Jackson Planning Meeting on Faith Weekend of Action

My name is Jarvis Dortch and I am an attorney with the Mississippi Health Advocacy Program(MHAP). MHAP is working with the United States Department of Health and Human Services and Enroll America to promote here in Mississippi, President Obama’s National Faith Weekend of Action on Health Care (February 7-8).

Monday’s meeting in Jackson was the first in a series of statewide planning meetings on this initiative. We are asking faith leaders to join with us in promoting enrollment in affordable health insurance offered under the new health care law (ObamaCare).

We left today’s conversation in Jackson with the following plan for February 8:

• Church Visits: Representatives and volunteers will visit Metro Jackson churches on the morning of February 8th. They will be provided 3-5 minutes to speak on the importance of and ways to get covered, promote enrollment events scheduled in the area and address Mississippi’s Medicaid expansion gap.

• Enrollment Events: We will have at least two February 8 enrollment events in the afternoon following morning services

• Metro Center Mall 12 noon - 5pm on February 8th
• Center Court of the Jackson Medical Mall 12 noon - 5pm on February 8th

• Conference Call: We will have a conference call with all participants on February 2, 2015. This call is to go over and finalize plans for the events.

• Call Time: Monday, February 2 at 6pm Call Line: +1 (571) 317-3112 Access Code: 328-262-837
• Please feel free to invite any other faith or community leader to participate in the call and to reach out to me at 601.353.0845 or jdortch@mhap.org.

• Training Meeting: The Mississippi Center for Justice and MHAP will host a training for Pastors and health or social ministry leaders on the new health insurance law, medicaid expansion and discussing health care in the pulpit.

• February 4, 2015- Training with Faith Leaders.

• @ The Mississippi Center for Justice - 5 Old River Place, Jackson, MS 39202

10:30 AM to Noon. Contact to RSVP: Kristian Weatherspoon at 601.355.0025 or kweatherspoon@mhap.org

So we can begin preparing for February 8th please provide us with the following information. You can email me your responses.

1. Place of Worship and Address:
2. Pastor Name
3. Person we should contact at church with their phone number and email:
4. Approximate Congregation Size:
5. Worship Times on Sunday:
6. Bible Study Time on Wednesday:
7. Approximate Time During Service We Can Make Announcements:

Best,

Jarvis

Jarvis Dortch, Esq.

Program Manager

Mississippi Health Advocacy Program

Office:601.353.0845

Cell: 601.983.9346

Email: jdortch@mhap.org