"Health Disparities in Buncombe County. How Do We Close The Gap?” will be presented by JéWana Grier-McEachin, Executive Director of the Asheville Buncombe Institute of Parity Achievement (ABIPA) and Sharon Kelly West, Women Veteran’s Program Manager- Charles George VA Medical Center, at the Sunday June 21st meeting of the Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville, 2:00-3:30 PM at The Friends Meeting House located at 227 Edgewood Road, Asheville 28804. Grier-McEachin and West will provide an overview of the history of disparities in Buncombe County and the interventions that have been made to impact community health through community collaborations and programming. The importance of advocacy and community champions will be highlighted.
Grier-McEachin received a B.A. degree in Communications and Business Management from Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama. As Executive Director of ABIPA, she leads an organization dedicated to improving the health of African Americans and underserved populations. ABIPA takes a holistic approach to addressing issues of health while focusing on four major areas that impact the ability to establish health parity: physical, mental, economic, and social health.
West is a registered nurse with a Master’s degree in Health Science from Western Carolina University. She completed post graduate studies at Wake Forest University in Clinical Ethics. She is a Jim Bernstein Fellow of Community Leadership and appointed by the NC Speaker of the House of Representatives to the Minority Health Advisory Council.
Following the presentation there will be time for questions and group discussion. Following the meeting, informal conversation and light refreshments will be available. All are welcome!
The Ethical Humanist Society of Asheville is an educational, philosophical, humanist, non-theistic alternative to traditional religions. It is affiliated with the American Ethical Union, and the American Humanist Association, both of which are members of the International Humanist and Ethical Union. Members are inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society. Their commitment is to the worth and dignity of the individual and to treating each human being so as to bring out the best in him or her.
For more information contact: www.meetup.com/Ethical-Humanist-Society-of-Asheville, www.aeu.org, ethicalsocietyasheville@gmail.com or 828 687-7759.
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