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Videos of Opening Plenary Address and Keynote Address (.mov)

Thursday, June 12, Opening Plenary
The 2008 Neibacher Address
“The Experience of Exclusion”
Presented by Donna Smith
Donna Smith
Friday, June 13, Plenary
Keynote Address
"The Promise of Inclusion"
Presented by Craig Rennebohm
Craig Rennebohm

Donna Smith became a strong advocate for single-payer health care after a diagnosis of cancer that resulted in bankruptcy and ultimately to the loss of her home. After her appearance in Michael Moore’s documentary, SiCKO, Donna appeared in numerous TV and radio interviews nationwide and with BBC & Japan TV. She is currently the editor for Black Hills Pioneer, an award winning series on poverty in South Dakota, and a reporter with numerous awards from Associated Press Managing Editors.

Rev. Dr. Craig Rennebohm has worked with homeless, mentally ill individuals on the street for twenty years. He has developed the Relational Outreach and Engagement Model that has provided a basic framework for the National HCH Manual on Outreach. He is the author of Souls in the Hands of a Tender God: Stories of he Search for Healing and Home on the Streets (Beacon Press, 2008).
The 2008 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium was co-sponsored by the National Health Care for the Homeless Council and the Vanderbilt School of Medicine. This activity was supported in part by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). The views expressed here do not necessarily represent those of HRSA or the co-sponsors.