33rd Annual Public Health Equity Conference View Other Sessions

The in-person PHSAD conference is canceled. Virtual options are currently being reviewed. If interested, please register! More information to come soon!


Our conference is centered on reproductive justice and will highlight the work being done in that space as it concerns policy, advocacy, doulas, access to contraceptives, and grassroots organizing.

Conference Agenda: 

Breakfast & Welcome | 8:00 - 9:20 am | Community Room
Keynote | 9:20 - 10:20 am | 1755 SPH I
Breakout Session 1 | 10:30 - 11:15 am | Locations Vary
Breakout Session 2 | 11:20 - 12:00 pm | Locations Vary
Lunch | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Community Room
Breakout Session 3 | 1:15 - 2:00 pm | Locations Vary
Panel Session | 2:15 - 3:00 pm | M1020 SPH II
Farewell | 3:00 pm | M1020 SPH II

Please choose the breakout sessions you would like to attend below. Please select one option per breakout session.

This conference is hosted by the Public Health Students of African Descent and supported with funding from the Office for Student Engagement and Practice, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), and OAMI (Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives).

If you are unable to register through Sessions, please e-mail the Conference Chairs: Alex Eanes (aeanes@umich.edu) & Austin Whitted (whitteda@umich.edu).



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1755 SPH I
Shirley Mann Gray, MSW, LMSW Public Health Division Administrator, Detroit Health Department, City of Detroit

SisterFriends Detroit modeled after the Birthing Project USA, a national program proven to be successful at increasing positive birth outcomes. The Detroit Health Department began the SisterFriends Project to provide mentorship,support and education to pregnant women in the city of Detroit. This session will discuss the program, its outcomes, and expansion within the community.

Hosted by SisterFriends.

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