ABOUT THE PRESENTERS (Author information was accurate at the time of the original publication. Every effort has been made to update contact information where possible.)


Nancy Ali, BS tonti349@yahoo.com Mrs. Ali is an Islamic high school teacher in Villa Park, IL. She has her BS in microbiol- ogy from the University of Pittsburgh and speaks on women’s issues, the Islamic faith, and other Muslim topics.


Nazarine Farr nfarrmft@yahoo.com Ms. Farr is a doctoral candidate and holds a master’s degree in Psychotherapy from the University of San Francisco. Originally from Iran, she provides services to individuals and families at the Center for Living with Dying in Santa Clara County, California; her work focuses on grief and loss. She reports on her experiences with knowledge of Iranian and Muslim culture.


Kathleen Headbird [deceased] Ms. Headbird worked as a traditional healer and chemical dependency counselor. She completed her BS in Native American Studies with a minor in the Ojibwe language and her Master’s degree in Indigenous Knowledge/Philosophy, with a focus on the spiritual resilience of the Anshinaabe people.


Darlene Johnson RN, MA Ms. Johnson is a registered nurse and enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. She served in the public health service as Director of Nursing at the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian hospitals and as maternal child health consultant for the Infant Mortality Committee in South Dakota.


Barbara Julian, RN, BS Ms. Julian has 25 years of experience as a Maternal and Child Health Nurse and has been providing direct services to families both in the hospital at the time of death and after discharge.


Evelyne Longchamp, RN, MA Ms. Longchamp has worked for over 2 decades on city-wide projects to reduce infant mortality in New York City, where she acquired experience working with families from diverse cultural backgrounds. She erceived the Maternal Child Health Nurse of the Year award from the Greater New York March of Dimes in 1990.


Rev. Khadijah Matin, MS khadmatin@earthlink.net Rev. Matin is mother, educator, and minister of African American and Cherokee descent. She has spoken extensively on cultural issues and has a unique perspective on the strengths of American Indians and African Americans. She is a convert to Islam and an ordained interfaith minister.


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