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
