Health Justice – The Promise of Zero Health Disparities
Join the Regional Health Commission and Alive & Well Communities for our merger event, “Health Justice: The Promise of Zero Health Disparities,” on Tuesday, September 26. One event, three locations: the main event will be held in Sikeston, MO with satellite locations in STL and KC.
Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Time: 9am to 1pm
Main event location: Sikeston, MO
Satellite event locations: St. Louis and Kansas City
Event program:
- 8am: Event registration
- 9am: Event begins
- Keynote speaker: Dr. Dayna Bowen Matthew, Dean and Harold H. Greene Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and author of “Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America” (in Sikeston, simulcast to St. Louis and Kansas City
- Community leadership panels (in person, panelists specific to each location)
- 1pm: Event ends
Breakfast and lunch provided
Guest Speakers
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dayna Bowen Matthew
Sikeston Panelists:
- Deb Cook
- Director of Health Services at Kennett Public Schools
- Pastor Veronica Dunigan
- Pastor, Founder of Nail Ministries Outreach Center of Charleston Missouri
- James B. McMillen
- Chief of the Sikeston Department of Public Safety (DPS)
- Jane Frances Pfefferkorn
- Founder of faith-based recovery network in Southeast Missouri
Kansas City Panelists
- Ryan Allenbrand
- Program Manager of the Healthy Home Program at Children’s Mercy Hospital
- Dr. Marvia Jones
- Director of the Kansas City MO Health Department
- Dr. Rob Steele
- Children’s Mercy’s Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
- Lauren Grimes
- Director of Nursing at Kansas City Public Schools
St. Louis Panelists
- Dr. Kanika Cunningham
- Director of Public Health Saint Louis County Department of Public Health
- Dr. Sharonica L. Hardin-Bartley
- Superintendent of University City School District
- Lakesha Mathis
- Vice President of Strategy- Supply STL
- Dr. LJ Punch
- Trauma Surgeon & Advocate; The BRIC
Sponsorship and Tabling Information:
Organizations committed to eliminating health disparities are invited to partner in sponsoring this event. Tabling options and sponsorships ranging from $5,000 – $25,000 are available. Please see the below options for more information, and fill out this form if you are interesting in sponsoring or tabling at the event!
Showcase Partners
This sponsorship is for community-based organizations whose work is critical to eliminating health disparities and whose annual budgets are under $3 million. For agencies with budgets under $1 million, a $200 stipend is available to cover the cost and time to participate. For others with budgets between $1 million and $3 million, there is no fee to participate.
Benefits of this sponsorship include:
- Opportunity to set up a table in the room of the event (one location) with promotional materials
- Recognition from podium of general session
- Recognition in program
Organizational Partners
This sponsorship is for larger organizations whose mission is aligned with the vision of zero health disparities in Missouri. Sponsorships are available at the levels listed below.
- Listing in the program as a Supporting Sponsor
- Quarter page, black-and-white advertisement in the Program
- Recognition as a sponsor at the event
- Reserved table for 8 at one of the event locations (Sikeston, Kansas City or St. Louis) of your choice
- Opportunity to set up a table in the room of the event (one location) with promotional materials
- Listing in the program as a Champion Sponsor
- Half-page, black- and-white advertisement in the Program
- Recognition in all promotional materials for the event, including on Regional Health Commission and Alive and Well communities social media
- Recognition as a sponsor at the event
- Reserved table for 8 at one of the event locations (Sikeston, Kansas City or St. Louis) of your choice
- Opportunity to set up a table in the room of the event (one location) with promotional materials
- 2 tickets to dinner with the keynote speaker the evening of Sep. 26 in St. Louis
- Listing in the program as an Innovation Sponsor
- Half-page, black- and-white advertisement in the Program
- Recognition in all promotional materials for the event, including on Regional Health Commission and Alive and Well communities social media
- Recognition as a sponsor at the event
- Reserved table for 8 at two of the event locations of your choice
- Opportunity to set up a table in the room of the event (two locations) with promotional materials
- 4 tickets to dinner with the keynote speaker the evening of Sep. 26 in St. Louis
- Listing in the program as a Leadership Sponsor
- Full-page, color advertisement in the Program, including recognition on the cover
- Recognition in all promotional materials for the event, including on Regional Health Commission and Alive and Well communities social media
- Recognition as a sponsor at the event
- Reserved table for 8 at each of the three event locations
- Opportunity to set up a table in the room of the event with promotional materials at all three locations
- 6 tickets to dinner with the keynote speaker the evening of Sep. 26 in St. Louis
If you are committed to eliminating health disparities and would like to support the event through sponsorship or tabling, please fill out this form or click the button below to indicate your interest!
Sikeston, MO hotel information:
For those who do not reside in Sikeston, MO but would like to attend the event at the Sikeston location and need accommodation, you can reserve your hotel room here.
- Limited rooms are available. The cutoff date to reserve your stay is September 1, 2023.
- All reservations must be made on or before the cutoff date.
Register below!
Pre-event gatherings
“Just Health” Book Club (hosted via Zoom):
- Three sessions held on August 3rd, August 17th, and August 31st 2023: Zoom registration link
- Book Club sessions will build on each other; however, you are welcome to attend as many sessions as you can
- Purchase your copy of “Just Health” from our partner bookstore, EyeSeeMe African American Children’s Bookstore at this link