Immigrant health stories in Maine focus of free public event April 25
Health issues confronting immigrants in Maine communities will be the focus of a free, public event at the University of Maine’s Buchanan Alumni House on April 25.
“Immigrant Health and Immigrant Stories in Maine Communities” will feature a panel of multidisciplinary professionals in the fields of health, social work and immigration advocacy.
A free reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. preceding the panel discussion at 7 p.m. in the McIntire Room.
The panel will be moderated by Mark Kuczewski, director of the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and chair of the Department of Medical Education at Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch School of Medicine.
Panelists include Silvestre Guzman, an admissions counselor and multicultural student recruiter at the University of Maine; Judith Josiah-Martin, a lecturer of social work at UMaine; Resmi Rajan, a doctor at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Inpatient Care; and Edith Flores, a community health worker at Maine Mobile Health Program and the advocacy and client services manager at Mano en Mano.
The event is sponsored by Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Northern Light Acadia Hospital, and Maine Mobile Health Program, as well as UMaine’s Department of Philosophy, School of Nursing, and School of Social Work.
To request a reasonable accommodation, call 207.581.1176. For more information about the event, email Jessica Miller, jessica.p.miller@maine.edu.