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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!
Artis Grant
ARTIS GRANT is a Harvard Law School graduate (1974). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from UCLA. He was actively involved in civil litigation, including insurance defense, medical malpractice, forensic medicine, employment law, and education law. Before starting his own law firm, he was an associate with Lawler, Felix, and Hall. Before retiring several years ago, he was a member of the California, Oregon, and Washington bars. He served four years as an Army JudgeAdvocate. He practiced in California for more than 40 years and his last 20 years of practice were also in the state of Washington. He served on numerous boards of directors, like the American Red Cross, the Pacific Northwest African American Museum, The Tacoma Art Museum, and the Tacoma Men’s Wednesday Morning Prayer Group. He was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Los Angeles, and graduated from Los Angeles High School. He is married and has two adult children.
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
