At the 2022 CHI & EXPO Conference, the renewed sense of mission and purpose among the thousands of attendees were palpable.
2022 NACHC CHI & EXPO Celebrates Progress of Health Center Movement
Tag: Health Center Movement
CBS Sunday Morning Show Host Jane Pauley, U.S. Rep Davis Keynote CHI General Session
The opening general session at the 2022 CHI & Expo in Chicago featured notable speakers, including Congressman Danny Davis, from the 7th Congressional District of Illinois, and Jane Pauley, host of the CBS Sunday Morning show. Davis started out the session by noting his deep roots in Chicago, “a city of health centers.” He walked …
The 2022 CHI and EXPO Kicks Off in Chicago
Walking through the halls of the Hyatt Regency in Chicago, where the NACHC CHI and EXPO is underway, is like dropping in on a family reunion.
Honorees Recognized for Outstanding Service in Agricultural Worker Health
Migrant Health Centers and leaders were honored for their service and commitment to the Community Health Center Movement this week at the Conference for Agricultural Worker Health in Denver, CO. The annual conference is dedicated to the health and well-being of America’s migratory and seasonal agricultural workers and comes as the nation marks the 60th …
Q&A: Paula Gómez, Brownsville Community Health Center
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, NACHC is featuring leaders in the health center movement like Paula S. Gómez, the Executive Director of Brownsville Community Health Center. A Brownsville native, Paula has been actively involved in the Community Health Center movement both locally and nationally since 1974. BCHC serves as both a community and migrant …
Q&A: Dr. Kimberly Chang, Asian Health Services
In observance of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month, NACHC is featuring leaders in the health center movement. Kimberly S.G. Chang, MD, MPH, is a NACHC Board Member and a Family Physician and Director of Human Trafficking and Health Care Policy at Asian Health Services, a Community Health Center in Oakland, California. Also, view our Q&A with Teresita …
The NACHC CHI Kicks Off in Chicago
The 2019 NACHC Community Health Institute (CHI) and EXPO is underway in Chicago, with more than 2,700 health center leaders from around the country gathered under one roof (media advisory). “Leadership, Collaboration, Innovation: Shaping the Future of Health Center Delivery,” is the theme of this year’s conference, which is chock full of education sessions and …
Reflections on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
On this special day of remembrance for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. we find ourselves also thinking about how Community Health Centers came into existence as part of a “ripple effect” from the Civil Rights Movement. A group of civil rights activists descended upon rural Mississippi to register voters as part Freedom Summer. What they …
NHCW Health Center Hero Nominee: Molly McMahon
Nominee: Molly McMahon, LCSW Organization: Greater Portland Health “Molly McMahon is a gifted clinician and a respected leader who is beloved and trusted by our most vulnerable patients,” writes Renee Fay-LeBlanc, Chief Medical Officer at Greater Portland Health. Whether she is meeting with a new Mainer who is processing severe trauma and torture, a person experiencing …
NHCW Health Center Hero Nominee: Charles Shorter
Nominee: Charles Shorter Organization: Ryan Health Charles Shorter is Executive Director of Ryan Health | Adair and Frederick Douglass, two health center sites of Ryan Health, located in Harlem, NY. Charles has over 25 years of experience dedicated to health and social services, including sixteen years as a staff member of Ryan Health, nine of …