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Byllye Avery and Michael Bird to Speak on Promoting Healthy Communities
October 16th, 2009
Health Activists Byllye Avery and Michael Bird Promote Healthy Communities
The Sage Colleges are pleased to welcome distinguished community organizers and health activists Byllye Avery and Michael Bird to the Opalka Gallery on Thursday, October 22 at 6:00 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Avery is the founder of the National Black Women's Health Project and the Avery Institute for Social Change. She is a clinical professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, an advisor to the National Institutes of Health and was a visiting fellow at Harvard School of Public Health.
Bird, Santo Domingo, San Pueblo, MSW, MPH, has devoted his career to enhancing the health of the public, particularly the health of American Indians and Alaskan Natives. He was the first Native American to serve as President of the American Public Health Association.
