Minority Health Blogger Townhall - Tuesday, April 24th at 12:30pm ET - an open dialogue on racial and ethnic health disparities

As posted at HealthCare.gov


Watch the event live at : www.whitehouse.gov/live.

Join Us for an Online Minority Health Townhall

By Sherice Perry Dillard, HHS Special Assistant for Specialty Media and Broadcast

Posted April 20, 2012
As part of our observation of National Minority Health month, we would like to invite you to participate online in a Minority Health Townhall on Tuesday, April 24th at 12:30 p.m., streamed live from The White House.

The event will be an interactive, open dialogue with stakeholder groups and the media to highlight what the health care law, the Affordable Care Act, is doing to improve the health of racial and ethnic minorities.

This year’s theme, Health Equity Can’t Wait. Act Now in Your CommUNITY!, is a call to action for all of us to work together to reduce health disparities. Join us and learn more about how the Administration is working to improve the health of minority communities and achieve health equity for all Americans.

You can watch the Townhall live at www.whitehouse.gov/live. Please submit questions in advance using the hashtag #MinorityHealth or on our Facebook page.

WHAT: Minority Health Townhall
WHEN: Tuesday, April 24th, 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
WHERE: Watch live at www.whitehouse.gov/live or join the conversation on Twitter at #MinorityHealth
WHO: Cecilia Munoz, Director of Domestic Policy Council, The White House

Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, US Department of Health & Human Services

Dr. Regina Benjamin, Surgeon General, US Department of Health & Human Services

Dr. J. Nadine Gracia, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health & Director of the Office of Minority Health, US Department of Health and Human Services

Mayra Alvarez, Director of Public Health Policy, Office of Health Reform, US Department of Health & Human Services

B. Smith, Iconic Restaurateur, Author, and Lifestyle Expert

Dr. Dirk Schroeder, Executive Vice President, Univision’s HolaDoctor

Dr. Tyeese Gaines, Health Editor of theGrio

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