This event may be of some interest to some of the pre-meds. Please note: Jay-Sheree Allen, one of the speakers, is a recent alumni of The City College of New York and PPS. She is now “Dr. Allen” and completed her medical education at Meharry Medical College. This event is free and open to the public. Please feel free to forward the information to interested friends, family, colleagues and classmates. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0/images/7f03f136-bba1-46b5-8966-175ecff0493f.jpg] Book Launch! Join us and meet Former US Surgeon General Dr. Jocelyn Elders along with other Black women physicians featured in award-winning documentary producer and author Crystal Emery’s biographical photo essay entitled “Against All Odds: Celebrating Black Women in Medicine” on December 1 at 5:00pm at the SEIU Penthouse at 330 W 42nd Street. Other powerful voices included to discuss and sign books are our very own ESMA Doctors Lynne Holden, Icilma Fergus, and Aletha Maybank as well as Barbara Ross-Lee, Ruth Reid-Thornton, Velma Scantlebury- White, Ayanna Poindexter, Jay-Sheree Allen and Donna Mendes. In the words of Dr. Joycelyn Elders, featured in an accompanying film, “You can’t be what you can’t see.” The book features more than 100 historical and contemporary Black women doctors. Event is open to the public at no cost so please feel free to invite mentees, mentors, students, children, and family. Books can be ordered in advance by visiting: www.changingthefaceofmedicine.org/orderbook/against-all-odds<http://nyesma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0&id=7104311679&e=ed75cff0e9>. The book is inspired by Crystal Emery’s upcoming documentary on Black women physicians entitled, “Changing the Face of Medicine”. Here is the link to the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Cx1ZvShHo&sns=em<http://nyesma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0&id=15c6415bdc&e=ed75cff0e9>. Hope to see you there! Empire State Medical Association (ESMA) [http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-twitter-48.png]<http://nyesma.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0&id=f075ce4aed&e=ed75cff0e9> [http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-facebook-48.png]<http://nyesma.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0&id=fece016955&e=ed75cff0e9> [http://cdn-images.mailchimp.com/icons/social-block-v2/color-link-48.png]<http://nyesma.us12.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0&id=f4a9885e34&e=ed75cff0e9> Copyright © 2015 Empire State Medical Assoc, All rights reserved. The Empire State Medical Association is the NYS affiliate of The National Medical Association-NMA which promotes the collective interests of physicians and patients of African descent. We carry out this mission by serving as the collective voice of physicians of African descent and a leading force for parity in medicine, elimination of health disparities and promotion of optimal health. Our mailing address is: Empire State Medical Assoc 49 West 127th Street New York, NY, NY 10027 Add us to your address book<http://nyesma.us12.list-manage.com/vcard?u=6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0&id=bc9321f52e> [Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp]<http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=monkey_rewards&aid=6e1d06b0cb1722d7891c7c8e0&afl=1>