Rev. Cynthia Carter-Perrilliat, MPA, is Co-founder and Executive Director of the AC Care Alliance (ACCA) a faith-based program in partnership with clinical, academic, and community organizations, engaging over 40 faith-based organizations and their pastors in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and most recently Los Angeles county, USA. The ACCA Advanced Illness Care Program™ assists persons needing advanced illness care and their families/caregivers manage physical, emotional, spiritual, social and advanced care planning needs. Rev. Cynthia has over 25 years of experience as a hospice and palliative care educator, trainer and marketing professional.
She has served as faculty for the Duke University Institute on Care at the End of Life APPEAL program, which stands for A Progressive Palliative Care Educational Curriculum for Care of African Americans at Life’s End. Rev. Cynthia is a much sought-after motivational speaker and advocate for health equity and inclusion for communities of color. She has served as Board member of VitalTalk an organization that focuses on curriculum and language development for physicians that care for those with serious illness.
Under Rev. Cynthia’s leadership the ACCA received the 2021 Excellence in Innovation Award from the American Public Health Association and the Archstone Foundation. Rev. Cynthia is an ordained minister, serving at the historic Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland CA, as well as a gospel recording artist under her Splendor Record label, having just released “If I Had A Hammer” the social justice mantra for a new generation of listeners, available on most on-line music platforms.
She is married to Deacon Michael Perrilliat and they have 3 adult children and one grandchild!
Above all else, she gives All the Glory and All the Honor to God for He Deserves It All!
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Rev. Cynthia Carter-Perrilliat, MPA, is Co-founder and Executive Director of the AC Care Alliance (ACCA) a faith-based program in partnership with clinical, academic, and community organizations, engaging over 40 faith-based organizations and their pastors in Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco and most recently Los Angeles county, USA. The ACCA Advanced Illness Care Program™ assists persons needing advanced illness care and their families/caregivers manage physical, emotional, spiritual, social and advanced care planning needs.
Rev. Cynthia has over 25 years of experience as a hospice and palliative care educator, trainer and marketing professional. She has served as faculty for the Duke University Institute on Care at the End of Life APPEAL program, which stands for A Progressive Palliative Care Educational Curriculum for Care of African Americans at Life’s End. Rev. Cynthia is a much sought-after motivational speaker and advocate for health equity and inclusion for communities of color. She has served as Board member of VitalTalk an organization that focuses on curriculum and language development for physicians that care for those with serious illness.
Under Rev. Cynthia’s leadership the ACCA received the 2021 Excellence in Innovation Award from the American Public Health Association and the Archstone Foundation. Rev. Cynthia is an ordained minister, serving at the historic Allen Temple Baptist Church, Oakland CA, as well as a gospel recording artist under her Splendor Record label, having just released “If I Had A Hammer” the social justice mantra for a new generation of listeners, available on most on-line music platforms.
She is married to Deacon Michael Perrilliat and they have 3 adult children and one grandchild!
Above all else, she gives All the Glory and All the Honor to God for He Deserves It All!