These organizations have already made a committment to partner with the national Initiative to Improve Palliative Care for African-Americans. See their Partner Statements here

African-American Health Coalition, Inc.
Web site: http://www.aahc-portland.org
Corliss A. McKeever, MSW, President/CEO
2800 N. Vancouver , Suite 100
Portland, Oregon 97227
Phone: 503-413-1850
Email: corlissm@aahc-portland.org

Alta Consulting Group, Inc.
Diane C. Lewis, Executive Vice President
4201 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: 202-966-7516; Fax: 202-244-2628
Email: altacon@aol.com

Elizabeth Alvarado, CSW
Columbia University Social Work Manager
180 Ft. Washington Ave.
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212.305.2464 Fax: 212.305.6196

Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health
Web site: http://www.arthurasheinstitute.org
Ruth Browne, Executive Director
450 Clarkson Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11203
Phone: 718-270-3101; Fax: 718-270-2602

The Cook County Hospital Palliative Care Program
Catherine Deamant, MD
Director Palliative Care Program (Cook County Hospital)
1900 W. Polk St.
CCAB-Room 950
Chicago, IL 60612
catherine_deamant@rush.edu
Phone: (312) 839-3285; Fax: (312) 633-8333

Ms. Christine Dudley Testimony of Faith
Web site: http://www.myfaithsite.org
Retired social worker/Author
Email: cdmd13@aol.com
Claretta Yvonne Dupree, PhD
Web site: http://www.cbhd.org/ aboutcbhd/fellows/ clarett_dupree.htm
Assistant Professor
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Cunningham Hall, P.O. Box 413
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone: 414-229-5469; Fax: 262-697-1695
Email: drdupree@uvm.edu
Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life
Web site: http://www.iceol.duke.edu
Gwendolyn W. London
Associate Director
Phone: 919-660-3553
Email: glondon@div.duke.edu
End of Life Coalition in Eastern North Carolina
Randy Curtis, Staff Chaplain
208 Joseph Street
Greenville, NC 27858
Phone: 252-816-8474
Good Neighbor Baptist Church
Reverend Dr. George A. Blackwell, III, Pastor
100 Chancellor Ave.
Newark, NJ 07112
Phone: 973-926-0932
Email: georgeb@sharenj.org
 

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David Julian Hodges, PhD
Acting Dean, School of Education
Hunter College (CUNY)
695 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Email: david.hodges@hunter.cuny.edu
Hospice East, Inc.
Rich M. Calvert
Community Liaison Nurse
407 Soppers Drive
Winchester, KY 40591
rickc@hospiceeast.com
Phone: (859) 744-9879 x108, Fax: (859) 744-1971
Howard University
Ms. Rebecca Reviere, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Box 987
Washington, DC 20059
rreviere@howard.edu
Howard University Division of Nursing
Alice Cornelison, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor in Health Care Ethics
501 Bryant Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
Phone: 202-806-5538; Fax: 202-806-5958
Email: ecornelison@howard.edu
Midwest Bioethics Center: Community-State Partnerships to Improve End-of-Life Care
Web site: http://www.midbio.org
Myra Christopher, President/CEO/MBC
1021-1025 Jefferson
Kansas City, MO 64105
Email: myra@midbio.org
Phone: 816-221-100 (ext. 205); Fax: 816-221-2002
Morehouse School of Medicine
Web site: http://www.msm.edu
Mariea R. Cromer, JD, M.Ed., Director of Managed Care Institute and Course Director for "Human Values in Medicine"
Managed Care Institute
75 Piemont Ave., N.E., Suite 446
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: 404-756-5736
Email: cromer@msm.edu
Myra E. Rose, MD
Morehouse School of Medicine
Director of Internal Medicine Residency, Hospice Director
720 Westview Drive
Atlanta, GA 30310
Phone: 404-756-1320
Email: rosem@msm.edu
National Black Church Family Council
Joseph W. Davis, D.Min., President/CEO
2115 #B Jamison Ave.
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Phone: 205-349-1417; Fax: 205-391-2033
Email: nbcfc@bellsouth.net
National Gerontological Nursing Association
Shirley Travis, PhD, RN
7784 Grow Drive
Pensacola, FL 32514
Sstravis@smail.uncc.edu
Phone: (800) 723-0560

