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Advocacy and Empowerment Program.
Advocacy is a process.
Self Advocacy is the ability to articulate one's needs & make informed decisions about the support necessary to meet those needs.
Empowerment is preparing people to take control.
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Do you know anyone or does someone in your family have Sickle Cell Disease (SCD)?
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Are you a caregiver or advocate?
This is the program for you!
Christen Brown
"Christen Brown is an experienced community leader, social scientist and entrepreneur. Driven by the oral history of his elders and collective experiences, he takes pride in the Creation of Society platform. As the Creative Director of Creation Of Society his work has been to connect community needs to community-controlled solutions in the forms of, but not limited to, rites of passage, product quality control, educational workshops, entrepreneurship trainings and skill development seminars. The Oakland native has been recognized by the Global Food Justice Center of Expertise for his commitment to making cultural staple foods and nutritional supplements available to members of the sickle cell community, in the form of health packages, at no cost.
Christen’s passion can be traced back to his time at Sacramento State University where he earned his Bachelors of Arts in Sociology. During that time he served in several leadership roles on campus and off campus that strengthened community relations and solved problems around food security. As a sociologist he specializes in restorative justice practices, land sovereignty and sickle cell solutions.
A pioneer in the Moringa industry, Creation of Society serves as an information platform that educates the public on the evolution of sickle cell using art, entrepreneurship and agriculture. From teaching workshops with the Youth Urban Farm Project to spearheading Moringa consulting with the UC Davis Nutrition Department, Christen is best known for shifting the narrative around sickle cell. Addressing sickle cell as a nutritional deficiency rather than a disease allows institutional change regarding how its managed and treated."
When Christen isn't facilitating workshops at Creation of Society, you can find him homeschooling his three children, enjoying time with his wife or doing both by the ocean."
Schedule (Presenter List):
All of the presenters have been confirmed.
* If you register and attend several sessions, you can receive a SCAA Health and Wellness backpack. The items inside the backpack include assorted essentials you can utilize when going to the hospital, during your stay at the hospital and when you are leaving the hospital. *
Items inside the backpack include:
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Blanket
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Water Bottle
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Journals
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Pen
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Hertz Nazaire Coloring Book
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50 Coloring Pencils
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Mindfulness links/recording - Jason
Program Details:
Location: Virtual Only on Zoom
Meetings Times: 11am to about 1pm
Description:
The program is created for all stakeholders (clients, caregivers, medical students, medical professionals and advocates). It is designed to explore advocacy and educate to be empowered. There will be a variety of presenters’ clients, nurses, physicians and key professionals sharing and discussing issues to engage attendees.
The Advocacy and Empowerment Program is comprised of two primary segments.
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The first portion of the webinar is designed to introduce the audience to core educational content.
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The second portion of the webinar is the implementation of the educational content learned, with journaling, along with discussions pertaining to real-world experiences
