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Email dmcketchnie@communityvna.com to request a link to join the program before 10:00 AM (EST) on Monday, January 25, 2021, provided there is an opening available on the call.
Cumulative Grief in the Black Community (1.5 CE's)
1.5 CE Credits for CDP's, CNA's, Case Managers, Clergy, Counselors, Death Educators, HHA's, Nurses, NHA's, Social Workers, and Therapists
Date and time
Location
Online
About this event
Community VNA will host a webinar screening, originally aired by the Hospice Foundation of America (HFA) on August 24, 2020. Following the video, we'll hold a brief discussion and provide instructions for receiving 1.5 CE credits from the HFA. View the list of Board Approvals for this program.
Webinar Description
Disproportionate COVID-19 deaths, due in part to healthcare disparities, and recent social unrest over systemic racism, have brought the experiences of Black Americans into sharp focus. This webinar examines how centuries of inequity and trauma, both acknowledged and ignored, have manifested as cumulative grief in the Black community; how that reality impacts health, health care, death, and loss; and what can be done to affect positive long-term change.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:
- Define grief.
- Understand the Black American context for grief.
- Recognize cultural expressions of grief and mourning in the Black culture.
- Define patterns unique to the grief experiences of Black families bereaved by loss from developmental, historical, contextual, and social justice perspectives.
- Reflect on effective grief support for Black Americans.
Following the webinar, participants will be able to take a brief online exam and receive 1.5 CE credits through the Hospice Foundation of America.
List of Board Approvals for CE Credit
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Webinar Presenters
Corey L. Kennard, MACM, is Pastor of Amplify Christian Church, manager of Patient Experience at Ascension St. John Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, and also serves as an activist in the field of healthcare. His holistic approach (body, mind, and spirit) serves as the foundation for his desire to see all human beings treated with dignity, honor, and respect in all facets of life. Corey has been involved in the field of healthcare for over 20 years with over a decade of experience in the areas of Palliative Care and Hospice. He currently seeks to enhance the patient/family experience in healthcare settings. His work has also included leading a spiritual care team at one of Detroit's largest hospitals, and formerly serving as a Faculty Lead for Duke University's Institute on Care at the End Of Life (ICEOL) national training program called, "APPEAL." He had also served as a National Advisory Board Member for the Hospice Foundation of America, and as a Co-Director of a Community Faith "Advance Care Planning" Project for the University of Virginia. Corey earned a Masters Degree from Ashland Theological Seminary and carries out his passion for people as a daring and devoted agent of change.
Rev. Cynthia Carter Perrilliat, MPA, has over 25 years of experience as a change agent in healthcare, marketing and communications, biotechnologies and community organizations. Over the last 15 years, she has focused on end of life care program development and educational training in the African American, Latinx and Asian communities. As part of VITAS Healthcare, Rev. Cynthia established a targeted compassionate care approach to communities of color, which was adopted and replicated across the 17-state footprint of VITAS. She also served as faculty member of the Duke University APPEAL program, a Palliative Care Educational Curriculum for African Americans at the end of life.