FREE and Open to the Public, August 14th, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
QUINCY, Mass., July 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Prostate Well being Training Community (PHEN) is mobilizing motion to combat in opposition to prostate most cancers at its Chicago Prostate Most cancers Disparity Rally City Corridor on Wednesday, August 14th on the Trinity United Church of Christ (400 W 95th St., Chicago, IL, 60628). The city corridor will carry collectively main clergy, medical consultants, well being advocates, policymakers, group leaders, and prostate most cancers survivors to empower, share data, and supply sources to assist save lives and finish the African American prostate most cancers racial disparity.
“Black males are twice as more likely to die from prostate most cancers than all different males, and in Illinois, they’ve the very best incidence and endure the very best loss of life charges from this illness,” mentioned PHEN President and Founder Thomas A. Farrington. “We should increase data and consciousness and mobilize motion to remove this disaster. That is PHEN’s mission, which we push ahead by our city corridor assembly right here in Chicago and all through the nation.”
Confirmed city corridor audio system and invited panelists thus far embody:
- Gina Curry, Director of Group Engagement and Most cancers Well being Fairness, the College of Chicago
- Consultant Marcus C. Evans, Jr., Illinois State Consultant
- Warren Lawson, PHEN Community Survivor Member
- Sherri Could-Rogers, Director, Oncology, Pfizer
- Tarneka Manning, Administrative Director, Workplace of Fairness & Minority Well being Northwestern College
- Tonya S. Roberson, Director of Group Engagement, Program Growth and Tutorial Success, Governors State College
- Reverend Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ Church
- Walter Stadler, MD, Affiliate Dean of Scientific Science Analysis, Scientific Trials, the College of Chicago
Agenda objects and discussions will concentrate on subjects together with Understanding the Black Prostate Most cancers Disaster in Chicago; Challenges and Approaches to Tackle the Prostate Most cancers Disaster; PHEN’s Church Partnership Initiative and Instructional Sources; and Mobilizing for Ongoing Actions.
PHEN, together with the help of Reverend Dr. Otis Moss III, Senior Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, is devoted to elevating consciousness and taking motion to fight the disproportionate affect of prostate most cancers on Black males in Chicago and nationally.
“The Prostate Heath Training Community is main the combat in opposition to prostate most cancers for Black America,” mentioned Reverend Dr. Otis Moss III, Sr. Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ, in a recorded message, on PHEN-TV. “I’m one who’s been impacted by prostate most cancers, as I’ve had a number of folks in my household who have been saved by early detection.”
This assembly is a part of PHEN’s Chicago Prostate Most cancers Disparity Rally, which is being carried out all through August. The Prostate Most cancers Disparity Rally started in 2021 and has since been carried out in 28 cities in 16 states utilizing social media, radio, digital city corridor conferences, and group actions. The Rally has reached over 20 million folks up to now three years.
This city corridor occasion is FREE and open to the general public. Contributors can register right here.
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