CALL FOR PAPERS For the 1st conference on Healthcare in the Black Americas Sponsored by Afropresencia.com On February 23rd, 2008 at The City University of New York, Graduate Center Afroprencia.com is proud to host the first conference on Healthcare in the Black Americas, February 23rd in New York City. This year's conference will be held at The Graduate Center, City of New York, 365 Fifth Ave, New York, 10016. Afropresencia.com is designed to keep you up to date on Black community activism throughout the Americas; and welcomes papers on a variety of health related topics for this year's conference. Topics might include, but are not limited to, the impact of health policy; mental health issues; issues of health care on the elderly; and the impact of HIV/AIDS and its affects on black America. Health professionals and graduate students from fields other than health are also encouraged to submit paper proposals. The presentation time for papers should be approximately 15 to 20 minutes. THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIVING PROPOSALS IS January 5, 2008. Submissions may be sent electronically or by traditional mail. Please send a 300-400 word abstract or proposal and a cover letter stating your affiliation, postal address, email address, and phone number to the address below. If sending a proposal electronically please do so in one document with your last name in the file name. Electronic proposals may be sent to: info@afropresencia.com Traditional proposals may be sent to: Lisa J. Scott, Ph.D. Powdermaker Hall 054E 65-30 Kissena Boulevard Flushing, New York 11367 Hotel accommodations for the conference need to be arranged by participants. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.afropresencia.com <<back