Events

May 21, 2018

[Meeting] DFC Monthly Leadership Meeting

When: May 21, 2018 - 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm

Where: Children At Risk, 2900 Weslayan St #400, Houston, TX 77027, USA

May 26, 2018

[Community] SUSTAIN - Stand Up to Sex Trafficking: Awareness, Implementation, Networking

When: May 26, 2018 - 7:30 am to 12:00 pm

Where: Baylor College of Medicine, Room M112, Houston, TX

Full details:
The AMWA-PATH curriculum includes what is considered essential information for health care professionals to know about sex trafficking. The American Medical Women's Association's Physicians Against the Trafficking of Humans (AMWA-PATH) has created a two-part curriculum on human sex trafficking.

The curriculum covers:

What Is Sex Trafficking?
Where Is Sex Trafficking?
How Are Humans Trafficked?
Why Should We Care?
Sex Trafficking & Health Care
What Can We Do?
Barriers to Care: What Are They?
The Physician’s Dilemma: Now What?
The PATH to recovery

Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Describe scope and prevalence of the problem of sex trafficking in the United States
Recognize the warning signs that raise suspicion for possible sex trafficking victimization
Incorporate screening of suspected victims of trafficking into routine practice
Clinically evaluate and treat any patient suspected of being sex trafficked

More info & registration: https://iu.cloud-cme.com/aph.aspx?P=5&EID=41250#

June 6, 2018

[AHT] Leadership Meeting

When: June 6, 2018 - 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm

June 7, 2018

[AHT] Committee Meeting

When: June 7, 2018 - 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm

June 15, 2018

[Event] Cultivating Health Equity - 6th Annual Luncheon

When: June 15, 2018 - 11:30 am to 1:00 pm

Full details:
Doctors for Change (DFC) is excited this year to celebrate "Cultivating Health Equity " at our 6th Annual Luncheon on Friday, June 15, at 11:30 am at the Junior League of Houston. Over the past few years, DFC has seen significant growth, great achievements, and incredible partnerships, and we invite you to join us in continuing this work!

At this year’s luncheon, we will be presenting Brian Greene, President and CEO of the Houston Food Bank, with this year’s DFC Healthcare Advocacy Award for his tremendous efforts advocating for the health and nutrition of Houstonians, addressing food insecurity issues in our community, and bringing the city’s leaders together in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.

Tickets and more info: http://bit.ly/dfc-luncheon-18