Triad Pastors Network
The Triad Pastors Network (TPN) is an asset-based community-academic partnership established in 2019 between the then Maya Angelou Center for Health Equity at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and African American Faith Leaders in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina. The TPN was created under the guiding principles of community engagement to improve health equity and decrease health disparities experienced by African American communities. The Network was established after, and informed by, listening sessions and asset mapping to determine feasibility of the partnership and issues most relevant to the community.
It envisions a trusted and sustained academic and faith-based partnership that significantly improves health and reduces inequities of African American congregations and communities.
The mission of the TPN is to identify health priorities and set agendas to improve spiritual, physical, mental, financial and emotional health of congregations and surrounding communities. This work lays the groundwork and facilitates the advancement of healthier communities broadly.
The TPN values trust, reliability, education, accountability, commitment, sustainability, respect, service to others, open mindedness, creativity and innovation, transformative love and an ecumenical approach. Strategies to address health equity across faiths in the TPN are implemented in churches through their health ministries, which are led and supported by Congregational Health Ambassadors (CHAs). Each Faith Leader appoints 1-2 CHAs who are trained by the Wake Forest staff to create health ministries.
The TPN is led by a 34-member Ecclesiastical Council, which provides leadership and direction for strategies and activities for the organization. The Network is also supported by an on-campus Coordinating Team and an Executive Director, Dr. Goldie S. Byrd. It is guided by Memoranda of Understanding (for Faith Leaders and CHAs), approved Terms of Engagement and a Data Management Plan. It operates through shared governance with the Coordinating team and a share a shared commitment to health and wellness for all.
Faith Leaders who comprise the Council are ecumenical and from across faiths. They oversee churches that are small (less than 100 members) medium sized (100-250 members) and large (greater than 250 members). They are urban, suburban and rural and stretch across dozens of counties in North Carolina.
Major initiatives of the TPN include: a COVID Awareness and Education Campaign that included food distributions, an American Heart Association Walk Program, an Alzheimer’s and Dementia Platform and an upcoming Physical Activity Platform to improve health behaviors.
For more information contact:
Dr. Kelvin Lamonte Williams
Kelvin.Williams@Advocatehealth.org
919-394-6180
Dr. Rehma Ajja
Rahma.Ajja@advocatehealth.org
336-716-9948
Terrance Mosley
Terrance.Mosley@advocatehealth.org
336-828-1892
Community Health Alliance for Men’s Health Promotion
Mission
The Community Health Alliance for Men’s Health Promotion (CHAMP) aims to build healthier communities by supporting men’s wellness. We achieve this through accessible health education, connections to research opportunities, and by empowering families, peers, and community leaders to serve as catalysts for positive change.
Vision
We envision a future where every man has access to the knowledge, resources, and support needed to achieve optimal well-being, empowered through active health management and meaningful participation in research.
For more information contact:
Dr. Shawnta Lloyd
Shawnta.Lloyd@Advocatehealth.org
336-713-7678