Host a Let's Talk About ACP workshop
Let's Talk About ACP™ empowers African Americans
to document their healthcare wishes for end-of-life and emergency care.
"Our family was at odds because there was no plan in place. That caused dissension among us when we were so grieved."
Many African Americans don’t like to talk about their healthcare wishes as they age. As a result, families aren’t aware of their loved ones’ desires for end-of-life care. And unfortunately, when a healthcare emergency occurs, they don’t have a plan in place for how to care for their family members.
Too many times, families are torn apart when these untimely circumstances occur, and experience all types of guilt, anger, and even shame. No family should have doubts about the care their loved ones desire.
Let's Talk About ACP™ encourages and empowers African Americans to talk about their healthcare wishes with loved ones
The Let’s Talk About ACP™ (Advance Care Planning) program helps local leaders and organizations educate their communities about issues of end-of-life-care and advance care planning. It is the most comprehensive resource for starting these important conversations and putting plans in place.
Let’s Talk About ACP™ provides everything needed to facilitate an ACP workshop at your church, community group, or organization. As a certified facilitator, you’ll have access to a facilitator guide, PowerPoint presentation, video library, and worksheet library… all designed to help people of color make more informed healthcare decisions.
Prejudiced treatment nearly cost me my life
From both education and experience, I know the devastating effects of inequitable care and service. I understand how medical professionals speaking “med language” rather than “community language” can lead to misunderstandings and mistrust. After dealing with these issues with family members’ care and facing my own near-death experience, I realized something needed to change.
Most healthcare education programs come from the dominant culture and do not necessarily address the needs of communities of color in culturally relevant ways. As a Black woman with both a Master’s degree in Social Work and a Interdisciplinary PhD in Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Leadership Policy and Foundations, I am uniquely positioned to speak to both client areas—the healthcare professional and the individual and community level client.
I developed the Let’s Talk About ACP™ program to help local leaders educate and empower their communities on issues of end-of-life care and advance care planning. My prayer is that the families and caregivers you serve will be equipped to prepare for life after now.
Gloria Thomas Anderson, PhD, LMSW
Advance Care Planning Expert and Author
Who is it for?
Let’s Talk About ACP™ is great for any community group or organization that wants to help people of color achieve certainty in their healthcare planning and access to more equitable healthcare treatment.
- Churches and ministries
For pastors and ministry leaders, Let’s Talk About ACP™ is a great way to address end-of-life care in a faith-based manner.
- Community groups
Let’s Talk About ACP™ is a valuable resource to groups and organizations that serve African Americans.
- Nonprofits
Let’s Talk About ACP™ provides much-needed education and empowerment to those who are underserved in the community.
How It Works
1. Schedule an intro call
We'll talk about your organization and how Let's Talk About ACP™ could help those you serve.
2. Become a host
If there's a good fit, and you'd like to move forward, we'll work with you to conduct a Let's Talk About ACP™ workshop for your organization.
(Please note all workshops are currently virtual.)
3. Change lives and improve quality of life
By hosting a Let's Talk About ACP™ workshop, you'll make a difference by addressing healthcare mistrust, meeting the needs of communities of color, and helping families achieve certainty in their healthcare preferences.
In many health-related situations, African Americans do not receive the care they desire or deserve
Many African Americans hesitate to talk about advance care planning, or ACP, with their families. Sadly, when they have a health emergency and can’t communicate their wishes, their family members aren’t aware of the kind of care they want. Would their loved one want to be resuscitated? Intubated? This uncertainty just adds to the stress and anxiety of a healthcare emergency. No family should have to wonder what their loved ones’ would want for their care.
Following her own medical emergency, Dr. Gloria Thomas Anderson experienced this first-hand when she suffered inequitable treatment and a near-death experience. She created the Let’s Talk About ACP™ program to help prevent the same thing from happening to other African Americans. Let’s Talk About ACP™ addresses African American concerns about healthcare and end-of-life planning in a culturally-relevant way, equipping participants to feel confident and at peace about their healthcare decisions.
The Let’s Talk About ACP™ program is designed for organizations such as churches and community groups to educate their communities about the importance of advance care planning. The process to host is simple:
- Schedule an intro call with Dr. Gloria and her team
- If it’s a good fit, get we’ll work with you to schedule and conduct the workshop
- Change lives and improve quality of life through culturally-relevant healthcare education
We invite you to schedule a call with us today to learn more about hosting Let’s Talk About ACP™. Take an active step to address healthcare mistrust and help families achieve greater peace and certainty in their healthcare preferences.
Help families in your community
prepare for life after now
Join Let’s Talk About ACP™ to help address healthcare disparities
in advance care planning for the African-American community.
