AMERICA IN TRANSITION, A VIEW FROM CALIFORNIA:
IMPLICATIONS FOR ADDRESSING HEALTH DISPARITIES

ROUNDTABLE ON HEALTH DISPARITIES

PUBLIC MEETING

CENTER FOR HEALTHY COMMUNITIES

THE CALIFORNIA ENDOWMENT

1000 N. ALAMEDA STREET

LOS, ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 

JULY 28, 2008 

7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. (Registration)

8:00 a.m.          Welcome

Nicole Lurie, Chair

Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Disparities

Senior Natural Scientist and Paul O’Neill Alcoa Professor

RAND Corporation

Alicia Dixon, Member, Institute of Medicine Roundtable on Health Disparities
Program Officer

The California Endowment

8:15 a.m.          The Changing Face of American Communities: No Data, No Problem

E. Richard Brown, M.D.

Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

University of California, Los Angeles

 Presentation

Unity or Apartheid: The Implications of Diversity for U.S. Society

Mindy Fullilove, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health

Columbia University 

 9:15 a.m.         Framing Health Disparities: More than a Message

Lori Dorfman, DrPH
Director, Berkeley Media Studies Group
Presentation

 10:00 a.m.      Break (15 minutes)

10:30 a.m.       Panel : Case Communities -  How Have Communities in Transition Framed Health Disparities for Action?

        East Palo Alto

Ruben Abrica, City Council Member, East Palo Alto
Melieni Talakai, Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Ravenswood Family Health Center

Luisa Buada, R.N., M.P.H.
Chief Executive Officer, Ravenswood Family Health Center
South County Community Health Center, Inc.

Douglas J. Fort
For Youth By Youth, Inc.
Founder & Director, Intervention/ReEntry/Street Team Services
 

Fresno

Keith Kelly, President & CEO
Fresno West Coalition for Economic Development
 
Lu Yang 
Fresno Center for New Americans
Presentation

Veva Islas-Hooker, M.P.H.
 Regional Program Coordinator
Central California Regional Obesity Prevention Program
Presentation
 

    South Central Los Angeles

    Maxine E. Liggins, M.D.

    Area Medical Director, Public Health Division of the Los Angeles

    County Department of Health Services

    Presentation


    Richard A. Veloz, M.P.H., J.D.
    Chief Executive Officer, South Central Family Health Center
     Presentation

    Marqueece Dawson, Executive Director
    Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment

    Comments/Reaction 

    Anthony Iton, M.D.
    Alameda County Health Department

1:00 p.m.          Lunch (box lunch provided)

2:00 p.m.          Breakout Sessions with Case Community Representatives: Challenges and Opportunities 

                           in Framing Health Disparities to Stimulate Action                                   

3:30 p.m.          Report from Small Groups: Lessons Learned 

4:30 p.m.          Summing up/Conclusions/Observations