Session II:
September 11, 2024
1:00 – 3:30 PM ET
PHEN Community Outreach Initiatives and Their Impact
PHEN implements community awareness and education initiatives targeting the public, patients and community institutions. This session will review the progress of these efforts based on information gathered from surveys collected during the performance of these efforts, and from community leaders. Discussions will focus on strategies to further increase prostate cancer awareness within communities and to expand community participation towards eliminating the prostate cancer racial disparity.
Session II Program
Moderator: Adrian Backus, JD, MDiv, PHEN Director of Community Partnership Development and Outreach
Welcome and Opening Remarks: Mr. Thomas Farrington, President and Founder, PHEN
Celebrating 20 Years of Summit – Part 2: Ms. Tomeeka Miller, PHEN Director of Communications Watch Video
Raising Knowledge and Awareness and Building an Effective Advocacy Base: Rev. Blane Newberry, Associate Pastor, Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, Philadelphia, PA
The Prostate Cancer Disparity Rally 4-year Progress and Accomplishments and Future Directions
Panelists:
- Mr. Adrian Council, CEO and Publisher, The Positive Community Magazine, Montclair, NJ
- Mr. Jerry Knight, PHEN Ambassador, Founder, You’re Not Alone Prostate Cancer Self Help Support Group, Jackson, MS
- Dr. Eric Wallen, Professor, UNC Department of Urology, University of North Carolina, NC
- Dr. Floyd Willis, Family Physician, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
- Ms. Catherine Young, Director of the Mississippi State Department of Health Comprehensive Cancer Control office of Preventative Health Equity, Montclair, NJ
Audience Questions & Answers
PHEN’s Faith Based Church Partnership Initiative Panel Discussion
- Rev. Dr. Ann Marie Bentsi-Addison Posey, Executive Director, International Health Commission, AME Church, Warwick, NY
- Ms. Angelina Brown, Member, Can-Cer-Vive Ministries, Trinity United Church of Christ, Chicago, IL
- Rev. George Hardy, Pastor, Mt. Zion AME Church of Oakland Park, FL
- Dr. Natalie Mitchem, Pastor, Mount Pisgah AME Church, Princeton, NJ
- Dr. Darrell Armstrong, Senior Pastor, Shiloh Baptist Church, Trenton, NJ
Audience Questions & Answers
The Important Role of PHEN’s Survivor Network Outreach Panel Discussion
- Mr. Mark Freeman, Chair, Tie 1 on 4 Prostate – Colon Cancer, Chester, PA
- Mr. Barney Morris, Prostate Cancer Survivor and PHEN Ambassador, Tampa, FL
- Rev. Blane Newberry
- Dr. Artie Shelton, Prostate Cancer Survivor and PHEN Ambassador, Olney, MD
Audience Questions & Answers
Closing Survey and Remarks: Mr. Thomas Farrington
SPONSORS
PHEN thanks its sponsors for their support of the 2024 Summit.
