for Improving Health

Posted by on August 25, 2006

16th Annual Symposium
a working conference on strategies for improving health
in underserved communities

Please Join Us!
September 15, 2006
8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Behrakis Grand Hall
Creese Building
3210 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
8:30 ? 9:45 a.m. Poster Session: Bridging the Gaps Student Community Health Projects
10:00 ? 11:30 a.m. Workshop Sessions
Workshop 1 Not Everyone Can ?Be Like Mike:? Developing Role Models for a Brighter Future
Workshop 2 ?I?m Bored, This Is Corny:? Strategies to Motivate and Engage Teens
Workshop 3 Building Relationships: Overcoming Barriers and Finding Strengths
Workshop 4 Game of Life: Senior Edition
Workshop 5 Home Sweet Home: Hunting for Housing in Philadelphia
Workshop 6 All Hands on Deck: Interactive Learning Through the Ages
Workshop 7 A Dynamic Approach to Health Care: Expanding the Traditional Doctor-Patient Model
Workshop 8 It?s Not a Small World After All: World Literacy and Cultural Competency
Workshop 9 How to Get Our Groove Back? Caring for Yourself While Caring for the Community
Workshop 10 Back Off: Stop Bullying Before It Starts

11:45 a.m. ? 1:30 p.m. Awards Ceremony/Plenary Session
Erin Gruwell, educator, activist and author
Maria Reyes, former student and Freedom Writer

For Information
To learn more, please contact Mary Ellen Bradley, Bridging the Gaps Program Office:
Phone (215) 898-4141
Fax (215) 573-2265
E-mail mbradley@cceb.med.upenn.edu
http://www.bridgingthegaps.info

Please share this invitation with others who might wish to attend. Now celebrating its 16th year, Bridging the Gaps is committed to forging partnerships with individuals and organizations dedicated to the promotion of health in underserved communities. The annual symposium is based on the work of students from academic health institutions in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Erie, Pennsylvania, and in Delaware who have participated in the Bridging the Gaps program. The symposium is offered free to the public. Come explore issues of importance to all of us focused on improving the health of our urban communities.

Participating Educational Institutions
Bryn Mawr College, Christiana Care Health System, Drexel University, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, LaSalle University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.