You can view the lecture abstract and watch a past lecture by Robert Fullilove here: http://www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/2010/keynoteabstract.cfm.
From staff reports
CHAPEL HILL -- Robert Fullilove, associate dean for community and minority affairs and professor of clinical sociomedical sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, will discuss how to improve public health through community organizing.
Fullilove will deliver the William T. Small, Jr. Keynote lecture at this year's 31st Annual Minority Health Conference on Friday at the William and Ida Friday Continuing Education Center in Chapel Hill.
The theme of this year's conference is "Building Community in the Age of Information: Fighting Health Inequality in the Modern World."
Fullilove's keynote speech is titled "Community Organizing and Community Building: Public Health Watchwords for the 21st Century." In his talk, Fullilove will reflect on the opportunities presented by community organizing in fighting public health problems. He is scheduled to speak from about 9:30-10:30 a.m., with availability for questions afterwards.
Fullilove's keynote will also broadcast online from 2-3:30 p.m. on the day of the conference.
The day's agenda also includes:
- A presentation by CeaseFire , an evidence-based public health approach to reducing shooting and killings in Chicago.
- A hands on health literacy workshop.
- A presentation by Scout, the director of the National LGBT Tobacco Control Network.
- Sessions on radio-based health interventions, telemedicine, grassroots organizing, occupational health, communicating with elderly minorities.
