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Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, Nashville Public Television and Family Re-Union, with additional support from the Nashville Health Care Council, present: Family Re-Union 2010: Families and Healthy Beginnings

Join local, state and national experts in a discussion about infant mortality and prematurity.

Topics include:

- Causes of infant mortality and prematurity

- Best practices for reducing infant mortality in underserved communities

- The role of local and state government, business, health insurers and clinicians

Included in the day's activities will be an exclusive preview of a documentary on Tennessee's dismal outcomes for infant mortality and prematurity produced by Nashville Public Television. Visit our NPT Reports page.

When
Thursday, June 24, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Where
Langford Auditorium, Vanderbilt University (Google map of this location)
2213 Garland Avenue
Nashville, TN 37240

For those driving to the campus, parking is recommended at the garage on Terrace Place, off 21st Avenue South at West End Avenue. Attendees with disabilities should use the Medical Center parking garage on 22nd Avenue South. Click here for a Vanderbilt campus map.

Registration 
Conference attendance is open to the interested public, but you are required to register due to limited seating. Participants will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. at Langford Auditorium, adjacent to the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Click here to register online.

Conference Agenda

Background of the Family Re-Union Initiative
Family Re-Union is a series of annual conferences moderated by former Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore that bring together families, and those who work with them, to discuss and design better ways to strengthen family life in America. At the core of Family Re-Union is the belief that programs and policies should respond to the needs and strengths of families and communities, not to the demands of government bureaucracy. For the past eleven years, Family Re-Union has explored a different topic of critical importance to families.

Contact Information
For more information, contact Kim Harrell, Director of Children's Health Advocacy, at 615.936.5317.

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Family Re-Union is a dynamic and on-going policy development process that changes the way issues are perceived as each year's topic is explored. Countless local programs, policies and new partnerships have been inspired by Family Re-Union. Learn more about previous Family Re-Union conferences at the Family Re-Union website.