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May 28, 2020
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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Yesterday morning, the San Francisco Interfaith Council
(SFIC), in collaboration with the SF Department of Emergency Management's (DEM) Community Branch,
hosted the eighth in a weekly series of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response briefings for faith leaders. The briefing featured Alameda County Care Alliance Executive Director and Co-Founder Rev. Cynthia Carter Perrilliat and Critical Care/Palliative Care Medical Practitioner Dr. Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH who addressed the issue of the importance of "Essential Conversations," related to "Advance Care Planning" in these times of COVID-19.
The briefing may be viewed in its entirety by clicking the link below:
Also participating were Zoom Briefing Moderator/SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas, SFIC Board Chair Kaushik Roy, St. Ignatius Parish Pastor Fr. Greg Bonfiglio, SJ, Institute on Aging Chaplain Rabbi Barnett Brickner, Zen Caregiving Project Executive Director Roy Remer and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Spiritual Care Manaager Rev. Floyd Trammell
. Special appreciation
is extended to the DEM
technology team, comprised
of Community Branch Coordinator John McKnight and Engagement Leads Krysten Laine, Karen Nemsick, Sharon Walton and Rachel Schuett.
Additional Resources:
Articles by Dr. Jessica Zitter:
Please join us next Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 8:30 am, for the next in the SFIC's series of online briefings for faith leaders, featuring San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director Jeff Tumlin, who will address the "Impact of COVID-19 on Transit in San Francisco."
(Zoom registration to be provided in the program announcement)
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