​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

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.
  

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Program Agenda

​11 - 11:10 AM




11:10 - 11:50 AM


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11:50 AM - 12 PM

12 - 1 PM



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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
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​Group Reflections/Call to Action​

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