Refugee Health & Wealth Conference

A WEALTH of Information For Your Mind, Body and Spirit!

About this Event

Just weeks away from World Refugee Day (and Juneteenth), this event promises to be a day that will be impactful for everyone. There are many presenters scheduled to share words of wisdom. Also, there are informative workshops planned as well. Combine this with mouth-watering food, breathtaking entertainment, and you'll have the perfect atmosphere to learn something new to become successful and healthy for you and your family!

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Program Flow


🕑: 10:33 AM - 10:40 AM
Hosts: Welcoming Committee PAWSLC (Pan African Westside Salt Lake Co-op)
Host: Al-Khalifah Kalashnikov

Info: Welcoming all and making use a projector & slideshow to ensure everyone knows purpose of the event while recognizing our sponsors.

🕑: 10:40 AM - 10:43 AM
Bio of Our First Guest Speaker: Open Word by Our Dignitary of the Day
Host: MC Nyamoch Riek

Info: Introducing her to the audience

🕑: 10:43 AM - 10:52 AM
Our Honored First Guest Speaker & Dignitary of the Day
Host: Natalie Pinkney-Crandall

Info: Coming in her own way to present in her own words, as Mrs. Pinkney-Crandall describes her journey of becoming the first Black woman ever elected to hold the office of county councilor at-large in Salt Lake County history and what her goals are to fill this new role.

🕑: 10:52 AM - 10:56 AM
Bio of Our Honored Second Guest Speaker- New American Refugee Liaison
Host: MC Abdullahi Iftin

Info: His biography.

Meet Your Salt Lake County's New American Refugee Liaison

🕑: 10:56 AM - 11:09 AM
Meet Your Salt Lake County's New American Refugee Liaison
Host: Joseph Genda

Info: His background and accomplishments having himself come from humble beginnings in West Africa.

🕑: 11:10 AM - 11:13 AM
Intro of Andrea G. Hardeman, a Utah-based author and artist
Host: MC Nyamoch

Info: She has an amazing collection of an artist and we're fortunate to have her as a sponsor of our event as a presenter as well.

🕑: 11:13 AM - 11:29 AM
The Mental Wellness Barrier of Generational Poverty in BIPOC Communities
Host: Andrea G. Hardeman

Info: A former sociology student shares her views on how we can better support communities experieincing past or present poverty as a result of traumtic events.

🕑: 11:29 AM - 11:33 AM
Intro of 1st Performers of the Day: Taiwanese or Pacific Islander- TBD
Host: MC Abdullahi

Info: Because we want everyone to feel welcome, safe and comfortable, we invited many diverse groups to be a part of our event.

🕑: 11:33 AM - 11:45 AM
First Performance of the Day
Host: Traditional Taiwanese Performers

🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:25 PM
Breakout Workshop Sessions
Host: MC Abdullahi

Info: Session 1- Lead poisoning among refugee groups, SL County Hlth Dpt (Clrm. 201); Session 2 - Importance of Insurance, UHealth (Clrm. 202); Session 3 - Refugee RCBO Grant, UT Refugee Center (Clrm. 204);

Session 4 - Employment in the Western U.S., UT Refugee Center (Clrm. 205)

🕑: 11:50 AM - 12:20 PM
DJ on Break while Workshops are in Session
Host: DJ Team

Info: When Lunch starts different varieties of refugee music plays from Arabic, Punjabi, Afrobeats, the Caribbean and an occasional hip-hop tune. [NOTE: Please try not bothering them ]

🕑: 12:55 PM - 12:57 PM
MCs Welcome Everyone Back from Lunch- Intro next Performers

Opening


🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:33 AM
Opening Salute to Refugees
Host: Voiceover

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