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BCI 2007 Photo Slideshows The Balm In Gilead hosted its 7th annual Black Church Institute for HIV/AIDS and Other Health Disparities. The event was a success with a record number of church, health and government leaders gaining the knowledge needed through workshops, guest speakers, music and praise to help address the health disparities in their communities. click here to view slideshows > Trin-i-tee 5:7

Keynote Speakers Rev. Dr. Stephen Thurston President, National Baptist Convention of America Senior Pastor, New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago, IL Keith Rawlings, MD Medical Director Peabody Health Center Dallas, TX Bishop Yvette Flunder Senior Pastor, City of Refuge United Church of Christ Presiding Bishop, Refugee Ministries/Fellowship 2000 San Francisco, CA Rev. Dr. Claude R. Alexander, Jr. Senior Pastor, University Park Baptist Church Charlotte, NC With Special Guests: National Presidents of The Women’s Missionaries Societies: From left to right: Dr. Jamesina Evans (AME); Dr. Elnora Hamb (CME); Dr. Barbara L. Shaw (AMEZ) SPECIAL Plenary Sessions The Forbes Family Rev. Dr. James R. Forbes, Jr. Senior Pastor Emeritus, The Riverside Church in the City of New York Dr. David C. Forbes Sociologist and Pastor, Christian Faith Baptist Church, Raleigh, NC Dr. Ronald O. Forbes Psychiatrist & Medical Director of Central Virginia Hospital, Midlothian, VA Attorney Anna Forbes Towns Attorney and Sociologist, Silver Spring, MD FOR BROTHERS ONLY! Bishop Michael V. Kelsey, Sr., Pastor New Samaritan Baptist Church, Washington, DC David Malebranche, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA A Family Discussion on HIV/AIDS Moderated by Bev Smith Host, The Bev Smith Show American Urban Radio   FOR SISTERS ONLY! Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems Teacher of Spiritual Insight HIV Treatment & African Americans A Community Discussion with Pharmaceutical Companies Moderated by Phill Wilson Executive Director Black AIDS Institute Los Angeles, CA For more information contact: The Balm In Gilead Inc. 701 East Franklin Street, Suite 1000 Richmond, VA 23219 Telephone:(804) 644-BALM (2256) Fax:(804) 644-2257 e-mail: info@BalmInGilead.org www.BalmInGilead.org

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