| Tuesday, October 23, 2007 |
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3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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Registration Opens
The Wisdom of Healers! Award Ceremony & Reception
Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim
 The Debra Frasier Howze
Leadership Award
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Presented to
 Virgina King
Director of Prevention
Education Lowcountry
AIDS Services
North Charleston, SC
 Catherine Lamkin MPH
Regional Director of
Health Education
South Carolina Department
of Health and
Environmental Control
North Charleston, SC
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 The Beny Primm, MD
Service of Merit Award
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Presented to
 Alabama
State
Representative
Laura Hall
House District 19 |
 The Phill Wilson
Advocacy Award
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Presented to
Craig Washington
Writer, Activist,
Trainer and
Consultant |
 The Rev. Canon Frederick Boyd Williams
Community Service Award
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Presented to
Rev. Ronald Cunningham
8th Episcopal
Bishop of the
Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
Dallas, TX |
 The Janet Mitchell, MD
Women's Health
Advocacy Award
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Presented to
 Frances E. Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH
Deputy Director
USDHHS, Office of
Women’s Health
Washington, DC |
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| Wednesday, October 24, 2007 |
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7:00 am - 12 noon
7:00 am - 8:30 am
8:30 am - 9:00 am 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
9:00 am
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Registration
Breakfast
Morning Glory! Praise and Worship!
Exhibits Open
Conference Begins
Welcome
Pernessa C. Seele
Founder/CEO
The Balm In Gilead
Welcome and Introduction of the Board
Erline Belton
Chair, Board of Directors
The Balm In Gilead
Welcome on Behalf of the faith community of South Carolina
The Rt. Rev. Preston Warren Williams, II
Presiding Bishop
President of the Council of Bishops
The 7th Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Welcome on Behalf of the HIV/AIDS Community of South
Carolina
Dr. Jacob P. White
Deputy Director
SC HIV/AIDS Council
Welcome on Behalf of the African American
Denominational Health Leadership Initiative
 Dr. Elnora Hamb
National President
Women's Missionary Council
The Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
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| 9:45 am - 10:45 am |
Opening Keynote Speaker
 Keith
Rawlings, MD
Medical Director
Peabody Health Center
Dallas, TX
The CDC Heightened National Response of HIV/AIDS
Among African Americans
 George Roberts, Ph.D
Associate Director, Prevention
Partnerships; Division of
HIV/AIDS Prevention
Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
Atlanta, GA
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| 10:45 am - 11:00 am |
BREAK! |
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| 11:00 am - 11:45 am |
 Special
Guest Artist
Daniel Davis, Violinist
Opening Preacher
 Rev.
Dr. Stephen Thurston
President, National Baptist
Convention of America
Senior Pastor, New Covenant
Missionary Baptist Church
Chicago, IL |
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| 11:45 am - 12:45 pm |
LUNCH |
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| 12:45 pm - 2:45 pm
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A Family Discussion Our Health Realities
Moderated by Bev Smith
 Host, The Bev Smith Show
American Urban Radio
| Panelists |
Jerryca Whitley
Student, Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
Merceil Burkhalter, MSW
True Vine Baptist Church
Minneapolis, MN
Rev. Silvester and Mrs. Renee Beaman
The Beautiful Gate
Bethel AME Church
Wilmington, DL
Rev. Dr. Willie Champion
General Secretary
Evangelism and Missions
The Christian Methodist
Episcopal Church
Dallas, TX
Dr. Pamela Foster
University of Alabama
Director, Rural Health Institute
Montgomery, AL
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Christopher Darren Cathcart
President/Founder
OneDiaspora Group
Los Angeles, CA
Gil Robinson
Author
Rev. Dr. Randolph Bracy, Jr.
Pastor, The New Covenant Baptist
Church of Orlando
Orlando, FL
Anthony Hollins, MDiv
Director, HIV Ministries
Trinity United Church of Christ
Chicago, IL
Rev. Jacqueline Thompson
Executive Director
The Shiloh Family Life Center
Foundation, Inc.
Washington, DC |
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| 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm |
BREAK |
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| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
A Comprehensive, Spiritual Approach to
Effectively Responding to HIV/AIDS
| The Forbes Family |
 Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.
Senior Pastor Emeritus
The Riverside Church in the
City of New York
Rev. Dr. David C. Forbes, Sr.
Senior Pastor, Christian Faith
Baptist Church
Raleigh, NC |
 Ronald O. Forbes, MD
Medical Director, Central State
Hospital
Petersburg, VA
 Attorney Anna Forbes Towns
Attorney and Sociologist
Silver Springs, MD |
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| 5:00 pm |
Closing Remarks |
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| 5:30 pm
- 6:45 pm
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Dinner
Sponsored by
Abbott Laboratories
 Special
Presentation by:
Rev. Dr. Mariah Britton
Founder/CEO, The Moriah Institute
New York, NY
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Evening Session
For Women Only
 Rev. Dr. Renita Weems
Teacher of Spiritual Insight
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For Men Only
 Bishop Michael V. Kelsey, Sr.
Senior Pastor, New Samaritan
Baptist Church
Washington, DC
 David Malebranche, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Emory University School of
Medicine
Atlanta, GA
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9:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Author's Café: Book signing and
Special Dessert!
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