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- Mix and Mingle Networking Event sponsored by QAE
Join us starting at 6p EST for our Mix and Mingle Networking event at the Fels Planetarium
Heavy Appetizers and Cash bar
6:30pm Prospective Student Meet up
7:30pm Open Mic Night
Vibes by dj harvey dent
- Vendor Engagement 7-9am
Vendor Engagment 7-9am
- Welcome Address & Arts Ensemble
Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, FADLN•Jahman Hill•Danielle McCamey, DNP, ACNP-BC, FADLN, FCCP•Alexander Murphy•Ali R. Tayyeb, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, PHN, FAANFounder, CEO Welcome Address by Dr. Danielle McCamey
Arts Ensemble
Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, FADLN
Jahman Hill
Danielle McCamey, DNP, ACNP-BC, FADLN, FCCP
President & CEO, DNPs of Color at DNPs of Color
Alexander Murphy
Ali R. Tayyeb, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, PHN, FAAN
- Mindfulness Intention Setting
Marcia Derby-Davis PhD, RN
- Arts Panel: Catalyzing Power Moves: The Impact of the Arts in Social Justice
Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, FADLN•Jahman Hill•Alexander Murphy•Ali R. Tayyeb, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, PHN, FAAN•Sabrina Jamal-Eddine, PhD, RNJoin us for a dynamic panel discussion that explores the transformative role of the arts in the social justice movement. In "Catalyzing Power Moves: The Impact of the Arts in Social Justice," esteemed artists will share their powerful stories and insights on how creative expression serves as a catalyst for change. This session will delve into the ways art amplifies marginalized voices, challenges societal norms, and inspires action. Through a blend of personal anecdotes, interactive dialogue, and visual presentations, attendees will gain a deeper understanding of how the arts contribute to advancing equity and justice in our communities. Don't miss this inspiring conversation on the intersection of creativity and activism.
Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, FADLN
Jahman Hill
Alexander Murphy
Ali R. Tayyeb, PhD, RN, NPD-BC, PHN, FAAN
Sabrina Jamal-Eddine, PhD, RN
- Mini Podium: Mitigating Student Burnout with Expressive Arts
Uzo Nwankpa, DNP, MSN-PH, RN1. Describe the creation and implementation of communal healing spaces using expressive arts activities for health professions students.
2. Review the impact of these healing spaces on student burnout and well-being.
Uzo Nwankpa, DNP, MSN-PH, RN
- Mini Podium: Nursing Student Success Boot Camp
DaJanae Gresham-Ryder, DNP, MSN, RN, PHN, CMSRN•Darreis Lucien DNP, MSN,RN,PHN1. Engage a diverse range of students through community outreach.
2. Promote ongoing professional development with workshops.
3. Provide targeted support to address academic-specific challenges for nursing
DaJanae Gresham-Ryder, DNP, MSN, RN, PHN, CMSRN
Darreis Lucien DNP, MSN,RN,PHN
- Mini Podium: Professional Mentorship
Kim Byas, PhD, MPH, FACHE1. Agree on working definitions of “success” and “mentoring.”
2. Understand leadership competencies for melanated professionals in health care settings.
3. Acquire a deeper understanding of mentorship linked to success: Personal and professional.
Kim Byas, PhD, MPH, FACHE
- Morning Break & Vendor Engagement
- Signature Panel: The Power Playbook: Leadership, Advocacy, & The Arts
Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, FADLN•Vernell DeWitty, PhD, MBA, RN, FADLN, FAAN•Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FADLN, FAAN•Danielle McCamey, DNP, ACNP-BC, FADLN, FCCP•Monica McLemore, , PhD, MPH, RN, FADLN•Irnise Williams, JD, RNJoin us for the signature session of the DNPs of Color Conference, "Playbook: Leadership, Advocacy & The Arts." This dynamic discussion will bring together thought leaders, healthcare professionals, and artists to explore how we can create a strategic playbook for leadership and advocacy in the face of current events. Our distinguished panelists will delve into critical topics, including advocacy, politics, leadership, and other hot topics, sharing insights on how nursing can be harnessed to drive impactful change in healthcare and beyond.
