'Connecting Communities for the Common Good' event hosted by White House and HHS Offices of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Contact:  HHS Press Office, 202-690-6343 

NEW ORLEANS, June 2, 2011 /Standard Newswire/ -- On Monday, June 6, faith and community leaders from across the Gulf Coast region will join Gulf Coast native Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, U.S. Surgeon General, Joshua DuBois, Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, and faith and nonprofit leaders from the region for a conversation on how all levels of government can partner with nonprofit organizations to provide adequate health care services, prevent youth violence and promote healthy communities.

This stop in New Orleans is part of the administration's interactive "Connecting Communities for the Common Good" conference series making its way around the country.

By working and learning from faith and community leaders in their own hometowns, The White House, HHS, and all 13 Federal Partnership Centers from across the Administration are supporting organizations doing critical work in communities around the country.

Who: Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service

Joshua DuBois, Special Assistant to the President and Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships

What: Obama Administration Community Event: "Connecting Communities for the Common Good"

When: Monday, June 6, 2011
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Where: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans (MCCNO)
Hall B Entrance, Rooms 353-355
900 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70130-2226

Note: For on-site logistics and press requests, please contact Cameron French, (202) 528-8496 or Cameron.French@hhs.gov

Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are available at www.hhs.gov/news.