SF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR DR. GRANT COLFAX & ASSISTANT HEALTH OFFICER DR. RITA NGUYEN
TO CLARIFY ALLOWANCES IN THE MOST CURRENT HEALTH ORDER
FOR ONLINE/LIVESTREAMING OF PUBLIC WORSHIP
Thursday, October 22, 2020
8:30 am - 9:45 am
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At the outset of the pandemic, to protect their congregants and staff, congregation leaders quickly pivoted to online worship and virtual ministry. This continuity of operation allowed faith leaders to foster community in the midst of isolation and provide critically needed spiritual care in these times of uncertainty and anxiety. Evolving public health orders allowing for increased numbers of participants inside and outside public spaces for worship, as well as the call for heightened safety precautions and vigilance have, at the same time, raised questions as to what is and is not permissible, with respect to online/livestreaming of worship services. To bring greater clarity to these issues, this week's Online Briefing for Faith Leaders welcomes San Francisco Department of Public Health Director Dr. Grant Colfax, MD and Branch Director of the Information and Guidance Section of the COVID Command Center Assistant Health Officer Dr. Rita Nguyen, MD. Together they will speak to the Guidances governing streaming of services, live and pre-recorded, with the intent on informing and clarifying the allowances under the current health order. This particular briefing will depart from the established format. Following their presentations, our featured guests will respond to questions submitted in advance by San Francisco faith leaders.
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS BY ONLINE BRIEFING MODERATOR
Michael G. Pappas, M.Div.
WELCOME & READING OF SFIC STATEMENT
Kaushik Roy
MEDITATION
Rev. Floyd Trammell
(Introduction of Guest Presenters and Presentation
by SFIC Executive Director Michael Pappas)
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Grant Nash Colfax, MD
Director of Health
Grant Colfax, MD, is Director of Health for the City and County of San Francisco. For the past thirty years, Dr. Colfax has strived to improve health and wellness through his work in clinical medicine, research, policy and administration. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he completed his residency in Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. In 1997, he joined the San Francisco Department of Public Health where his focus was on researching and implementing HIV prevention interventions. As Director of HIV Prevention and Research, he emphasized bringing an evidence-based, community-informed approach to addressing gaps in HIV care and prevention. From 2012 to 2014 he was a member of the Obama Administration, serving as Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy. As the President’s primary adviser on domestic HIV policy, he coordinated Federal efforts to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. From 2015 to 2019 he was Director of Marin County’s Health and Human Services, leading the Public Health, Social Services and Behavioral Health divisions, with a focus of increasing health and wellness equity in Marin. He became director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health in February 2019, overseeing the city’s largest department with a $2.3 billion dollar budget and more than 8,000 employees, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Laguna Honda Hospital, 14 primary care clinics, behavioral health services, and population health and prevention.
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Rita Nguyen, MD
Assistant Health Officer
Dr. Rita Nguyen is an Assistant Health Officer for the San Francisco Department of Public Health Population Health Division and serves as the Chronic Disease Physician Specialist. In this role, she supports and provides thought leadership to chronic disease prevention efforts for the City and County of San Francisco. For the City's COVID-19 Activation, she is the Director of the Information and Guidance Branch which is tasked with writing all official guidance from the Department of Public Health around COVID-19 for all sectors, including healthcare, childcare and education, businesses of all types as they reopen, and for the general public. Information and Guidance's mission is to provide and ensure accurate, science-based, stakeholder-informed information and guidance to prevent, contain, and mitigate COVID-19. She is a practicing hospitalist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF.
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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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