Lucinda Canty, PhD, CNM, FAAN, FACNM, FADLN
Vernell DeWitty, PhD, MBA, RN, FADLN, FAAN
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FADLN, FAAN
Danielle McCamey, DNP, ACNP-BC, FADLN, FCCP
President & CEO, DNPs of Color at DNPs of Color
Monica McLemore, , PhD, MPH, RN, FADLN
Irnise Williams, JD, RN
- Lunch & Vendor Engagement:12-4pm
Vendor Engagement 12-4pm
Dr. Uche Blackstock Book signing 12-1245pm - Keynote Address: Dr. Uché Blackstock
Uché Blackstock, MD•Devyn Nixon•Mia ValdezDr. Blackstock is the founder and CEO of Advancing Health Equity, an emergency physician, MSNBC medical contributor and a New York Times bestselling author of Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine. She is a well-respected thought leader on bias and racism in healthcare, and Forbes has described her as "a growing voice that is bringing to light and offering solutions to unconscious bias and structural racism among healthcare organizations."
Additionally, Dr. Blackstock received recognition from Forbes magazine in 2019 as one of “10 Diversity and Inclusion Trailblazers You Need to Get Familiar With,” and in 2020, she was one of only thirty-one inaugural leaders to be awarded with an unrestricted grant for her advocacy work from the Black Voices for Black Justice Fund.
*For more information on Speaker, please visit www.prhspeakers.com
Book Signing during lunch
Uché Blackstock, MD
Keynote Speaker
Devyn Nixon
Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Educator/DNP Student at Johns Hopkins/Western Washington University/PeaceHealth
Mia Valdez
- Mini Podium: Navigating CRABS: Strategies for Addressing Chaos, Resistance, Anti-Blackness, Bullying, and Silence in Board Leadership.
Celia McIntosh, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CCRN1. Identify the elements of the CRABS framework (chaos, resistance, anti-Blackness, bullying, and silence) and analyze their impact on organizational effectiveness and mission delivery.
2. Examine the consequences of CRABS on board cohesion and productivity, and demonstrate methods to address and mitigate these toxic behaviors.
Celia McIntosh, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CCRN
- Mini Podium: Celebrating the Diversity of Our Patients by Improving Communication in their Native Language
Kimako Desvignes, MSN, RN, NE-BC1. Demonstrate how a unit interpreter initiative utilizing staff improves communication and patient safety.
2. Demonstrate how staff interpreters enhancing patient-centered care through cultural Integration 3. Demonstrate how the application of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the nursing workforce through the use of this initiative has improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.
Kimako Desvignes, MSN, RN, NE-BC
- Mini Podium: Colon Cancer
Joan Smith, DNP, APRN, FNP-BCDr. Joan Smith
Joan Smith, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
- Afternoon Break & Vendor Engagement Continues until 4pm
- Mindfulness re-group
- Clinical Practice Panel: Clinician Power Pitch Plays
LaTaya De Jesus, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM•Robin Garrison, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CHPN•Theo Jones, MSN, FNP-BC•Efrat Lamandre, PhD, FNP•Joanne Patterson, DNP, PMHNP-BCHere power pitch presentations about impactful clinical specialties:
Dr. LaTaya DeJesus-Lifestyle Medicine
Robin Garrison-Street Medicine
Dr. Efrat Lamandre-Functional Medicine
Dr. Joanne Patterson- The FIRST Tiny House Psychiatric Clinic
Moderator: Theo Jones
LaTaya De Jesus, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, DipACLM
Robin Garrison, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, CHPN
Theo Jones, MSN, FNP-BC
Efrat Lamandre, PhD, FNP
Joanne Patterson, DNP, PMHNP-BC
- Mini Podium: Diversifying Income Streams for Nurses: Strategies for Financial Growth
Karen Danvers-Perez, DNP, MSN Ed, APRN, FNP-BC1. Identify key strategies for diversifying income streams beyond traditional nursing roles.
2. Apply the principles of financial planning to assess and pursue income diversification opportunities. 3. Demonstrate how leveraging nursing expertise can contribute to successful entrepreneurship and passive income generation.
Karen Danvers-Perez, DNP, MSN Ed, APRN, FNP-BC
- Mini Podium: Enhancing Health Through Civic Engagement: Vot-ER's Role in Healthcare
Tina Loarte-Rodriguez, DNP, RN, CPPS, CPHRM1. Recognize the influence of structural factors on health outcomes post-2020.
