2024
Agenda at a Glance
Thursday April 4, 2024
(Half Day event hosted by Harrisburg University at the UPMC Health Tower at Harrisburg University located at 222 Chestnut Street, Harrisburg PA)
11:00 am – Poster Session Opens Room 211C
11:45 am – Lunch
12:30 pm – Gathering and Welcome
12:45 pm – Fireside Chat: Food Security and the Impacts on Maternal and Child Health.
Facilitator; Luanne Hutchinson, Executive Director, Strategic Health Initiatives, Harrisburg University
Speakers:
Dr. Sharee Livingston, Department Chair, OB/GYN UPMC Central PA
Corrie Lingenfelter, CEO, Downtown Daily Bread, Harrisburg PA
TBD
1:45 pm – Break
2:00 pm – Interactive Session-Socratic Seminar- A Lived Experience Discussion of the Impact of Food Security.
Facilitator: Dr. Julia Dunst, Director of Research, Harrisburg University
This session will allow for volunteers to be seated at the front of the room to answer an open-ended question about the topic from the facilitator. Members of the audience can then either comment, based on their lived experience, with a different viewpoint and switch places with the person at the front of the room or just offer a viewpoint. This is meant to develop the conversation with different vantage points and open conversation with varied perspectives.
3:00 pm – Break
3:15 pm – Student/ Faculty Case Presentations
4:30 pm – Conclusion
Special Film Screening
5:00 pm – Birthing Justice Film Screening
6:30 pm – Birthing Justice Film Discussion
Friday April 5, 2024
(Full day event hosted by The Pennsylvania Department of Health at the Harrisburg University main campus building 326 Market Street, Harrisburg PA)
7:00 a.m. – Morning Walk with Pennsylvania Downtown Center
*Walk Route Link: 2024 Health Equity Summit AT Walk Route – MapMyRun
7:30 a.m. – Registration Opens & Networking Breakfast
8:30 a.m. – Welcome & Opening Remarks
8:45 a.m. – Keynote Speaker
Anthony Iton M.D., J.D., MPH
Senior Vice President, Programs & Partnerships
The California Endowment
9:30 a.m. – Plenary Panel Discussion: Environmental Justice & Climate Change Panel
10:30 a.m. –Concurrent Session 1
11:30 a.m. – Explore Joy & Justice Resource Exhibition
11:45 a.m. – Lunch & Networking
12:30 p.m. – Plenary Panel Discussion: Joy & Justice for All Moms
1:30 p.m. – Break
1:35 p.m. – Plenary Panel Discussion: The Role of Public Policy in Improving Health Equity Panel
2:45 p.m. – Concurrent Session 2
3:45 p.m. – Break
3:55 p.m. – Harrisburg University Student Presentations
4:30 p.m. – Closing Remarks
Lisa Davis, MHA
Director and Outreach Associate Professor of Health Policy and Administration
Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health
4:45 p.m. – Health Equity Awards Ceremony
5:00 p.m. – Networking Reception
*Agenda subject to change*