10th State of Asian Women’s Health Conference
Look Back to Move Forward: Asian Communities' Access to a Healthy Future
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM EST, Zoom
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
10:30 AM - 3:30 PM EST, Zoom
The goals of this conference:
- Celebrate our collective impact and identify priorities for advancing Asian women's health and wellbeing.
- Review outcomes of prior conferences & Asian health data
- Expand broader health foci to include racial, economic & environmental justice issues
- Gain insights from Asian-serving agencies, providers and conference participants to outline future priorities and action steps.
Program Agenda
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10:30 - 10:40 AM
10:40 - 11:00 AM 11:00 - 11:50 AM 11:50 - 12:10 PM 12:10 - 1:00 PM 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM 1:30 - 3:00 PM 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Opening Remarks: Chien-Chi Huang, Executive Director, Asian Women for Health
Citation: Councilor Ed Flynn, City Council president; City Councilor, District 2 Welcome: Senator Ed Markey, United States Senator for Massachusetts Overview of Conference Objectives: Kimberly D. Lucas, Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Economic Justice, Northeastern University Keynote: Danielle Kim, Director, Asian Community Fund at the Boston Foundation 1st Panel - Data Presentation: Moderator: Anne Calef, Policy Analyst, Boston Indicators at The Boston Foundation Dr. WW. Sanouri Ursprung, Director of the Office of Statistics and Evaluation in the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, Massachusetts Department of Public Health Dr. Kathryn Hall, Deputy Executive Director for Population Health and Health Equity, Boston Public Health Commission Juliet Bui, MPA, MSW, Acting Director, Division of Policy and Data, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Award Ceremony Advocacy Award: Audrey Paek, Co-Founder, Visionary Steps Charitable Foundation Ally Award: Roxanne Reddington-Wilde, Community Planner, Action for Boston Community Development Research Award: Alice Tang, Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University Provider Award: Dr. Catherine Vuky, Clinical Supervisor, South Cove Community Health Center Peer Award: Pata Suyemoto, Independent Writer, Educator, and Mental Health Activist Community Partner Award: Joyti Sinha, Founder and President, South Asian Worker's Center Corporate Partner Award: Jean Yang, President, Tuft Health Public Plans Media Partner Award: Liz Cheng, General Manager for Television, GBH and WORLD Channel 2nd Panel - Providers Discussion: Moderator: Marilyn Gardner, Director of Clinical/Community Operations, Center for Health Impact Dr. Catherine Vuky, Clinical Supervisor, South Cove Community Health Center Sidney Liang, M.P.Adm., Senior Director, Metta Health Center Anh Vu Sawyer, Executive Director, Southeast Asian Coalition of Central MA Karen Chen, Executive Director, Chinese Progressive Association Break Afternoon Sessions: Culturally- and linguistically- responsive care and services (access): Oanh Bui, Managing CLAS Initiatives, Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity Facilitator: Dawn Sauma, Co-Executive Director, Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence Data and Research: MyDzung Chu, Director, ADAPT (Addressing Disparities in Asian Populations through Translational research), Tufts CTSI Ben Hires, Executive Director, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center Facilitator: Kimberly D. Lucas, Professor of the Practice in Public Policy and Economic Justice, Northeastern University Racial Justice: Meenakshi Verma-Agrawal, Associate Professor of Practice and Assistant MPH Program Director, Simmons University Facilitator: Georgia Simpson, Regional Minority Health Analyst, Region I - New England, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Environmental Justice: Maria Cecilia Pinto de Moura, Ph.D., Senior Vehicles Engineer, Clean Transportation Program, Union of Concerned Scientists Facilitator: Edward Hsieh, Program Director, Asian Women For Health Group Reflections/Call to Action |
Sponsor our event
We kindly invite you to sponsor this year's conference! Please see the sponsorship packet below to view the full benefits of becoming a sponsor. To get in touch about sponsorships, please email jtrinh@asianwomenforhealth.org.
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