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Rooted in Resilience: Looking Back to Look Forward
Register now to join Tufts CTSI and the ADAPT coalition for the 9th Annual ADAPT Community Health Symposium, “Rooted in Resilience: Looking Back to Look Forward.”
This half-day, in-person only event will be held on Friday, October 3, 2025, from 8:30AM-1:30PM EST, at the Emerson College Bill Bordy Theater (216 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116).
The Symposium convenes researchers, community-based leaders and organizations, students, and representatives across sectors to discuss local community-prioritized health issues and solutions. Together, we will explore lessons learned from grassroots efforts to further the health of our local communities, as well as learn about innovative strategies local scholars and community-based organizations are implementing to advance their work across sectors.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) language interpretation will also be available for attendees.
Details
Friday, October 3, 2025, 8:30AM-1:30PM EST
Emerson College Bill Bordy Theater | 216 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
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Registration
Researchers and community members are encouraged to attend.
Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) language interpretation will also be available for attendees.
Space is limited! Please register here by Friday, September 26.
Agenda
8:30AM– 9:15AM
Registration and Breakfast
9:15AM – 9:30AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30AM–10:45AM
Panel 1 – Looking Back: Grassroots Movement Building
Local scholars and community leaders will highlight success stories that illustrate historical contexts of resilience in our communities.
Moderator: Angie Liou, Executive Director, Asian Community Development Corporation
Sothea Chiemruom, Executive Director, Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association
Michael Liu, Local activist and author of Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston’s Chinatown, 1880–2018
Leverett Wing, President and CEO, Commonwealth Seminar
Jean Wu, Senior Lecturer Emerita, Studies in Race, Colonialism, and Diaspora, Tufts University
10:45AM–11:00AM
Break
11:00AM–12:15PM
Panel 2 – Looking Forward: Innovative Strategies
Panelists across sectors will explore what resilience looks like for our communities now, as well as current strategies that community leaders and researchers are using to advance their work.
Moderator: Ben Hires, CEO, BCNC
Wilson Cole, Founder, Queery Research Consulting
Rev. Dr. Dieufort Fleurissant (Pastor Keke), President and Executive Director, True Alliance Center
Cindy Hsin-Ju Liu, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Pata Suyemoto, Executive Director for the National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association (NAAPIMHA), Associate Director of Equity for the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention (MCSP) and the co-chair of the Greater Boston Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition
12:15PM–12:30PM
Summary and Closing Remarks
12:30PM–1:30PM
Lunch and Networking
Thank you to our Symposium planning committee (Dawn Sauma, ADAPT Co-Chair and Co-Executive Director, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence; Ben Hires, CEO, BCNC; and Tsung Mou, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine), as well as our Tufts CTSI Professional Education team and Communications Manager, for all of their work on this event.
This event is provided free of charge, and was supported by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of health, Award Number UM1TR004398. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.