9:00 am - noon, May 16, 2018
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Commission Office
The ACP Building - 8th Floor
190 N. Independence Mall West
Philadelphia, PA
For directions Call (215) 592-1800
Please Use Sixth Street Entrance
9:00 am Registration, Coffee, and Networking
9:30 am Opening Remarks
Patty Elkis, Director of Planning, DVRPC
9:45 am Keynote Presentation
Racism, Trauma, and Child Health
Dr. Lee M Pachter, DO, Director of Community and Clinical Integration, Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children
10:30 am Active Break
Kelli McIntyre, Physical Activity Coordinator, Get Healthy Philly
10:40 am What’s happening in Our Area?
A panel moderated by: Philip Fitzgerald, Director of Grantmaking, The Philadelphia Foundation
Impact Services
Zoë Van Orsdol, Public Health Projects Manager
Hopeworks ‘N Camden
Dan Rhoton, Executive Director
Pottstown Trauma Informed Community Connection
Valerie Jackson, PEAK Coordinator, Pottstown School District
Kristen Freitag Murray, Director of Development and Public Relations, Creative Health Services, Inc.
University City District’s Just Spaces Initiative
Andrew Stober, Vice President of Planning and Economic Development
11:55 am Closing Remarks
Amy Verbofsky, Senior Planner, DVRPC
12:00 pm Lunch Available
Please stay to network and continue the discussion.