2. Utilize Vot-ER tools for patient voter registration in healthcare settings.
3. Evaluate the contributions of healthcare providers in fostering civic engagement and enhancing health outcomes.
Tina Loarte-Rodriguez, DNP, RN, CPPS, CPHRM
- Sponsor Talk: Equitable Advisors
- Closing Remarks
Dwayne Alleyne DNP, APRN, ACNP-C
Dwayne Alleyne DNP, APRN, ACNP-C
Board Chair at DNPs of Color
- Student Mix and Mingle
- Breakfast & Vendor Engagement 6:30-9am
Vendor Engagement 6:30-9am
- Mindfulness Pause
Dr. Derby-Davis
- Poster Presentation 7-min Pitch Session
Rachel Butler, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, DNP (c)•Yeyin Chen, DNP-PMHNP•Serina Gbaba, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP•Cassandre Milien, DNP, RN•Dr. Janet A Williams, MSM, CNM, FACNMJanet A. Williams, DNP, MSM, CNM, FACNM,
Serina Gbaba, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP,
Yeyin Chen DNP-PMHNP,
Kizzy McCray-Sheppard, DNP, APRN, FNP-C,
Rachel Butler, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, DNP (c),
Margaret Maina, RN DNP(s),
Cassandre Milien, DNP, RN
Rachel Butler, MSN, FNP-BC, ACHPN, DNP (c)
Yeyin Chen, DNP-PMHNP
Serina Gbaba, DNP, MBA, APRN, FNP
Cassandre Milien, DNP, RN
Dr. Janet A Williams, MSM, CNM, FACNM
- Equity Panel: We Belong Here-Disability Advocacy in Nursing
Andrea Dalzell, BSN, RN•Sabrina Jamal-Eddine, PhD, RN•Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, CEN, CNE, CFRN, FAEN, FAADN
Andrea Dalzell, BSN, RN
Sabrina Jamal-Eddine, PhD, RN
Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, CEN, CNE, CFRN, FAEN, FAADN
- Advocacy Panel: Power players and their Playbook: Advocating from Policy to Practice
Ahnyel Burkes, DNP, RN-BC , NEA-BC•Alita-Geri Carter, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC•Milagros Rosado Elia, APRN, ANP-BC•Wanda Montalvo, PhD, RN, FAAN, FADLN•Roberto Roman Laporte, PhD, DNP, RN, CMSRN, EBP-CDiscover the strategies and insights of leading change-makers in our session, "Power Players and Their Playbook: Advocating from Policy to Practice." This compelling discussion will feature influential leaders who have successfully navigated the complex landscape of healthcare policy and practice. Panelists will share their playbooks for effective advocacy, highlighting how to translate policy initiatives into actionable practices that improve patient outcomes and advance health equity. L
Ahnyel Burkes, DNP, RN-BC , NEA-BC
Alita-Geri Carter, MSN, RN, CPNP-PC
Milagros Rosado Elia, APRN, ANP-BC
Wanda Montalvo, PhD, RN, FAAN, FADLN
Roberto Roman Laporte, PhD, DNP, RN, CMSRN, EBP-C
- Break
- Research Panel: Change in the Play-Writing Our Own Story
Kechinyere (Kechi) Iheduru-Anderson, DNP, RN, CNE, CWCN•Celia McIntosh, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CCRN•Janee’ Stevenson, DNP, FNP-BC•Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, CEN, CNE, CFRN, FAEN, FAADN
Kechinyere (Kechi) Iheduru-Anderson, DNP, RN, CNE, CWCN
Celia McIntosh, DNP, APRN, FNP-C, PMHNP-BC, CCRN
Janee’ Stevenson, DNP, FNP-BC
Anna Valdez, PhD, RN, CEN, CNE, CFRN, FAEN, FAADN
- Mini Podium: Altering the Perception of Choice: An Integrative Approach to Reduce Stigma Towards Substance Use Population in Healthcare
Francesco Adefila, MSN, RN, DNP(c)1. Identify the key ways in which stigma affects the treatment of patients with substance use disorders in healthcare settings.
2. Analyze the impact of healthcare provider biases on the quality of care received by substance use patients.
3. Apply strategies for reducing stigma and improving treatment outcomes for patients with substance use disorders.
Francesco Adefila, MSN, RN, DNP(c)
- Mini Podium: Understanding Racial Differences in Skin Function is Essential
Ottamissiah Moore, BSN, RN, DNP-c1. Distinguish the prominent differences between skin of color and Caucasian skin.
2. Identify characteristics of three or more common skin conditions in skin of color. or ethnic skin.
Ottamissiah Moore, BSN, RN, DNP-c
Board Member at DNPs of Color
- Mini Podium: Labor of Inclusion: Unveiling Men's Journey in Prelicensure Nursing Clinical Rotations
Chimezie Agomoh, PhD, PMHNP-BC•Kechinyere (Kechi) Iheduru-Anderson, DNP, RN, CNE, CWCN1. Articulate the specific sociocultural perspectives of the study participants during their clinical rotations in labor and delivery units.
