The 8th annual Seattle Race Conference will explore the theme: “Racism and Health Inequities: Eliminating Barriers and Healing Our Communities” during a one-day conference on Saturday, August 28, 2010 from 8:00am to 4:30pm at the South Seattle Community College Brockey Conference Center in West Seattle (6000 16th Avenue SW, Seattle, WA 98106).

Participants will engage in dialogue on the relationship between health inequity and racism in the Seattle area, meet other members of the community, and build relationships to continue to improve racial inequity in the Seattle area.

The Seattle Race Conference is a one-day conference for members of the Seattle community who work with communities, health, education, human and social services, policy making, and care about health inequity. At the one-day conference, participants will attend workshops presented by local community workers, health practitioners, and scholars. More detailed information on workshops offerings will be available at www.seattleraceconference.org.

Conference attendees will also meet and hear from Spero Manson, PhD, (Pembina Chippewa), a distinguished professor who directs the Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health in the Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver. Dr. Manson’s experience includes working at the national level at eight research centers across the country performing research, program development, and training among 102 Native communities, spanning rural, reservation, urban, and village settings. Ben Danielson, MD, a medical director at Odessa Brown Children's Clinic since 1999 will also speak on health inequity in the greater Seattle area. Dr. Danielson holds the Janet and Jim Sinegal Endowed Chair for the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic. The clinic has been an active part of Seattle's Central District since 1970.

Registration is available online at www.seattleraceconference.org. Late registration is $30 at door, and lunch is not guaranteed for at-the-door registrants.

Scholarships are also available to help cover registration costs. To request a scholarship please email eleta.wright@gmail.com with a brief explanation of your situation and the amount of scholarship you are requesting. Special accommodations are also available at the conference. Six clock hours will be available through Seattle Public Schools for those who need clock hours ($2 per clock hour).

Seattle Race Conference Sponsors: South Seattle Community College, Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, King County, Seattle Office for Civil Rights, King County Civil Rights Commission, Senior Services, YWCA of Seattle-King County-Snohomish County and America & Moore, LLC.

For more information on the 8th annual Seattle Race Conference:
Contact: Brenda Anibarro, Phone: 206-684-4514, Email: Brenda.Anibarro@Seattle.gov
Visit the website: www.seattleraceconference.org
Email the planning committee: info@seattleraceconference.org