SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER TO BRIEF FAITH LEADERS ONTHE STATUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH ORDERS AND PUBLIC WORSHIP
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Thursday, October 1, 2020
8:30 am - 9:45 am
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In an effort to allay confusion and bring about greater clarity concerning the impact COVID-19-related San Francisco health orders are having on our City's communities of faith, San Francisco Health Officer Dr. Tomas Aragon will brief our City's faith leaders on why and how public health orders, directives and guidances are developed, their legal significance, what references the existing health order makes to worship, houses of worship and other religious facilities, and the relationship a County health order has to the guidances issued by the State of California. This particular briefing will depart from the established format. In lieu of a panel discussion following Dr. Aragon's presentation, he will respond to questions submitted by San Francisco Faith Leaders.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY ONLINE BRIEFING MODERATOR
Michael G. Pappas, M.Div.
WELCOME, READING OF SFIC STATEMENT & MEDITATION
Kaushik Roy
(Introduction of Guest Presenter and Presentation by
SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas)
Dr. Tomas J. Aragon, Health Officer,
City and County of San Francisco and
Director, Population Health Division at
Dr. Tomas J. Aragon is the health officer of the City & County of San Francisco, and director of the Population Health Division (PHD) at the Department of Public Health. Striving to embody and promote the universal values of dignity, equity, compassion and humility, he works to convene, connect and catalyze communities and institutions to transform narratives, policies and systems toward a sustainable culture of equity healing and health for all people and our planet. As health officer, he exercises leadership and legal authority to protect and promote equity, racial equity, climate action and community health. As PHD director, he directs public health services and also teaches population health data science at the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. Dr. Aragon received his MD in 1987 from Harvard Medical School, MPH (Master of Public Health) in 1988 from Harvard School of Public Health, DrPH (Doctor of Public Health) in 2000 from the University of California, Berkeley, and Strategic Decisions certification in 2016 from Stanford University.
CLOSING REMARKS/NEXT STEPS
SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas
The SFIC extends special thanks to the COVID Command Center's Joint Information Center Virtual Outreach Team for facilitating technology support
for this weekly series of Online Briefings for Faith Leaders.
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