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Northwell Well being is internet hosting its sixth annual Gun Violence Prevention Discussion board on Feb. 27, that includes healthcare, authorities, enterprise and group leaders, and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.S. Secretary of Schooling Arne Duncan and Academy Award-winning actress Julianne Moore.

The half-day, hybrid discussion board, hosted by Northwell President and CEO Michael Dowling, will embrace a hearth chat with Ms. Moore, who will share her views on strengthening gun violence prevention, in accordance with Northwell. 

The Advert Council, a nationwide nonprofit primarily based in New York Metropolis, may also unveil their new nationwide cross-sector marketing campaign addressing youth gun violence. 

Moreover, the discussion board will function an intimate dialogue with Amedy Dewey, a 25-year-old survivor of gun violence.

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell has been dedicated to addressing gun violence as a public well being disaster. Its Middle for Gun Violence Prevention fashioned in 2020 to supply scientific care and assist providers to these affected by gun violence, develop greatest practices for hospitals to forestall firearm damage and dying, and mobilize the Nationwide Well being Care CEO Council on Gun Violence Prevention & Security, which now consists of 58 leaders of a few of the largest well being techniques and hospitals within the U.S. 

Councilmember CEOs from Salt Lake Metropolis-based Intermountain Well being, Edison, N.J.-based Hackensack Meridian Well being, Hartford (Conn.) Healthcare, Radnor Township, Pa.-based Most important Line Well being and Cleveland-based MetroHealth System will attend the discussion board. 

Different audio system for the occasion embrace Will Lee, CEO of ADWEEK; Julie Morita, MD, president and CEO of The Joyce Basis; Priscilla Brown, president and CEO of Amalgamated Financial institution; and Jadine Chou, accomplice, PAX Group and former chief of security and safety for Chicago Public Faculties.

“To make lasting, significant change and finish mindless gun violence and deaths, we have to tackle the problem from many alternative angles,” Chethan Sathya, MD, director of Northwell’s Middle for Gun Violence Prevention and pediatric trauma surgeon, mentioned in a information launch. “By way of distinctive partnerships, advocacy, analysis, and group and front-line training, we are going to proceed working collectively to make a distinction.”

Extra details about the discussion board is out there right here.