From Anna Allen, Mindworks Member:

Join us TODAY for "Changing the Narrative"  - the final session  of Say Ah! Symposium: Racism & Health Literacy on October 30, 2025, 3:30-5pm ET! Register here if you have not already.

This free event is a must-see for anyone interested in learning how narrative can advance Health Equity!

Today's agenda is pasted below, and the full program is attached and available here.

We look forward to seeing you at 3:30pm ET online. 

Session III: Changing the Narrative

Thursday, October 30th, 3:30-5pm ET

Opening Speaker: Heather Butts, JD, MPH, MA

Endnote Speaker: Nafissa Thompson-Spires, PhD, MFA

Ms. Nafissa Thompson-Spires is an award winning author who, like some of her characters, lives with chronic illness. Her debut short story collection Heads of the Colored People (Simon and Schuster, 2019), was the winner of the PEN Open Book Award, the Whiting Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award for First Fiction, longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award, and a finalist for the Kirkus Prize and Los Angeles Times Book Prize. She earned a PhD in English from Vanderbilt University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and currently serves as the Richards Family Assistant Professor at Cornell University.

Racism & Health Literacy is a part of Say Ah!'s call for a racially just health care system, and an end to the discriminatory health literacy and health communication practices that often leave Patients and Caregivers of Color unseen, unheard and unhealed.

About Say Ah!

Say Ah! is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that educates and empowers people to make positive choices about their health and health care. We do this by providing health literacy education and training for professionals, and workshops and materials for community members. Founded in 2007, we have helped more than 13,000 community members at over 60 host sites; and trained more than 3,500 professionals. For more information, visit us at www.say-ah.org.