The Consortium for Health Education, Economic Empowerment and Research is wrapping up a three-day regional conference held at Memphis’ Cook Convention Center, 255 N. Main St., focused on promoting health equity among minority communities.
Housed at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, CHEER is an initiative aimed at health-equity research.
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Other conference speakers include Dr. Brian Smedley, vice president and director of the Health Policy Institute, a division of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies in Washington; Dr. Alvin Poussaint, a psychiatrist, media consultant, author and co-author with Bill Cosby of “Come On People: On the Path from Victims to Victors”; and Bishop William Young, pastor of The Healing Center in Memphis and founder of the annual Suicide and the Black Church Conference.
Read more at The Memphis Daily News.
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