Opening Keynote Address
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听51吃瓜网 Presents Opening Keynote
Speaker:听Dr. Gail C. Christopher听
President & Founder, The Ntianu Center for Nature and Healing
Executive Director, National Collaborative for Health Equity (NCHE); Founder听and President Ntianu Center for Healing and Nature; Former Senior Advisor and Vice President,听W.K. Kellogg Foundation; Board Chair, Trust for America鈥檚 Health (TFAH).
Award-winning social change agent,听Dr. Gail C. Christopher听came to us with a听compelling session titled, Overcoming the belief in a hierarchy of human value: What early childhood educators and parents can do.听She explored听how change is created at individual, community, organizational, and systems levels.听听听
Dr. Christopher challenged us to "move beyond our intimate circles and extend compassion to one another." She also proclaimed that we have to听"jettison the belief in a hierarchy of human value."
Dr. Gail Christopher is an expert in the social determinants of health,听well-being and in related public policies.听
She is known for her pioneering work to infuse holistic health and diversity concepts into public sector programs and policy听discourse. Dr. Christopher is the President & Founder of the Ntianu Center for Healing and听Nature听and she听recently retired from her role as Senior Advisor and Vice President at the W.K Kellogg Foundation,听where she was the driving force behind the America Healing initiative and the Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation effort.
Dr. Christopher also served as Kellogg's Vice President for Program Strategy and worked on place-based programming in New orleans and New Mexico.
In 2015 she received the Terrance Keenan Award from Grantmakers in Health. She chairs the Board of the Trust for America's Health.听
Following this year's听Opening听Keynote听Presentation, attendees left inspired, motivated, and听ready to听address 迟丑别颈谤鈥�听responsibilities听to promote equity and diversity in early childhood education.
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