Bridging the Gaps 20th Anniversary Symposium

Posted by on August 27, 2010

Bridging the Gaps
20th Anniversary Symposium – September 24, 2010

Please Join Us!
September 24, 2010
8:45 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Continental Breakfast and Lunch Provided

Rodeph Shalom
615 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19132

Symposium Agenda
8:45 – 10:15 a.m. Poster Session: Bridging the Gaps Student Community Health Projects
10:30 a.m. – Noon Workshop Sessions
Workshop 1 Working With Youth Ain’t Easy: Overcoming Barriers to Better Nutrition
Workshop 2 When Life Gives You Lemons … How Do You Make Lemonade? Dealing With the Stressors of Urban Youth
Workshop 3 It’s Not You, It’s Me … No, It’s Us; Relationships, Communication and Collaboration in Community Health
Workshop 4 Creating the Community Classroom: Contextual Determinants of Healthy Living
Workshop 5 Why the *#@! Are You Staring at Me Like That?
Workshop 6 “Where’s Your Head At?”: Strategies for Supporting Mental Health
Workshop 7 Games Unplugged: Playing With Virtually Nothing
Workshop 8 Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Healthy Food
Workshop 9 Faulty Foundations: How People Fall Through the Cracks
Workshop 10 Aging IS Sexy: New Perspectives for Change

12:15 – 2 p.m. Awards Ceremony/Plenary Session
Wendell Pierce, actor/activist

Wendell Pierce grew up in New Orleans’s historic Pontchartrian Park, a section still suffering bitterly from
the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. Undeterred by bureaucratic delays, Pierce leveraged his visibility as a
respected actor and the narrator of the documentary “When the Levees Broke” to launch a community-driven approach to rebuilding. Pierce founded the Pontchartrain Park Community Development Corporation (PPCDC), a nonprofit entity constructing eco- and budget-friendly replacement homes. The PPCDC opened its first model home in May 2010. Pierce brings passion and commitment to the task of revitalizing his former neighborhood—one of the oldest African-American communities lost to the floods of Katrina.

Please RSVP online by September 17, 2010.

Visit http://www.bridgingthegaps.info and click on the Annual Symposium RSVP button.

Now celebrating its 20th 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 free to the public and is based on the work of students who have participated in the past program year.

Participating Educational Institutions: Bryn Mawr College, DeSales University, Drexel University, East Stroudsburg University, La Salle University, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Marywood University, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

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: btgpchip@mail.med.upenn.edu Web: http://www.bridgingthegaps.info

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