Growing Together: Chaos or Community

Name: Growing Together: Chaos or Community
Start: 2025-01-16T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-16T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Wealthy Theatre

Schedule

Thu Jan 16 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Wealthy Theatre | Grand Rapids, MI

At Arbor Circle, we recognize that institutional and systemic racism lives in health systems, education systems, municipal systems, mental health systems, and social services. In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Arbor Circle will partner with Dr. Lisa Lowery in an exploration of Dr. King’s 1967 book Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?
Dr. King’s final book centers on the importance of addressing social determinants of health, such as poverty, housing, education, and economic inequality, as essential to achieving true equality. Dr. Lowery’s presentation will draw on the impact of social determinants of health on improving wellbeing and the role of the “creative dissenter.”
The keynote will be followed by a discussion with:
• Dr. Lisa Lowery, Section Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Corewell Health West-Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital & Assistant Dean for Diversity and Cultural Initiatives at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
• Enid Gaddis, Arbor Circle Director of Equity and Inclusion
• Lisa Knight, Grand Rapids 2nd Ward City Commissioner, Girls Choral Academy Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer for DV Apple Logistics Concrete Installation
This free event has both an in person and virtual option.
Register now: https://secure.qgiv.com/for/arbcir/event/2025growingtogether
Keynote speaker: Dr. Lisa Lowery, MD, MPH, FAAP, FSAHM
Dr. Lisa Lowery, a Grand Rapids native, received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Microbiology with Honors from Michigan State University. Dr. Lowery received her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric Residency program at Spectrum Health-Butterworth Michigan State University/Grand Rapids. Dr. Lowery completed a subspecialty fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. While at Johns Hopkins, she obtained a Master of Public Health in the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences.
Currently, Dr. Lowery is the Section Chief of Adolescent Medicine at Corewell Health West-Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital and is the Assistant Dean for Diversity and Cultural Initiatives at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine. Dr. Lowery’s passion for diversity and inclusion has led her to work on improving the learning and work environment for medical students and residents. Dr. Lowery is working in numerous areas to provide medical education with a health equity and social justice lens. She is passionate about community service and is on several boards and part of several community organizations in the greater Grand Rapids area.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Accident Fund
Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Care Network of Michigan
Fifth Third Bank
Hungerford
Sytsma Wealth Strategies - Raymond James
Urban League of West Michigan
Veneklasen Construction
Warner Norcross + Judd