SFIC Online Briefing for Faith Leaders
to Address
the Importance of Essential Conversations
Related to Advance Care Planning
in These Times of COVID-19
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
8:30 am - 9:30 am
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Faith leaders have an important and essential role in preparing their congregants and the community on the subject of Advance Care Planning. What could that role look like? What are some suggestions and solutions to this question? Given the current COVID-19 climate, these trainings and conversations seem more vital than ever. How might faith leaders assist in initiating discussions with their communities to engage in dialogue with hospital healthcare teams? How important is it for these two valued disciplines, clinicians and faith leaders, to have mutual respect for one another for the good of patients and families? How does the matter of racial inequities and health disparities fit into this discussion? These questions and more will be at the heart of this Thursday's "Essential Conversations Online Briefing for Faith Leaders," hosted by the
San Francisco Interfaith Council in collaboration with the
Department of Emergency Management's Community Branch.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY ONLINE BRIEFING MODERATOR
Michael G. Pappas, M.Div., Executive Director
WELCOME & READING OF SFIC STATEMENT
Kaushik Roy, Chair
MEDITATION
Father Greg Bonfiglio, S.J., Pastor
(Introduction of Guest Presenters and Presentation by
SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas)
Rev. Cynthia Carter Perrilliat, MPA
Executive Director and Co-Founder
Rev. Cynthia Carter Perrilliat, MPA, is Executive Director and Co-Founder of the
Alameda County Care Alliance
, a faith and community based program serving people with advanced illness care needs and their families/caregivers to meet their physical, psychological, spiritual and advance care planning needs. Cynthia's two decades of end of life care program development work and initiatives include VITAS Healthcare, Duke University APPEAL program, current Kaiser Permanente pilot project and others. She has been dedicated to serving the African American, Latino and Asian American communities. Rev. Cynthia is also a highly requested motivational speaker on issues of Self-Care for practitioners and Cultural Awareness in Healthcare. Rev. Cynthia serves as an ordained Minister at Allen Temple Baptist Church in Oakland, CA and is a gospel recording artist. CynthiaCarterLive.com.
Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH
Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH, specializes in Critical Care and Palliative Care medicine, and practices at the public hospital in Oakland, California. She is the author of Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life. Her essays and articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Huffington Post, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and other publications. Her work is featured in the Oscar and Emmy-nominated short documentary, Extremis, now streaming on Netflix, as well as the forthcoming short film, Caregiver: A Love Story. She is a nationally recognized speaker on the topic of dying in America. Learn more about her work at jessicazitter.com.
PANEL QUESTIONS TO GUEST PRESENTERS
Panelists
Rev. Claire Bohman, Director
Sojourn Chaplaincy
Rabbi Barnett Brickner, Chaplain
Institute on Aging
Roy Remer, Executive Director
CLOSING REMARKS/NEXT STEPS
SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas
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