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The New York Amsterdam News presents

2026 Black
Health Summit

Monday, November 9 / Harlem / Free & RSVP required

RSVP closes Sunday, November 1, 2026 at midnight. Bring friends and family — just include their contact information on the form.

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Date

Monday, Nov. 9, 20269:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Choose your sessions!

Location

2340 Frederick Douglass Blvd
Harlem, NY 10027Amsterdam News headquarters

RSVP Required

Free to the publicRefreshments served at every session

Who

The Amsterdam News — one of America’s most influential and oldest continuously published Black newspapers — invites you to a complimentary Black Health Summit hosted by Publisher Elinor R. Tatum and our award-winning staff.

Why

To serve the community we have covered for 118 years with transformative information; critically important support and services; connections with elected officials, industry and community leaders; time with our award-winning publisher and reporters — and urgently important fellowship with each other over delicious Harlem refreshments.

Don’t miss

The Program

All Day9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Free Dental Health Screenings

Columbia University College of Dental Medicine Mobile Dental Unit and Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. Sign up here for your FREE 15-minute screening.

Directions:

  1. Click on one of the buttons below
  2. Choose on your calendar Monday, November 9, 2026
  3. Select the time best for you
  4. If your preferred time is full on Chair 1, click on Chair 2

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Session 110:30 a.m. – Noon

Black Public Health & Safety Panel

Community solutions to gun violence: addressing firearm violence as a chronic health crisis, with award-winning journalists and leaders.

Refreshments served
Session 212:30 – 2:00 p.m.

Building Black Wealth Lunch

Credit, assets and homeownership: actionable strategies for financial freedom, with industry leaders.

Light lunch served

Where

Amsterdam News Historic Harlem Headquarters
2340 Frederick Douglass Blvd
New York, NY 10027

Around the corner from the historic Apollo Theater, and two blocks from the 125th Street station made famous by Duke Ellington’s “Take the A Train.”

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Free to
the public

Refreshments served. RSVP required by Sunday, Nov. 1.

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