CCBNC’s Annual

Past Education-Lecture Luncheons

1st Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 8, 1990 – “Expanding Access to Care: Focus on Black Family Health”
Speaker: Lois Isler, RN, MSPH, FNP, Former Member, NC Board of Nursing
Location: NCCU Student Union

2nd Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 7, 1991 – “Substance Abuse Crisis in the African American Community”
Speakers:

Valerie Collins, Substance Abuse Education Supervisor, and Durham County Mental Health Center;
Lucious Wayne Daye, Substance Abuse Counselor and Case Manager and Outreach Coordinator, Durham County Substance Abuse Service;
Veronica Hill, Substance Abuse Counselor, Durham County Substance Abuse Services;
Donna Money, Discipline Consultant, North Carolina Board of Nursing, and
Janice Parker, Charge Nurse, Charter North Ridge Hospital

Location: NCCU Student Union

3rd Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 5, 1992 – “Cardiovascular Disease in Blacks: A Focus of Healthy People 2000”
Speakers:

Brenda Armstrong, M.D., Pediatric Cardiologist, and Duke Medical Center,
Karol Harshaw, RN, Cardiology and Geriatrics, Duke Medical Center

Location: L. T. Walker Complex, NCCU

4th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 4, 1993 – “The African American Family in Crisis: What is our Role?”
Speaker: Elizabeth Burkett, RN, MSN, Clinical Associate, Department of OB/GYN and Perinatal Outreach Education Coordinator, Duke Medical Center
Location: Lincoln Community Health Center

5th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 4, 1994 -“Substance Abuse in the African American Health Professional”
Speaker: Donna Mooney, RN, MBA, Discipline Consultant, NC Board of Nursing
Location: Lincoln Community Health Center

6th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 2, 1995 – “Promoting and Protecting the Health of African Americans”
Speaker: Beverly L. Malone, RN, PhD, FAAN, Dean, School of Nursing, NC A&T State University
Location: Lincoln Community Health Center

7th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 7, 1996 – “Breast Health: What African Americans Want to Know”
Speaker: Marva M. Price, RN, MPH, FNP, Dr Ph
Location: Lincoln Community Health Center

8th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 6, 1997 – “Current Trends in Managed Care and AIDS Update”
Speakers:

Jacqueline Tatum, RN, MSN, Duke Medical Cente,
Jacqueline Clements, B.S., HIV Pre and Post Test Counselor, Lincoln Community Health Center

Location: Lincoln Community Health Center

9th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 5, 1998 – “Sickle Cell Disease: Past. Present and Future Care of this
Population”
Speaker: Patricia F. Thomas, RN, MPH. Sickle Cell Disease Nurse Clinician, Duke Medical Center
Location: Lincoln Community Health Center

10th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 4, 1999 – “African Americans Dealing with Hemodialysis”
Speaker: Dorothy Burns, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, NC A& T State University
Location: Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center

11th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 2, 2000 – “Mental Health Issues ~ Past and Present”
Speaker: Annie B. Hargett, RN, MS,
CS, Duke University Medical Center
Location: Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center

12th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 8, 2001 – “Successful Aging”
Speaker: Joyce H. Rasin, RN, PhD, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, UNC-Chapel Hill
Location: Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center

13th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 7, 2002 – “Preparing for the Future: Dealing with the Gap in Health Disparities”
Speaker: Lorna Hines Harris, RN, PhD, FAAN, Professor, School of Nursing, NC A&T State University
Location: Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center

14th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 6, 2003 – “Prostate Cancer-Out of the Darkness-Into the Light”
Speaker: Howard T. Williams, RN, BSN, CRRN
Location: Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center

15th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 4, 2004 – “The Nursing Shortage: It’s Effect on the Consumer”
Speaker: Betty Davis-Lewis, RN, EdD, FAAN, President, National Black Nurses Association, Inc.
Location: Searle Center, Duke University Medical Center

16th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 3, 2005 – “Capturing the Wisdom of Graying Nurse Leaders”
Speaker: Mary Holt Ashley, RN, PhD, CNAA, BC, Chief Nurse Executive, Harris County Hospital District, Houston, Texas
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

17th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 2, 2006 – “Children-An Untapped Resource”
Speaker: Sharon D. Ware, RN EdD, Child Care Health Consultant, NC Department of Health and Human Services
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

25th Anniversary Gala of CCBNC, Inc.

