This conference is targeted for the community, especially nurses and other professionals in the health care field who are interested in the unique contributions that African-American nurses made in addressing health care disparities, health equity and health promotion through organizational community involvement.

Attendees will:

• Understand the contributions that African-American nurses made in identifying and resolving health care disparities.
• Identify local community resources that have established solutions to solve the problem of health disparities in the St. Louis community.
• Propose a plan of action in order to solve the problem of health disparities.
• Discuss health disparities from a community context.