SAVE THE DATE FOR THE
9th State of Asian Women’s Health Conference!
Call to Action in the Face of COVID-19: Defining Solutions with the Asian Community
Friday, May 21, 2021
11am - 3:30pm EST, Zoom
Friday, May 21, 2021
11am - 3:30pm EST, Zoom
The goals of this conference:
- Engage in a rich, interdisciplinary conversation on COVID-19’s impact upon Asian American communities from multiple experiential perspectives;
- Address the factors of invisibility, access, and social barriers which prevent COVID-19 vaccine equity;
- Craft and commit ourselves to action steps which respond to the distrust, racism, and outright violence which COVID-19 has uncovered against Asian American communities.
Program Agenda
11 - 11:10 AM
11:10 - 11:50 AM 11:50 AM - 12 PM 12 - 1 PM 1 PM - 2:20 PM 2:20 PM - 2:30 PM 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
Welcome: Chien-Chi Huang
Executive Director, Asian Women for Health Overview of Conference Objectives: Kimberly D. Lucas Senior Director of Civic Research and Innovation at MetroLab Network Keynote: Simultaneously Victimized and Ignored: the Mental Health of Asian Women Dr. Ninez Ponce, Professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health's Department of Health Policy and Management Break Panel Discussion: Jennifer Lo, Medical Director, BPHC Rohit Chandra, Psychiatrist, MGH Lucy Chie, South Cove & BI Lisette Le, Executive Director, VietAid Workshops: TBD Break Group Reflections/Call to Action |