AUGUST 2, 2026 – “Silence the Violence: Spotlight on Suicide” – Faith Groesbeck
Faith is a public health educator raised in Muskegon. Working for The Floating Hospital, she survived the Sept 11, 2001 attacks from her downtown Manhattan office. She relocated to MI in 2005, supporting reproductive justice in Muskegon. She has researched perception of quality of care in communities with a sole Catholic delivery hospital and its impact on health-seeking behavior. In Flint, she worked with water department staff and environmental justice leaders to address the social determinants of health to replace lead service lines. She is in her second year of a Doctor of Public Health program, focusing on strengthening protections for the public health workforce.
