Public Health Conference: Social Justice and Equity

WellStart Initiatives is excited to host our 3rd annual conference to educate individuals on health equity. In light of the current climate, our theme this year is “Social Justice and Equity.” The conference will be held on April 1st from 10-12pm EST.

Join our conference as we address social equity, mental health issues, explore public health issues, promote health, and health equity. The conference will feature a keynote presentation that will discuss social justice and breakout discussions that can be applied to current public health challenges. The following breakout sessions will be offered: What is a Doula, Nutrition, My Mind Matters, and Finance 101.

Our keynote speaker is Aaron Greene, a native of Orangeburg, South Carolina, is a 2019 graduate University of South Carolina School of Law. While in law school, he served as president of the award winning Matthew J. Perry Chapter of the National Black Law Students. In the summer of 2018, Aaron was selected to join the prestigious Ella Baker Legal InternProgram at the Center for Constitutional Rights in Manhattan, N.Y.

More recently, Aaron has served as associate counsel at the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice in Newark, New Jersey. Aaron’s work focused on Voting Rights and Civic Engagement under the Institute’s Democracy & Justice pillar. In addition, he worked on the 1844 No More campaign, which restored voting rights for 83,000 people on probation and parole. In 2021, Aaron coordinated the first Soul to the Polls effort in New Jersey’s history.

In the fall of 2022, Aaron enrolled in the inaugural social justice class at Union Theological Seminary. His work has focused on the intersection of social justice and faith communities.

Aaron serves as Board Secretary of the Mississippi Workers Center for Human Rights. He has served as producer of the Workers’ Center Dark Work Devalued and Unprotected Platform. He is currently producing a documentary and co-authoring a forthcoming book under this platform.

WellStart Initiatives is dedicated to the development and implementation of strategies that will decrease health disparities while empowering underserved communities through health education, promotion and advocacy.

Emory University Urban Health Initiative is co-sponsoring the event. Urban Health Initiative’s mission is to provide health disparities education and advocacy, build collaborative partnerships and develop best practice models with low-resourced communities and those who work with them to advance equity in health and well-being.https://www.wellstartinitiatives.org/

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