Faith, Science, and Trust
African American Clergy and Community Conversation on COVID-19
Friday, January 22, 2021 | 2 p.m.
Faith-based leaders, COVID-19 research volunteers, and “America’s Doctor,” Anthony Fauci, MD, will come together in a virtual event Jan. 22 at 2 p.m. to provide straight talk about fears, trust issues, and why we need our Black and Brown community to be a part of COVID-19 vaccine research.
MODERATORS
Rev. Debra Hickman
CEO and Founder, Sisters Together and Reaching, Inc.
Assistant to the Pastor, The City Temple of Baltimore (Baptist)
Stephen B. Thomas, PhD
Professor, Health Policy & Management
Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity
School of Public Health
University of Maryland, College Park
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Anthony Fauci, MD
Dr. Fauci was appointed Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health in 1984. He oversees an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research to prevent, diagnose, and treat established infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS, respiratory infections, diarrheal diseases, tuberculosis and malaria as well as emerging diseases such as COVID-19, Ebola and Zika.
Dr. Fauci has advised six Presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues. He serves on the White House Coronavirus Task Force and has been appointed Chief Medical Adviser on COVID-19 to the President-elect Joe Biden.
PANELISTS
Bishop Walter Scott Thomas
Pastor, New Psalmist Baptist Church, Baltimore
Bishop Donte L. Hickman, Sr.
Pastor, Southern Baptist Church, Baltimore
Rev. Dr. Bowyer G. Freeman
Senior Pastor, New Saint Mark Baptist Church, Baltimore
Rev. Dr. Brad Braxton
Founding Senior Pastor, The Open Church of Maryland, Baltimore
Rev. Dr. Robert Young
Senior Pastor, Wayland Baptist Church, Baltimore
Janice Jackson
Volunteer, UMSOM COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
