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Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Office of Women's Health
1000 S. Fremont Ave.
Building A-9 East, Unit #105
Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone: (626) 293-2600
Email: owh@ph.lacounty.gov
CONFERENCE  ::  September 12, 2019

Presentations from "The Time is Now: Our Bodies. Our Health. Our Communities."

On September 12, 2019 the Office of Women's Health and the Los Angeles Coalition for Women and Health Equity cohosted The Time is Now: Our Bodies. Our Health. Our Communities at The California Endowment.

Program Agenda

Welcome Message
Dr. Barbara Ferrer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Opening Remarks
Sonya Young Aadam

California Black Women's Health Project 

PANEL 1: URGENCY OF REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT

Urgency of Reproductive Health and Rights in Today's Environment

Health Care Refusals

Moderator:
Laura Jimenez, California Latinas for Reproductive Justice

Panelists
Amy Moy, Essential Access Health
Celinda Vazquez, Planned Parenthood LA
Susan Berke Fogel, National Health Law Program

PUBLIC CHARGE AND THE IMPACTS ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA

Public Charge

Priscilla Huang, National Health Law Program
Sylvia Castillo, Essential Access Health

CONGENITAL SYPHILIS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Congenital Syphilis in LA County

Dr. Shobita Rajagopalan, Division of HIV & STD Programs, LA County Department of Public Health

PANEL 2: PERINATAL HEALTH EQUITY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN INFANT AND MATERNAL HEALTH

Moderator:
Sonya Young Aadam, California Black Women's Health Project

Panelists
Yolanda Rogers-Jones, Maternal Child & Adolescent Health, LA County Department of Public Health
Melissa Franklin, First 5 LA
Mashariki Kudumu, March of Dimes

MOVING OUTRAGE TO IMPACT: A CALL TO ACTION

Take Action Wallet Card

Claudia Powell, Planned Parenthood LA
Imelda Padilla, LA County Women & Girls Initiative
Carmen Zapata, Office of Women's Health, LA County Department of Public Health


 
 
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