We are hosting our 10th Anniversary celebration “Recovery is REAL” on September 19th at 6pm! Recovery is REAL will take place at Hostos Center for Culture & Arts in the Bronx.
Hosted by: BWIC - Black Women in Comedy
Featuring: Grammy winning songstress Alyson Williams performing her highly celebrated tribute to Phyllis Hyman
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Sold-out artist Peter Collins performing his hits "Love Like" and "What You Won't Do for Love." and many more
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Health Equity Hero Awardees
Dr. Maurice Wright
Chief Medical Officer at Harlem Hospital
Senior Associate Dean, Columbia University Irving Medical Center responsible for the Academic Affiliation at NYC Health & Hospital/ Harlem
Maurice Wright, MD is the Chief Medical Officer for New York City Health and Hospitals | Harlem and the Medical Director of City University of New York (CUNY School of Medicine) Physician Assistant Program. Formally, Dr. Wright held the position of Chief of Emergency Services at Woodhull Medicine Center for fourteen years, and Assistant Director of Emergency Department St. Lukes/ Roosevelt Hospital Center, now Mount Sinai West for 10 years.
As the Medical Director of the Physician Assistant Program since 2001, he participates in teaching Infectious Diseases in the CML series and has led the Course and Standing committee during most of those years. He also participated in the curriculum redesign in the past and actively participate in establishing clinical rotations internal and external of NYC H+H system. As a visionary leader, Dr. Wright fosters teamwork and inspires excellence. Training the next generation of practitioners especially those underrepresented in medicine is of the highest priority. He believes this is an important pillar in removing the existing disparities in healthcare. The PA program is a certain pathway to achieve this goal.
Dr. Wright is a graduate of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and holds several academic appointments, including Associate Clinical Professor at the CUNY School of Medicine Physician Assistant Program. He is a member of several professional organizations, including the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Physicians where he is a Fellow and the National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems (NAPHHS).
Ms. Joyce
Volunteer of the decade
Tracie Gardner
Co-Director Black Harm Reduction Network
Tracie M. Gardner is the Co-Director of the National Black Harm Reduction Network and has worked for more than three decades in the public health, public policy, and not-for-profit fields. Ms. Gardner was most recently the Senior Vice President of Policy Advocacy at the Legal Action Center (LAC) where her work focused on the intersection of health equity, criminal justice, and public health issues across New York and the United States.
Beginning as an AIDS policy advocate in 1989 at the New York City Minority Task Force on AIDS (now called FACES), Ms. Gardner has led budget and legislative advocacy campaigns that won key health and criminal-legal reforms in New York State at organizations such as the National Minority AIDS Council, GMHC, and the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies.
Ms. Gardner has been involved in several advisory bodies overseeing research on the national overdose crisis and the impact of COVID on people involved with the criminal legal system, especially those with substance use and mental disorders. Ms. Gardner was the inaugural co-chair of the Black Communities Workgroup of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency initiative’s Opioid Response Network.
She has contributed to or co-authored numerous publications, including “Case Studies from Three States: Breaking Down Silos Between Health Care and Criminal Justice” in Health Affairs and “Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Improving Access Through Regulatory and Legal Change: Proceedings of a Workshop” by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in 2022. Her proudest achievement is as a parent to her two sons, Caleb and Elijah Wright.
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