Accelerating Health Equity Conference Day 2 Highlights 

The convening of 1,000 leaders from hospitals, health systems, and community and public health organizations continued for a full-day schedule at the AHA Accelerating Health Equity Conference in Kansas City, Mo. Day 2 featured breakout sessions, table conversations, networking opportunities and community immersion experiences.
 
Highlights included:

• Breakout sessions on transforming maternal health care for Black women, addressing food insecurity through hospital-based programs that prioritize community collaboration, and driving change and advancing health equity through the Rise to Health Coalition.   
• Community immersion experiences to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Operation Breakthrough, and two local nonprofits, Uzazi Village and BlaqOut.  
• “Breaking Ice,” a performance by the Minneapolis-based Pillsbury House Theatre, which explored diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace.