Michigan healthcare leaders, Muslim communities to convene on a Building Healthy Communities and life giving donation/transplantation

Profound Conversation Arena be moderated by media personality Joia Jefferson-Nuri

Eversight, the Ann Arbor-based global eye bank network, and Muslim Life Planning Institute (MLPI), a national community-building organization, will host Building Healthy Communities: Michigan Medical & Religious Partnerships | Life giving Donation & Transplantation.

Joia Jefferson Nuri as coached more than 50 C-Suite executives and scheduled, written, and coached twelve TEDx Talks (including her own) with two more to present in Fall 2020. Joia has been on the leadership teams at NBC, CBS, C-SPAN, and BET, working as a senior producer, anchor, reporter, and host.

The online, interactive, Islamically informed discussion among southeast Michigan healthcare professionals, service providers and Muslim individuals and families will explore in session one Michigan Medical & Religious Partnerships featuring:

Session two will explore Life-Giving Donation & Transplantation featuring:

1. Monir Moniruzzaman Ph.D. U of Toronto, Department of Anthropology at Michigan State University
2. Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, National Activist and Social Justice Leader
3. Sheik Ibrahim Kazerooni, Imam Islamic Center of America, Dearborn Michigan
4. Kelly Ranum, Chief Executive Officer, Louisiana Organ Procurement Agency
5. Lesley Compagnone, Director of Community Affairs for Washington Regional Transplant Community (WRTC)
6. Collin Ross, CEBT, Eversight Global Eye Bank Network, Ann Arbor MI