New York University, Division of Nursing
Gloria Ramsey, RN, JD
Director Legal & Ethical Aspects of Practice
246 Greene Street
New York, NY 10003-6677
Gloria.ramsey@nyu.edu
Phone: (212) 998-5356 Fax: (212) 995-4770

Partnership of African-American Churches
Reverend James Patterson, President
P.O. Box 80
Institute, WV 25112
Phone: 304-768-6575
Email: pattersonrevjlp@aol.com

Precious Gems Counseling Services
Web site: http://www.preciousgems.org
Rita Milburn-Dobson, Executive Director
P.O. Box 27431
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Phone: 215-409-2907; Fax: 215-927-5790
Email: preciousgemsco@aol.com

Prospect Hospice
Ms. Yolanda Wilkinson
Program Coordinator
596 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, NY 11238
y.wilkinson@cnrhealthcare.org
Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care
Web site: http://www.promotingexcellence.org
Web site: http://www.missoulademonstration.org
Ira Byock, MD, Director
C/o Practical Ethics Center, University of Montana
1000 East Beckwith
Missoula, Montana 59812
Email: ibyock@aol.com
 
Promoting Excellence in End of Life Care
Web site: http://www.promotingexcellence.org
Web site: http://www.missoulademonstration.org
Jeanne Twohig, Deputy Director
C/o Practical Ethics Center, University of Montana
1000 East Beckwith
Missoula, Montana 59812
Phone: 406-243-6602; Fax: 406-243-6633
Email: twohigjs@inso.umt.edu
Touchstone Therapeutics
Carrolyn Belkis, Director/Holistic Adult Nurse Practitioner
P.O. Box 491
New York, NY 10028-0005
Phone: (212) 592-3611
Trinity Church of Christ Amani Hospice Task Force
Deacon Rosalyn J. Priester
Coordinator, Board for Long Range Planning and Hospice Care
400 W. 95th Street
Chicago, IL 60628-1920
Rpriester400@aol.com
Phone: (773) 994-0548 Fax: (773) 994-9943
Trinity United Church of Christ
Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright
Pastor, Trinity UCC
400 West 95th Street
Chicago, IL 60628-1920
revw400@attglobal.net
Phone: (773) 962-5650 Fax: (773) 238-2547
UAB Center for Palliative Care
Web site: http://www.palliative.uab.edu
James Bolden, Administrative Director
1801 Building, 1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35294-0023
Phone: 205-975-0849; Fax: 205-975-8173
Email: jbolden@uab.edu

Jennifer Newsome, Clinical research nurse coordinator
1801 14 Ave. South
Birmingham, AL 35294
Phone: 205-975-0863; Fax: 205-975-8173
Email: jnewsome@uab.edu

University Hospital, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ)
David M. Price, MD., PHD, Clinical ethicist
234 Walnut Street
Livingston, NJ 07039
Phone: 973-972-2629; Fax: 973-740-0282
Email: priceda@umdnj.edu
VA NY Harbor Healthcare System & SUNY Downstate Medical School
David Wollner, MD, FACP, AGSF, Director of Palliative Care Services, VA NY Harbor Health Care System
800 Poly Place 9-228
Brooklyn, NY 11209
Phone: 718-836-6600; Fax: 718-630-3761
Email: david.wollner@med.va.gov
VITAS Healthcare Corporation
Web site: http://www.vitas.com
Esther Colliflower, Co-Founder
Richard Fife, Vice President for Ethics and Pastoral Care
Judy Rybka, Area Director of Admissions
Andre Williams, Director of Public Affairs
100 South Biscayne Blvd.
Miami, FL 33131
Phone: 305-374-4143
Ms. Andrea Young
Writer
Email: youngstan@aol.com
 
Links to Other Resources and Organizations
Project on Death in America (PDIA)
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center/Ziegler Palliative Care Education Program
The Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics (SCBE)
Innovations in End-of-Life Care an international journal and online forum of leaders in end-of-life care
Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization National Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine/Innovations in End of life Care
Americans for Better Care of the Dying (ABCD)
Last Acts - National Organization to Improve Care of the Dying
Education for Physicians on End-of-Life Care (EPEC)
End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium
Association for Death Education and Counseling
World Health Organization Definition of Palliative Care
Center to Advance Palliative Care