{"id":794,"date":"2024-10-09T15:33:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/institute-advancement-community-health\/?p=794"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:04:09","slug":"join-us-for-our-eighth-annual-community-health-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/institute-advancement-community-health\/2024\/10\/09\/join-us-for-our-eighth-annual-community-health-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us for our eighth annual Community Health Forum!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us for a special professional development opportunity coming to\u00a0Furman University&#8217;s Younts Conference Center in February 2025!\u00a0This two-day conference is a partnership between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/institute-advancement-community-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Furman University\u2019s Institute for the Advancement of Community Health<\/a>\u00a0(IACH) and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instituteforchildsuccess.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Institute for Child Success<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(ICS).<\/p>\n<p>The schedule is as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, February 27, 2025:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instituteforchildsuccess.org\/takeaways-nurturing-developing-minds-conference-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Desmond P. Kelly, MD Nurturing Developing Minds Conference<\/a>,\u00a0<\/strong>sponsored by ICS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, February 28, 2025:\u00a0 <\/strong>Eighth annual\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/institute-advancement-community-health\/iach-events\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Health Forum<\/a><\/strong>, sponsored by IACH.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">9 a.m. <strong>Keynote Address: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><strong>Brian C. Castrucci<\/strong>, DrPH, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">President &amp; Chief Executive Officer, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">de Beaumont Foundation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"cvGsUA direction-ltr align-center para-style-body\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">10:15 a.m. <strong>Keynote Speaker: <\/strong><\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><strong>Kirsten Naomi Chapman<\/strong>, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">M.Ed., EdD, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Executive Director of Greenville Racial Equity and Economic Mobility (REEM GVL) and <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Vice President of Systems Change &amp; Innovation at United Way of Greenville County.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">11 a.m. <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><strong>Moderated Panel Discussion<\/strong>, <\/span><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\"><span class=\"OYPEnA font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">\u201cPromoting Health Equity Through Community Collaboration,&#8221; moderated by IACH Community Action Director Dr. Melissa Fair with<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\"><strong>Kirby Mitchell<\/strong>, SC Legal Services and Legal Director of the Upstate Medical Legal Partnership (MLP).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\"><strong>Maya Pack<\/strong>, Executive Director of the South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 11.0pt\"><strong>Angel Bourdon<\/strong>, Director of Community Health &amp; 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