Virtual Event, May 10th, 2022, with the Engage Initiative at Mass General Hospital. Asian Women’s Health in MA Conference Look Back to Move Forward: Asian Communities’ Access to a Healthy Future’s goal is to celebrate the community’s collective impact and identify priorities of advancing Asian women’s health and wellbeing.
* The goals of this conference: Celebrate the collective impact and identify priorities for advancing Asian women’s health and wellbeing.
The objectives:
- 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.
To register or for more information visit www.asianwomenforhealth.org/the-state-of-asian-womens-health-conference.html or contact mghengage@partners.org
CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
- 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 - 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
