CME Accredited

Wayne Detmer, MD

In his 2010 seminal book "To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World", sociologist James Davison Hunter suggests a new paradigm for Christian cultural engagement. Hunter encourages Christians to become a “faithful presence” in our communities. This workshop will tell the story of how a partnership between LCHC, the Chicago Department of Public Health, private service providers, homeless shelters, and academic medical centers served to protect 259 of the most vulnerable people living in shelters by housing them in a boutique hotel in the heart of Chicago. It will present example of the corporate practice of “faithful presence” as a model for cultural engagement in a pluralistic society.

CME Accredited

Marla Potter, MD

Los Angeles Christian Health Centers has been serving the Skid Row community in Downtown Los Angeles since 1995. In this session, we will review best practices in healthcare for people experiencing homelessness. We will discuss how to provide care that is patient-centered, trauma-informed, and recovery-oriented, and we will explore how we can best be the hands and feet of Jesus to our most vulnerable neighbors.