7/24 EDD Talks Lunch & Learn w/Cardiologist, Cliff Morris, MD, FACC
About this Event
Friday, July 24, 2026 | Doors Open: 11:15 AM | Lunch Service Begins: 11:30 AM
Allegra Westbrooks Regional Library | Coomunity Room B | 2412 Beatties Ford Road
Join Power is Giving for another impactful installment of our Eat Drink Disrupt (EDD) Talks Lunch & Learn series featuring returning guest physician and community favorite, Cliff Morris, MD, FACC.
Titled, “Disrupting Chronic Illness: A Cardiologist’s Prescription for Optimal Wellness & Longevity,” this engaging and empowering session will explore how lifestyle medicine and whole food, plant-based nutrition can support the prevention and arrest of many of today’s top lifestyle-driven chronic illnesses, including coronary artery disease (CAD), congestive heart failure, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and more.
ABOUT DR MORRIS
A double board-certified preventive cardiologist and lifestyle medicine specialist, Dr. Morris is founder and president of the Morris Cardiovascular & Risk Reduction Center in Southside Virginia, where he is helping patients and communities rethink what prevention, longevity and optimal wellness can truly look like through evidence-based lifestyle intervention.
Long before medicine, Dr. Morris played varsity basketball at UNC Chapel Hill during the Michael Jordan era alongside teammates Michael Jordan and Kenny Smith. Today, he brings that same discipline, focus and leadership into his work helping individuals better understand the powerful connection between nutrition, movement, prevention and long-term wellness.
ABOUT THE LUNCH PRESENTATION
As part of the EDD Talks experience, attendees will also enjoy a flavorful, nutrient-rich, protein-packed whole food, plant-based vegan lunch curated by Dawn Hilton-Williams, Power is Giving’s executive director, founder of Herban Eats and certified whole food, plant-based nutrition professional also known as “The Vegucator.” Designed as both nourishment and demonstration, the menu reflects Power is Giving’s belief that health-promoting food can still be culturally resonant, satisfying and full of flavor.
WHAT’S ON THE WHOLE FOOD, PLANT-BASED MENU
Chef-Curated Nutrient-Rich, Protein-Packed Whole Food, Plant-Based Vegan Lunch
• Roasted Sweet Potato & Cauliflower Medley with Citrus Dill Cream Sauce
• Herbed Brown Rice
• Creamy Marinated Sundried Tomato, Chickpea & Cannellini Salad with Capers & Shallots
• Fresh Grapes
• Hibiscus Lavender Punch
Attendees will also receive: Free plant-based recipe cards, wellness resources and educational materials and take home lifestyle tools from Power is Giving, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) and Switch4Good
Space is limited due to seating and catering capacity. RSVP is strongly encouraged.
Learn more about Power is Giving’s year-round wellness equity programming at:
www.powerisgiving.org
Agenda
🕑: 11:15 AM
Doors Open
Info: Doors open for seating.
🕑: 11:30 AM - 11:35 AM
Program Welcome Lunch Begins
Info: Program welcome from Power is Giving & Lunch Begins
🕑: 11:45 AM - 12:05 PM
Physician Introduction & Remarks
Info: Our physician partner, Cliff Morris, MD, FACC will spend up to 30 minutes sharing either a slide deck presentation or their experiences and findings regarding the optimal wellness benefits of a WFPB lifestyle in his clinical practice, research, education and lived experiences.
🕑: 12:10 PM - 12:40 PM
Open Floor Q & A
Info: Clinical & culinary Q & A with whole food plant-based nutrition professional and Vegucator, Dawn Hilton Williams and physician partner.
🕑: 12:45 PM
Closing Remarks
Info: Closing remarks from Power is Giving.
Where is it happening?
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