Date: Wednesday, May 6^th

Time: 10-11:30AM PT / 11AM-12:30PM MT / 12-1:30PM CT /1-2:30PM ET

Speaker: Fayron Epps, PhD, RN, FGSA, FAAN

Location: Virtual Only

Dr. Fayron shares her personal and professional research journey of walking alongside African American families impacted by dementia, grounded in faith, service, and community wisdom. Drawing from years of community-engaged work, she illustrates how faith communities can serve as trusted partners in breaking stigma, strengthening resilience, and creating spaces of compassion and support. Through heartfelt storytelling and practical insight, Dr. Fayron offers encouragement, time-tested strategies, and tangible steps to foster a culture of care while moving communities forward toward healing, understanding, and hope.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how faith, lived experience, and community-engaged research have shaped culturally grounded approaches to supporting African American families impacted by dementia.
2. Identify at least three ways faith communities can reduce dementia-related stigma and strengthen resilience through compassion, education, and trusted relationships.
3. Apply practical, evidence-informed strategies to foster a sustainable culture of care within congregations and communities that supports individuals living with dementia and their caregivers.

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CE PENDING: Rush University anticipates offering 1.5 Continuing Education credits for this activity

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