On Saturday, June 16th, The Whittier Men's Health Center will host its annual "Healthier Families: Men's Health Summit" at UMass Boston from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
During the event, Haywood Fennel, Sr. of the Clean Slate Project will read from his play "Lights Out" about prison and HIV.
The Summit will honor five men with the Health Champions Award for their tireless efforts to eliminate health disparities among men. This year's recipients are Councilor Chuck Turner; Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, John Auerbach; Chief Financial Officer of Whittier Street Health Center, John Reardon; McKenzie and Associates attorney and Summit Chairman, Joseph D. Feaster, Jr.; and the Mayor of Cambridge, Kenneth E. Reeves.
Workshops during the summit will include: Parenting/Fatherhood, Let's Talk About It- Prostate Cancer, HIV/AIDS Education and Discussion, The Impact of Hip-Hop Culture, Health Reform Presentation, Financial Literacy, Child Support Education and Discussion, and Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) Education.
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