Minority Enterprise Development Week

Cape Fear Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week presented by the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce recognizes and celebrates the achievements and impacts of minority entrepreneurs across southeastern North Carolina, and provides opportunities for networking, expanding, and strengthening businesses.

The activities are part of the national observance of Minority Enterprise Development Week, created by presidential proclamation in 1983. This local event series began at the University of North Carolina Wilmington and was hosted with the help of community partners to recognize the economic impact of minority- and women-owned businesses.

UNCW CHHS Virtual Café

Webinar: Zoom Platform

Dr. Sabrina Cherry is featured in a new PBS documentary entitled Vaccination from the Misinformation Virus, produced by Chris Schueler, an Emmy Award-winning producer. The documentary aims to help address vaccine concerns by explaining the history of vaccinations in addressing public health outbreaks; vaccination hesitancy; and why addressing vaccine misinformation is so critical to eliminating health disparities. Join us to hear from Dr. Cherry and Mr. Schueler about vaccine efficacy, as well as hesitancy, and how misinformation can spread almost as rampant as a virus.

Dr. Cherry has worked for nearly 20 years within the field of public health. Her professional experience started as a Peace Corps Volunteer in The Gambia, West Africa. Dr. Cherry's primary research interests are the intersection of health disparities and social justice, as well as qualitative research.

Proclamation at the Intersections

The "Proclamation at the Intersections: Faith, Healing, and HIV" conference is hosted by the Gilead COMPASS Initiative Faith Coordinating Center at Wake Forest University's School of Divinity. The conference will provide an unprecedented opportunity for interdisciplinary and cross-sectional learning and collaboration between faith leaders, lay ministers (e.g., youth and young adult, singles, health, men and women, and music ministries, etc.), religion scholars, public health scholars, health providers, nonprofit organizational leaders, and graduate students.

Sustainability and Resilience in Healthcare: Social Determinants of Health

The 13th Annual South Atlantic Regional Architecture + Health Chautauqua is aligned with the Academy of Architecture for Health (AAH), a knowledge community of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Our goal is to bring national caliber content to regional practitioners unable to attend the larger national conferences. This unique one-day conference historically attracts between 80-120 healthcare architects, engineers, designers, health system representatives, and select material suppliers to engage in dialogue about the latest, relevant trends in the healthcare design industry. The inspiration for this smaller scale more intimate event stems from the idea of a Chautauqua.