2. Analyze how socially assigned roles negatively influence the experience and inclusion of men in specific areas of nursing.
3. Discuss the significance of recognizing unique skills and perspectives of men in evaluating inclusive nursing practices.
Chimezie Agomoh, PhD, PMHNP-BC
Kechinyere (Kechi) Iheduru-Anderson, DNP, RN, CNE, CWCN
- Lunch & Vendor Engagement until 2pm
J&J Sponsor talk: Storytelling for Impact Turning Your Voice into Power Join us for an inspiring session that explores how storytelling can drive change and advocate for those in need. Learn how your story can inspire change in nursing and beyond.
Takeda - Academia Panel: A page from the Playbook: HBCU Deans & Directors Roundtable discussion
Maija Anderson, DNP, APRN, FNE-AP•Joy Coles, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, MBA, CCRN•Tiffany Morris, DNP, MS Ed, MSN, CNE•Courtney Nyange, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE•Joan Tilghman, PhD, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CNE
Maija Anderson, DNP, APRN, FNE-AP
Joy Coles, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, MBA, CCRN
Tiffany Morris, DNP, MS Ed, MSN, CNE
Courtney Nyange, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE
Joan Tilghman, PhD, RN, CRNP, WHNP-BC, CNE
- Mini Podium: Completing the Circle of Nursing
John Silver, PhD, RN, FINL, MBAC1. Demonstrate awareness of how the social acticvism history of nursing needs to be part of our future.
2. Identify the steps needed to become that socially active force Americans need regarding a health care system.
3. Apply the concept of inclusivity to the Nursing profession itself.
John Silver, PhD, RN, FINL, MBAC
- Mini Podium: Innovative Approach to Address Vaccine Advocacy in Minority Populations Within the United States
Stacy Buchanan, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC1. Demonstrate therapeutic communication during the vaccine conversation with vaccine hesitant patients and families.
2. Identify strategies to promote immunizations and improve uptake in marginalized and minority communities.
Stacy Buchanan, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
- Innovations Panel: The Power of Playing Outside the Box: Nursing Innovations
Oriana Beaudet, DNP, RN, FAAN•Charmaine Duckie, NP, MSRN-BC, NEA-BC, RN•Kasheta Jackson, DNP, RN•Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN•Kwamane Liddell, JD, MHA, BSN•Rhonda Manns, MBA, BSN, RN, CCM1. Attendees will understand the importance using data and research and Evidence-Based Practices in Nursing Innovation.
2. Panelists will explore the Role of Leadership and Mentorship in Fostering a Culture of Innovation
3. Attendees wiill Identify Strategies for Addressing Health Equity through Innovative Approaches
Oriana Beaudet, DNP, RN, FAAN
Charmaine Duckie, NP, MSRN-BC, NEA-BC, RN
Kasheta Jackson, DNP, RN
Marion Leary, PhD, MPH, RN
Nursing
Kwamane Liddell, JD, MHA, BSN
Rhonda Manns, MBA, BSN, RN, CCM
- Closing
- Dr. Virginia Allen & Mahoney Scholarship & Award Sneaker Gala
Virginia Allen, DHL, LPN, FADLN6p Cocktail Hour
7pm Awards Ceremony
7:15p Dinner
8pm Sneaker Gala
Vibes by: DJ Lady FX
Virginia Allen, DHL, LPN, FADLN
Black Angels
- Participate in research focus group
You are invited to participate in a focus group about understanding and improving the national
conference attendee experience. The primary objective of this focus group is to harness the collective wisdom and experiences of nursing leaders and conference attendees to gain a deeper understanding of the LISTEN ACT framework's effectiveness and identify potential areas for improvement. - Virtual Fundraiser for The Art Well
Malia Gilbert NealEach year, DNPs of Color joins forces with a nonprofit organization during our annual conference in the host city. This collaborative effort is a testament to our commitment to staying closely connected to the community, and to extend support to other organizations that share parallel missions.
Art Well's Mission:
To support young people and their communities through multidisciplinary arts expression, education, and creative reflection to celebrate their strengths, thrive while facing complex challenges, and awaken their dreams.
Please donate today: https://www.theartwell.org/donate
Malia Gilbert Neal
Executive Director of The Art Well