MEDIA ADVISORY: Houston Minority Health Coalitions to Host Sixth Annual Congressional Tri-Caucus Health Summit

Congressional Leaders, Public Health Officials, Local Advocates to Explore Minority Health Disparities

July 16, 2008

HOUSTON—(U.S. ASIAN WIRE)— Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) will come together for the Sixth Annual Tri-Caucus Minority Health Summit in Houston on July 18th and 19th, to meet with public health officials and local community health experts and advocates to discuss health disparities among communities of color, and to learn from regional and local experiences that can inform national health policies and programs.

To address shifting national priorities that accompany changes in presidential administrations, the Congressional Tri-Caucus Minority Health Summit will seek to build consensus on policies that address health disparities, to develop strategies for advocacy at the federal level, and to engage communities of color in legislative action and outreach.



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July 18, 6:00pm to 9:00pm



VIP Reception: Treviso Restaurant, 6550 Bertner Street, Houston, TX 77030



Elected Officials: U.S. Representatives Michael Honda (D-CA), Donna Christian Christensen (D-VI), Hilda Solis (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), and Nick Lampson (D-TX), Texas State Representative Dora Olivo, Houston City Member Peter Brown. University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center: Dr. Raymond DuBois, MD, PhD, Provost and Executive Dean, Dr. Ernest Hawk, MD Vice President for Cancer Prevention, and Dr. Lovell Jones, Director, the Center for Research on Minority Health.

July 19, 8:30am to 3:30pm



Sixth Annual Congressional Tri-Caucus Minority Health Summit: Houston Community College, 3100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77002



U.S. Representatives Michael Honda (D-CA), Hilda Solis (D-CA), John Conyers (D-MI), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), and Nick Lampson (D-TX), Texas State Representative Dora Olivo, Houston Mayor Pro Tem Adrian Garcia, local minority health coalitions and local and national public health officials and health experts.



For a full agenda, please visit www.apiahf.org



The Sixth Annual Congressional Tri-Caucus Minority Health Summit is being organized by the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF), the Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO), the Asian American Health Coalition, the African American Health Coalition, the Hispanic Health Coalition, the Native American Health Coalition, the Center for Research on Minority Health at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Families USA, the Kellogg Health Scholars Program at the Center for Advancement in Health, the National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse School of Medicine, and Out of Many, One (OMO). Sponsors of the event include the American Public Health Association, Health Through Action (W.K. Kellogg Foundation) Kaiser Permanente, the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Sanofi-aventis, Sanofi Pasteur, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and US Asian Wire.

Contact:
Andrew Sousa
(323) 404-4037