REFUGEE AND INTERNAT IONAL HEALTH PROGRAM
Building Bridges: Refugees, Health Care, and Resources
Tenth Annual Local Public Health and Resettlement Agency Forum
A time to network and focus on how we can best contribute to the health and well-being of refugees.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Shoreview Community Center, Shoreview Room
4580 Victoria St. N., Shoreview, MN 55126
MORNING
8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Registration
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome and Refugee Health Program Update
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) Refugee and International Health
Program Staff
9:00 – 10:00 a.m.
Refugee Health Care: Imagining Our Future
Dr. Pat Walker, HealthPartners Center for International Health
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
Interpreters: A Bridge to Communication
Cristiano Mazzei, Century College, and Cathleen Urbain, Interpreter Stakeholder
Group and Pediatric Home Services
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.
*****BREAK AND STRETCH*****
11:15 a.m. –
12:15 p.m.
Housing: Bridging Landlords, VOLAGs & New Tenants
Luke Grundman, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, and Elizabeth Sauer, Central
Minnesota Legal Services
12:15 – 1:00 p.m.
*****LUNCH*****
AFTERNOON
1:00 – 1:50 p.m.
Karen Chemical Dependency Collaboration: A Bridge to Better Health in the
Community
Tonya Horn, Karen Chemical Dependency Collaboration
1:50 – 2:45 p.m.
Speed Bridging: A Networking Exercise
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
*****BREAK AND STRETCH*****
3:00 – 4:15 p.m.
Cross-Cultural Tensions: Bridging Difficult Conversations
Pakou Hang, Hmong American Farmers Association
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Evaluation and Closing
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS FORUM!