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Former 2017 Presentations
Healing the Whole: Developing Care Models for Diverse Communities
Presented by the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work in association with Minnesota Public Radio
Sponsored by Greater MSP and the Bush Foundation
March 21, 2017 | 8-9:30 AM Sateren Auditorium
Join Chris Farrell from MPR as he interviews Mary Brainerd, CEO of Health Partners, and Sara Theophilos, COO of People’s Center Health Services to discuss creating inclusive care models.
Leaders in every sector are understanding the need to recruit diverse teams in order to serve an increasingly diverse world. Health care, as a sector, is at the forefront of confronting this need and examining deeply embedded stereotypes both in historical context and social norms rooted in othering.
Health care leaders answering the call to provide care in a more equitable and just manner must educate professionals through a lens of wholeness and must consider new models of care.
To make such a sizable shift in practice and policy, health care leaders will need to consider a wide range of potential barriers. Consideration must be given to:
- Reducing health disparities and inequalities in a rapidly diversifying world
- Recruiting and retain a more diverse workforce
- Having diversity of executives in the boardroom and leadership roles
- Improving communities through vital outreach programs and community-based initiatives
- Partnering with communities in meaningful ways to co-create sustainable means of change for identified health challenges
- Working with external partners and resources to strengthen ecosystems
- Reducing stereotypes that are embedded in policy, procedure and social norms
February guests include:
Mary Brainerd, CEO of Health Partners
Sara Theophilos, COO of People’s Center Health Services
Global Food In A Farm-To-Table World
Presented by the Strommen Center for Meaningful Work in association with Minnesota Public Radio
Sponsored by Greater MSP and the Bush Foundation
February 21, 2017 | 8-9:30 AM Hoversten Chapel
Join Chris Farrell from MPR as he interviews leaders working on food security and sustainability.
Business leaders are invited to join in conversation for the upcoming Strommen Series, Global Food In A Farm-To-Table World, to consider the role businesses can play in caring for their community while taking care of business.
To succeed in today’s market, a corporation or business must balance its social, cultural, and environmental responsibilities with a financial commitment to its shareholders.
This discussion will examine how leaders in the food and agriculture sector approach issues such as food security, public health, animal welfare, biodiversity, and environmental sustainability.
February guests include:
Mike Robach- Vice President of Corporate Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Affairs at Cargill
Jessica Hellmann – Director of the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota
Dr. Ruth Petran- Vice President, Food Safety and Public Health at Ecolab Inc
Living in Recovery – Working in a Culture of Alcohol
November 15, 2016 | 8-9:30 AM Hoversten Chapel
November guests include:
Mike Sime- Co-Owner of Rapid Packaging
Warren Larson-Director of Public Affairs at Sanford Health
William Moyers- Vice President of Public Affairs and Community Relations at Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation