TEDxFSCJ to Host Salon Event on Inequities in Health Care

For Immediate Release: October 21, 2019

Contact: Jill Johnson, (904) 632-5016

TEDxFSCJ to Host Salon Event on Inequities in Health Care

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Join TEDxFSCJ for an upcoming salon event, “Access to Care,” where we will explore the recent trends in health care and what they mean for our local community. Our expert panelists will discuss the challenges that exist in health care access across the First Coast, the work being done to address the inequities and available resources for those in most need.

Panelists include:

• Terrie Andrews, Ph.D., Behavioral Health System Administrator, Baptist Health
• Carol Jenkins Neil, Ph.D., Professor of Nursing, FSCJ, and President, First Coast Black Nurses Association
• Melanie Patz, Vice President of Community Investment and Impact, Baptist Health
• Mobeen Rathore, M.D., Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville
• Shannon Shea, M.D., M.P.H., Pediatrician, Agape Community Health Center

Hosting the discussion will be FSCJ Associate Dean of Nursing Joan Boyd and FSCJ Bachelor of Science in Nursing Student Larissa Mayer.

For more information, email TEDxFSCJ@gmail.com or visit tedxfscj.com. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tedxfscj-access-to-care-tickets-74440839555.

COST: Free. This event is open to the public but registration is required.

WHEN: Thursday, November 7, 2019
               6-8:30 p.m.

WHERE: FSCJ Deerwood Center

                Performance Theatre, G1709

                9911 Old Baymeadows Road

                Jacksonville, Florida 32256

About FSCJ

Known as “the community’s college,” Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) exists to provide valuable, high-quality learning opportunities to anyone with the desire to enhance themselves through the pursuit of higher education. Serving more than 50,000 students and awarding more than 6,000 degrees and certificates on an annual basis, the College plays a significant role in supplying the region’s employers with a highly skilled, educated workforce.

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.)

About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks delivered by today’s leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED’s annual gathering in Vancouver, Canada, TEDWomen and TEDGlobal conferences, and thousands of independently organized TEDx events around the world, then made available, free, on TED.com and other channels. 

TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com, where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators  from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities; and the educational initiative TED-Ed.

Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED, on Instagram at https://instagram.com/ted and on Snapchat at tedtalkshq.

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