December 1, 2007 – 25th Anniversary – “Carrying the Torch”
Speaker: Betty Davis-Lewis, RN, EdD, FAAN, Immediate Past President, NBNA
Location: Radisson Hotel,
Research Triangle Park

18th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 6, 2008 – “What to Do About Health Disparities: Solutions and Strategies”
Speaker: Audwin Fletcher, PhD, RN, CFNP, FAAN, University of Mississippi
Location: The Friday Center

19th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 5, 2009 – “African Americans, “Upside Down,” In the Health Care Debate Reform”
Speaker: Charles Cook, M.D., MPH, Internal Medicine, Nephrology/Diabetes
Location: The Friday Center

20th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 4, 2010 – “Communicable Disease Control: A Mandate for Local Public Health”
Speaker: Ms. Gayle Harris, Director of the Durham County Public Health Department
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

21st Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 3, 2011 – “The Future of Nursing: What is the Role of HBCUs and African American Nurses?”
Speaker: Ernest Grant, MSN, RN, Director – Outreach and Prevention, NC Jaycee Burn Center
Location: The Friday Center

22nd Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 1, 2012– “The Role and Responsibility of Nursing in Implementing the Strategies for the Future of Nursing”
Speaker: Deidre Walton, JD, MSN, RN, MPH, President &CEO, National Black Nurses Association
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

23rd Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 7, 2013 – “Join the Conversation on Minority Health Awareness”
Speaker: Johnea Kelley, DrPh, RN, Retired Nursing Professor and Chair
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

24th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 6, 2014 – “The Importance of Mentoring”
Speaker – Lt. Colonel Angelo D. Moore, PhD, MSN, BSN, FNP-BC-RN
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

25th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 5, 2015 – “Embracing a Changing Healthcare Environment: The Future of Nursing”
Speaker: Ronnie Ursin, DNP, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing Officer, Northern Louisiana Medical Center, Former NBNA Board Member
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill

26th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 3, 2016, “Understanding Superwoman Schema in Black Nurses: Caring for the Caregiver to Promote Quality, Safety, Health, and Wellness for All”
Speaker: Cheryl Woods Giscombé, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, Melissa and Harry Levine Family Professor of Quality of Life, Health Promotion and Wellness, UNC School of Nursing
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

27th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 3, 2017, “The Importance of Nurses Being in Legislature and Advocacy”
Speaker: Representative Carla D. Cunningham, RN, District 106, Charlotte in Mecklenburg County
Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

28th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 1, 2018, “Building Your Career: African American Nurses Discuss the Impact of Nursing on Personal and Professional Development”
Panelists:

Jade McPherson, BA-Biology, AD, RN, Staff Nurse, Superior Medical Staffing;
Char-Norie Poteat, BSN-BC, RN, Patient Care Services Manager III, UNC Health Care;
Priscilla Ramseur, DNP, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, Chief Nursing and Patient Care Officer, Duke Raleigh Hospital;
Erica Richards, B-Ed, BSN, RN, Staff Facilitator\Infection Control, Bella Rose Nursing and Rehabilitation Center;
Vanessa Snellings, BSN, MSN, RN, Office Nurse UNC Rex Pain Management Center;
Eric Williams, DNP, RN, CNE, FAAN, President National Black Nurses Association, Inc., Assistant Director/ Faculty Leader and Professor of Nursing, Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, CA

Location: The Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC

29th Annual Educational-Lecture Luncheon

December 7, 2019, “Advocating for the Health Needs of Justice-Involved Populations”
Panelists:

Rosemary Jackson, MD, MPH, Utilization Review Physician NC Department of Public Safety/Division of Prisons Health Services, Raleigh, NC;
Kimberly Boone, BSN, RN, Quality Management/Infectious Disease Coordinator, Federal Correction Institution, Butner, NC;
Dorel Clayton, NCCPSS, Community Health Worker, Fit Program, Durham, NC