MUSC Culturally Sensitive Care Program

MUSC Culturally Sensitive Care: Addressing the Healthcare Needs of Hispanic/Latino Communities

Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, 9 am to 5:00 pm

Participation will be available in-person, online, and asynchronously via video.

Agenda:

• 8:30 am Registration and Breakfast

• 9:00 am Keynote Speaker Mr. Godfrey Jacobs, Lead of the USDHHS Office of Minority Health Think Cultural Health Project

• 10:00 am Health Disparities/Addressing Language Barriers

  • Ren Ruggiero, Charleston County Public Library, CHES Community Health Worker

  • Deniece Chi, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) South Carolina, Regional Program Manager

  • Dr. Jose Castillo, Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, TX, Assistant Professor

• 11:00 am Interpreter Services

  • J. Caroline Smith, South Carolina State Library 

  • Jeannette Houchens, HIT Services, LLC

• 12:00 pm MUSC Student Voices and Boxed Lunch from Cafecito, the Little Cuban Cafe on King

• 1:00 pm Community Panel 

  • Caroline Davila, MHA, Círculo Hispanoamericano de Charleston/MUSC Alliance for Hispanic Health (AHH)

  • Shannon Owen, SC Hispanic Alliance

  • Enrique “Henry” Grace, Charleston Hispanic Association, Chief Financial Officer

• 2:00 pm Immigrant Health

  • Dr. Cristina Reyes Smith, MUSC Division of Occupational Therapy, Associate Professor

• 3:00 pm Policies and Advocacy

  • Paola Gutierrez, South Carolina Office of Rural Health, Rural Health Action Plan Lead Strategist

  • Selena Valdizon, Nursing Student & Community Advocate 

  • Mike Young, South Carolina PASOs, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

• 4:00 pm Vulnerable/Underserved Populations (Human Trafficking, Family Support, LGBTQIA+)

  • Sue Berkowitz, SC Justice 

  • Kathia Valverde, PASOs 

  • Jonathan Guerrero-Ramirez, We Are Family

• 5:00 pm Meet and Greet Featuring Local Latina Artist Steph Fredericksen of Redux Studios

Contact us for more information: cscprogram@musc.edu