Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey’s Black History Month Celebration Ceremony, RWJBarnabas Health and NBI leaders present The Three Doctors Foundation speakers a token of appreciation. From L to R: Atiya Jaha Rashidi, MHA, RN, Chief Equity Officer and Vice President of Community Relations, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey; keynote speaker Sampson Davis, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician, one of “The Three Doctors”; Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, FHELA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey; keynote speaker George Jenkins, DMD, MHA, Associate Dean, Columbia University one of “The Three Doctors”; and Mark E. Manigan, President and Chief Executive Officer, RWJBarnabas Health.
Newark, NJ (February 27, 2024) – Sampson Davis, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician and George Jenkins, DMD, MHA, Associate Dean, Columbia University, two of the three founders of The Three Doctors Foundation, were the keynote speakers at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center’s Annual Black History Month Celebration Ceremony on February 23, 2024.
Both physicians were born and raised in Newark, NJ. Dr. Davis also completed his residency training at the hospital. Additional guests and participants in the festivities included artists from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s ArtsXChange program, a collaboration between Clinton Hill Community Action and NJPAC that provides free, arts programming in the South Ward. Rhenotha Whitaker, Performer & Deputy Director, Clinton Hill Community Action performed a moving rendition of the Black National Anthem. The program also included spoken word presentations delivered by poet and activist Makayla Rivera, of West Orange High School and Mia X, of Clinton Hill Community Action. Also in attendance were Newark South Ward City Councilman Patrick Council, Newark Councilwoman-at-large Reverend Louise Scott-Rountree, and Ronice M. Bruce, Executive Director, Newark Bergen-Lyons-Clinton Partnership, as well as students from Eagle Academy of Newark.
Council members Rountree and Council presented Bonita Hickman, a longtime Newark Beth Israel Medical Center employee and dedicated community member with the “Black History, Moving Forward with Love Humanitarian Award” from the City of Newark and acommendation for her more than 25 years of service to the hospital and the city of Newark.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey’s Black History Month Celebration Ceremony. From L to R: Rhenotha Whitaker, Performer & Deputy Director, Clinton Hill Community Action; Ronice M, Bruce, Executive Director, Newark Bergen-Lyons- Clinton Partnership; Patrick Council, Newark South Ward Councilman , Pastor Douglas L. Williams, III, Zion Hill Baptist Church; Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, FHELA, President and Chief Executive Officer, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey (NBI); Mark E. Manigan, President and Chief Executive Officer, RWJBarnabas Health; George Jenkins, DMD, MHA, The Three Doctors Foundation; Rev. Louise Scott-Rountree, Newark Councilwoman-at-large; Makayla Rivera, Poet, West Orange High School; Indu Lew, PharmD, Executive VP, Chief of Staff, RWJBarnabas Health; Atiya Jaha-Rashidi, MHA, RN, Chief Equity Officer and Vice President of Community Relations, NBI; Sampson Davis, MD, The Three Doctors Foundation and Mia X, Spoken Word Artist, Clinton Hill Community Action.
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Darrell K. Terry, Sr., MHA, MPH, FACHE, FHELA, (far right) invited the young men from Eagle Academy of Newark to the Black History Month Celebration Ceremony on February 23, 2024, to hear the keynote speakers from The Three Doctors Foundation, George Jenkins, DMD, MHA, Associate Dean, Columbia University (6th from left) and Sampson Davis, MD, Emergency Medicine Physician (3rd from right) with Mark E. Manigan, President and Chief Executive Officer, RWJBarnabas Health (far left).
The Black History Month celebration was the culmination event in a series of activities held at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center throughout the month of February which included: a Black Owned Business Fair; HBCU Divine Nine Day; African Attire Day; White Coats for Black Lives Medical Grand Rounds; and Black History Month Solidarity Day.
Employees and visitors Wear Black in Support of Black History Month Solidarity Day at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey’s Black History Month Celebration Ceremony on February 23, 2024.
On February 22nd Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey President and Chief Executive Officer Darrell K. Terry, Sr. (center) joined senior leaders and staff to celebrate NBI African Attire Day by wearing traditional African garments.
On February 21 Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey President and Chief Executive Officer Darrell K. Terry, Sr., joined alumni and supporters of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and members of Divine Nine sororities and fraternities to celebrate HBCU/Divine Nine Spirit Day at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.
On February 22nd, Frederick Waldron, MD, emergency medicine physician at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center presented Medical Grand Rounds: White Coats for Black Lives, a reflection on the first black physician and his legacy of scholarship and activism.
On February 21st, Newark Beth Israel hosted a film screening of “Freedom House Ambulance: The FIRST Responders” a discussion of the history of modern professional EMT services, with a post-screening discussion led by NBI employee Will Thomas, RN, BSN, CCRN, EMT.
On February 20th NJPAC’s “Art & Culture Connects” series in partnership with RWJBarnabas Health presented Bebop jazz in the hospital’s lobby.
On Wednesday, February 28th the NBI dietitian team will provide information on eating disorders within the Black community from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the hospital’s main lobby.