The My City My Health Conference was built to connect local health care professionals and health advocates to each other and the stories of people in Des Moines experiencing barriers to equitable health care.
Co-founder Corey Dion-Lewis started to see gaps in health care access after helping his mom through treatment for multiple untreated health conditions and hearing similar stories in the Black community. Dion-Lewis, a podcaster and health coach, shifted his podcast, the Healthy Project, to focus on health equity conversations.
But he wanted to take it further…