Join us for our 2022 Gathering of Kindness USA on April 8th! Registration now open.
Participants limited to 50
$150 for all day ticket
Register today to secure your place!
What is The Gathering for Kindness?
GOK USA brings together healthcare professionals and community members
to talk about the challenges to kindness in the experience of healthcare
Who should attend?
We invite community members who desire to be treated with kindness
when they interact with healthcare professionals as patients or family members
AND
We invite those who have chosen to become healthcare professionals
---from all positions and all disciplines---
who desire to be kind in their interactions with patients and their families.
Register now and join us for our 3rd Annual Gathering of Kindness USA! Join us all day, or just for the morning or afternoon session. Here is the link to our website The Narrative Initiative LLC where you can register and get more information.
Our morning session will feature stories from Guest Speakers
Nancy Werteen & Kim Howie from The Wisdom Coalition and
Terry Burger, Chief of Infection Control at Lehigh Valley Health Network.
Also we have a live performance of the healthcare play "Hear Me" that addresses the tricky issue of medical error from a number of different perspectives. Click here for a short preview from the Australian cast of "Hear Me." Catch this encore performance by the brilliant actors associated with The Bloomsberg Theater Ensemble.
An interactive exchange of stories will follow on the topic of "Challenges to Kindness Part I" and will be facilitated by Dr. Lorraine Dickey & Vivian Foulke of The Narrative Initiative.
Our afternoon session will feature stories from Guest Speakers
Mohamed Latib, PhD, CEO of CX University and PX Academy and
Dr. Jennifer Stephens, Chief Medical Officer at Lehigh Valley Health Network.
We also have a showing of the short film "Watchtower" (British word for "Lighthouse") that gives a window into one couples challenges of addiction and recovery. Starring Alexander Vlahos from the series "Versailles" and Sophie Hopkins. Produced by CowHouse Films.
Click here for a short preview!
An interactive exchange of stories will follow on the topic of "Challenges to Kindness Part II" and will be facilitated by Dr. Lorraine Dickey & Vivian Foulke of The Narrative Initiative.
We will see you there!
Peace
Lorraine & Vivian
