2024 Annual Forgiveness, Population Health and Equity Conference
The Annual Forgiveness, Population Health and Equity Conference touches on all aspects of unforgiveness, inequity, and its effects on health. The conference brings together experts from public health, academia, counseling, mental health, health equity, medicine, and faith-based organizations. The 2024 conference theme was “Forgiveness, Artificial Intelligence, Equity, and Peace. For the first time, in 2024, the conference was spread across several days and ran from September 14, 2024, to September 21, 2024. Each day had a different focus and different speakers. Several attendees reported preferring this series format to a long training day. Each session was also offered live on Facebook.
Day One: Patient/Provider Health Care Panel Discussion
Starting on September 14, 2024, and using the Facebook Live format, we kicked- off the conference series with a Patient /Provider Panel Discussion entitled “Empowering Patients in the Medical System to Advance Health Equity.” Dr. Karen Boone facilitated this. Mrs. Susie Richardson, a patient; Ms. Diane Hodge, a dietitian; Dr. Deborah Chambers, a health care administrator; and Inja Sinyangwe, a nurse, joined Dr. Boone to discuss the challenges in the US healthcare system and how to navigate this as a minority best. Here is a link to the recording of the Health Care Provider Panel Discussion recording
https://fb.watch/wPVuUJmXPF/
Day Two: International Forgiveness Day Conference
September 18, 2024, was International Forgiveness Day, and this conference day focused on forgiveness in the church and community. The event ran from 1 PM to 3 PM and was led by Pastor Williams, Dr. Saunders, and Ms. Pamela Barnes. This session was the most poorly attended of the conference day series. This was a Wednesday night, and we did not want to interfere with mid-week Life Groups and Bible Studies, but we believe now that this is not the best time for such an event.
Here is a link to the recording of the International Forgiveness Day Conference recording:
Day Three: A Maternal Health and Nutrition Justice Night
On September 19, 2024, FFHM hosted a Maternal Health and Nutrition Justice Night with Dr. Jameta Barlow, a Professor at George Washington University; Dr. Michelle Broussard, a renal dietitian at Emory Dialysis Center; and Mr. Denine Rogers, an Integrative Functional Dietitian from Healthy Living in Douglasville, GA. The session ran from 7 PM to 9 PM and was well received by attendees.
Presenters focused on maternal health and concerns of Black moms and girls, “Food as Medicine”, and chronic kidney Disease prevention and management. Here is a link to the recording of the Maternal Health and Nutrition Justice conference day.
Final Day – World Day of Peace
September 21, 2024, was the final conference day and the World Day of Peace celebration. This conference day focused on forgiveness in the church and community, mental health and managing difficult family relations, artificial intelligence and precision medicine, money management, and more. The day ended with door prizes, including gift cards, a leadership coaching certificate, and holy communion. Here is a link to the recording of the World Day of Peace Conference Day
2024 Emory University Forgiveness Podcast
In 2024, FFHM continued its partnership with the Emory School of Public Health and the Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics. The team worked with Associate Teaching Professor Dr. Brendan Ozawa-de Silva as part of this effort. On February 19, 2024, Pastor Emanuel Williams and Dr. Saunders participated in a podcast for Emory’s Center for Contemplative Science and Compassion-Based Ethics, discussing the forgiveness programs and services offered by FFHM. The podcast was well received both by the Emory community and those on LinkedIn.
Below is the recording published on May 12, 2024.
Blog Radio Interview on Forgiveness
What is Etiquette Anyway: The Issue of Forgiveness?
https://www.blogtalkradio.com/etiquette-lady/2019/09/08/what-is-etiquette-anyway
Radio Interview on LA Talk Show with Mother Love – 11/7/14
Listen: http://www.latalkradio.com/Players/Motherlove.shtml?date=November+7,+2014&file=110714
Forgive for Health Ministries 