Elders, who also has a master of science degree in biochemistry, holds multiple honorary doctorate of medical sciences degrees and honorary doctorate of letters degrees. The women's health conference will also include a performance of a jazz dance troupe, sponsored by the Artists' Collective and featuring members of the sickle cell anemia program at St. Francis Hospital. A reception for Elders will follow the conference. She also plans to stay for the dinner, which will feature Jamaican food, with curried goat, plantains, stewed brown chicken and other items. The Artists' Collective is located at 1200 Albany Avenue.
Free parking is available.