Code Blue Program Schedule

8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. | Check-in and Registration

 

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks Teddie Potter, PhD, RN, FAAN, FNAP Professor, School of Nursing - University of Minnesota Director of Planetary Health, Center for Planetary Health and Environmental Justice

 

9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. | Climate Change on the Frontlines: Perspectives from Minnesota Environmental Justice Community Leaders

 

Rev. Dr. Alika P. Galloway, M.Div., D.Min. Co-pastor, Liberty Community Church, PCUSA Co-founder, Northside Healing Space Storyteller & Community Leader; Jolene Jones, BA Ojibwe, White Earth, Lac Courte Oreilles Make Voting a Tradition Minnesota Coordinator Native American Community Development Institute; Mercedes Moffett, BASc, CVT Extension Educator of Ag Production, Horticulture & Natural Resources University of Minnesota Extension – Carlton County

Moderated by Brenna Doheny, PhD, MPH, Board Chair, Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate.

 

10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Climate Care in Uncertain Times: Clinical Strategies for Protecting Patient Health

 

Climate care in uncertain times: Clinical strategies for protecting patient health Dr. Zeke McKinney, MD, MHI, MPH Occupational Medicine Physician. Dr. McKinney is a middle-aged Black man wearing black glasses, a royal blue collared shirt with a black tie, and a stethoscope. Dr. McKinney's expression conveys wisdom and confidence.

Moderated by Becky Timm, MA, Executive Director, Advocates for Better Health.

 

11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | Moving Upstream: Community and Policy Solutions for Weathering and Creating Change

 

Moving upstream panelists Code Blue 2024 Weathering Uncertainty logo. Ansha Zaman, MS, Federal Policy Director, Center for Earth Energy and Democracy. Joshua Lewis, BA, Climate Justice Movement Leader, and Jo Bjorgaard, DNP, PHN, RN, Climate-smart Healthcare Lead.

Moderated by Kathleen Schuler, MPH, State Policy Director and Board Member, Health Professionals for a Healthy Climate.

 

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 | Lunch and Roundtable Discussion

Share your experience and co-create new ideas to take forward into your healthcare, public health, or community practice.

12:45 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Debrief Roundtable Discussions and Mural Creation

Enhance your learning and have some fun with a guided, interactive community art experience led by Studio Thalo, a Minneapolis-based artist collective and studio composed of Bayou Bay, Olivia Levins Holden, and Nell Pierce, established in 2016. Studio Thalo will create portable and digital murals that reflect the heart of Code Blue conference conversations and will serve as a visual reminder of the array of values, voices, and visions within our conference community.

Continuing education credits are available for purchase when registering for Code Blue 2024.

If you’d like to purchase continuing education credits, please select “Add-on: Continuing education credits” when registering.

 

Register for Code Blue 2024

 

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