"Our Future: The Promise of Youth" is the theme of the 12th annual Black Nurses' Symposium taking place at UCSF on Friday, February 20. Sponsored by the School of Nursing, this year's symposium will be held in Cole Auditorium, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The day-long event will feature speakers and panel discussions aimed at reclaiming African-American youth and instilling them with courage to face their future.

All nurses are encouraged to attend the symposium to hear nursing leaders from around the country focus their attention on the subject of youth. Among the speakers will be Agnes Rolle-Morton, RN, MS, MPH, PHN, of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, who will discuss ways of "Mobilizing the Village to Reclaim Our Youth," in the symposium's keynote address.

Nanny Murrell, RN, PhD, associate professor in the Community Health Department in the School of Nursing at the University of Texas, will speak on "Courage: What Our Youth Must Have." In addition, an afternoon session will also provide information on primary health care issues for youth as well as a social and cultural perspective.

Now in its 12th year, the Black Nurses Symposium aims to raise serious issues for African-American nursing leaders as well as to encourage more African-Americans to pursue careers in nursing. Thus, an afternoon nursing education workshop is designed to give nurses interested in pursuing higher education strategies for negotiating the educational system.

A reception will follow the symposium at 4 p.m. Registration for the event is $75. For more information and registration, call Joann Ray at 415/476-4897.

by Dale Martin

1st appeared 2/18/98

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