Rising Tides 2023: Together for Global Health

This year's Rising Tides conference is focused on global public health in low-resource countries, and specifically on how to best define and manage our roles in SDG 3 (health for all) and SDG 17 (capacity development). 

​Our theme is Together for Global Health, as our goal is for this conference to bring together crucial voices and thought leaders in the field of global health to engage in meaningful and difficult discussions, with opportunities to network and problem-solve with smaller non-profits and individuals and potentially discover avenues for future collaborations

Conference Program:

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Conference Schedule & Links to Virtual Sessions: 

Pre Conference Sessions March 3, 2023 ​

Session 1: Soul-Care for a Life of Pouring Out
9 AM-11 AM
True Reformer Building 
1200 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

Trip to the Museum of African American History and Culture: 11 AM-4 PM 

Session 2: Fundraising for Non-Profit Leaders: How to ask for Money
 6 PM-8 PM
True Reformer Building
1200 U Street NW
Washington, DC 20009

Conference: March 4, 2023
9 AM-4 PM
​United Methodist Building on Capitol Hill
100 Maryland Ave N.E.
​Washington, DC 20002

​Saturday, March 4:

• 9:00 AM -9:30 AM Registration and light breakfast 
• 9:30 AM -10:30 AM Opening Session 
  • Dr. Henry Mosely: Strategic Leadership for Health System Transformation in Developing Countries
    • ​Zoom:  https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak1
• 10:40-11:45 AM Breakout 1 
  • Option 1: Panel: Empowering Frontline Healthcare Providers
    • ​Zoom:  https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak1
  • Option 2: Carrie Jo Cain and Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Team: Key Findings and Interventions for the Prevention of Under 5 deaths 
    • ​Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak2
  • Option 3: Opening Session Speaker Q&A
    • ​Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak3
• 12-12:45 PM Lunch
• 1 PM-1:45 PM Breakout 2 
  • Option 1: Getting Started With Monitoring and Evaluation with Rachel Judd; Evaluation to Research: a Necessary Step for Innovation with Jason Paltzer ​
    • ​Zoom:  https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak1
  • Option 2: Jen Stevens Midwifery Centers in LMIC ​
    • ​Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak2
  • Option 3: Dr. Carol McIntosh:  The Giver and the Receiver: Attitudes of the Providers and Receivers of Aid  ​
    • ​Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak3
• 2PM-2:45 PM Breakout 3 
  • Option 1: Doug Fountain: Are Global Health Strategies Going to be More or Less Global? ​​
    • ​Zoom:  https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak1
  • Option 2:  Dr. Carol Nelson: Birth Waiting Homes: Part of a System of Care to Reduce Maternal Mortality ​
    • ​Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak2​
• 3PM-4 PM Closing session with Dr. Nagesh N. Borse, Deputy Chief Health Officer at Project HOPE​
  • ​Zoom:  https://tinyurl.com/RTBreak1

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Directions:

For help with navigation, we recommend downloading the Moovit App, which gives real time directions for using public transportation. Allot about 45 min-1.5 hours for transit. 

Pre-Conference: True Reformer Building

1200 U Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
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Via Metro
From Holiday Inn Washington Capitol Via Metro:

• Walk to L’Efant plaza metro station
• Take the escalator to the upper level and get on a Green Line train to Greenbelt
• Get off at the U ST/AA Civil War Museum/Cardozo stop
• Exit at the 13th and U Street exit (not the 10th and U)
• Exit and go right and you should be right there

From VA/Dulles Airport/Reagan National Airport via Metro:

• Take a blue silver or orange line train to New Carrolton/Largo.
• Get off at L’Efant plaza
• Take the escalator to the upper level and get on a Green Line train to Greenbelt
• Get off at the U ST/AA Museum/Cardozo stop
• Exit at the 13th and U Street exit (not the 10th and U)
• Exit and go right and you should be right there

If accidentally exit on 10th ST:

• Turn around and get on U ST
• Continue left on U ST until you reach the venue

Driving
This is not recommended as there is no on-site parking
​Metered street parking is available for a fee. The True Reformer Building is located directly across the street from the historic Ben’s Chili Bowl.​

Conference: United Methodist Building

100 Maryland Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002
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​Via Metro
From Holiday Inn Washington Capitol Via Metro:

• Walk to L’Efant plaza metro station
• Get on a Blue/Orange/Silver Line train to Addison Rd/New Carrolton
• Get off at Capitol South metro
• Exit the metro and go straight towards C ST to get on 1st ST
• Continue on 1st st until you see a Flatiron shaped building with “United Methodist Building” written on the top at the intersection of Maryland Ave and 1st st

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From VA/Dulles Airport/Reagan National Airport via Metro:

• Take a blue, silver or orange line train to New Carrolton/Addison Rd.
• Get off at Capitol South metro:
• Exit the metro and go straight towards C ST to get on 1st ST
• Continue on 1st st until you see a Flatiron shaped building with “United Methodist Building” written on the top at the intersection of Maryland Ave and 1st st

From Amtrak: Amtrak to Union Station

From Union Station:

• Exit onto 1st ST NE
• Continue on 1st st until you see a Flatiron shaped building at the intersection of Maryland Ave and 1st st

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Driving
This is not recommended as there is no on-site parking, but there are two garages nearby:
Hall of States Garage:
400 N Capitol St NW: $20 a day

• From the Garage Get on D ST NE
• Turn right on 2nd ST NE
• Turn right onto Maryland AVE NE

SP+ parking:
​300 New Jersey AVE NW

• Get on New Jersey AVE
• Turn left onto Constitution AVE
• Turn right onto 1st ST