Available Credits
- Up to 8.0 Contact Hours from Northwest AHEC
Nurses: This educational activity can be applied toward your continuing competence plan for maintaining your current licensure with the North Carolina Board of Nursing. - Northwest AHEC is recognized by the North Carolina Psychology Board as an approved provider of (Category A) Continuing Education for North Carolina Licensed Psychologists. This program will provide 8.0 contact hours of (Category A) continuing education for North Carolina psychologists. No
partial credit will be given. 
8.0 NBCC Contact Hours. Northwest AHEC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 5465. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Northwest AHEC is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
Credit will be awarded based on participant selection at time of registration. Before selecting credits, please review our general Credit Glossary. Please note not all programs offer all credits.
Criteria for successful completion requires attendance for at least 90% of the activity and submission of the evaluation.
Keynote Speaker
Rebby Kern, Director of Education Policy, EqualityNC (they/them)
Rebby Kern is a biracial, non-binary, queer person whose personal experience and professional career has placed them in the work of opening hearts and minds to equity, inclusion and action. Rebby serves as the Director of Education Policy at EqualityNC, advocating for and investing in young changemakers, supporting policy reform and implementing LGBTQ-inclusive training and professional development across North Carolina. Rebby joins colleagues as a board member of Youth Outright, empowering LGBTQIA kids and teens. In 2021, Rebby was welcomed as a new member of the Youth Action Council, an appointment by Governor Roy Cooper for the state of North Carolina. Expanding their work across the nation, Rebby is a Nationally Certified Trainer for the Human Rights Campaign Foundation Welcoming Schools programs and an Expert Trainer for All Children, All Families. Each program creates space for LGBTQ+ youth, their families and youth livelihood. Rebby serves as a board member for the Fitness Inclusion Action Committee, a project of the Out Foundation, creating more welcoming fitness and wellness spaces. Rebby is an alumnus of the Community Builder’s Initiative Leaders Under 40 Program and in recognition of their work within youth policy, Rebby has been awarded with the 2017 Champions of Pride Young Catalyst Award from Charlotte Pride, the 2020 Impact Awards by the LGBTQ Chamber of the Carolinas and the 2020 Self-Care Revolutionary Award by Amplify and Activate Charlotte.
Cost and Registration
Registration fees for full conference, November 4–5, 2022
$235—Professional Rate
$95—Community Member and Student Rate
Attending one day only (Friday or Saturday)
$155—Professional Rate
$55—Community Member and Student Rate
Scholarships
A limited number of scholarships are available. Please contact Ellen Kesler, ekesler@wakehealth.edu if you would like to apply.
