Program

Thursday, December 9, 2021

12:00 - 12:10 PM

Welcome

Elisha Rhodes, Interim CEO and COO of YWCA

12:10 - 4:00 PM

Plenary Session

Discussion with Thought Leaders

4:00 - 4:15 PM

Kimberly Wilson, Founder & CEO, HUED, Inc.

Friday, December 10, 2021

12:00 - 12:10 PM

Welcome

Kimberly Wilson, Founder & CEO, HUED, Inc.

12:10 - 3:00 PM

Break Out Sessions

My Body, My Right: Policymakers continue to legislate the bodies of women with marginalized women bearing the brunt of these policies by losing or facing barriers to accessing quality and affordable reproductive healthcare. With a focus on reproductive justice and intersectionality, participants in this session will discuss ways to ensure access to all forms of reproductive health care for all women.
Mothering While Black: Black maternal mortality has become a growing concern in our country but not much has changed in the delivery of care experienced by Black birthing people. Participants in this session will discuss the Momnibus Act and the Administration’s attempts to address Black maternal mortality and morbidity while also devising other potential ways to protect and improve the health outcomes for Black birthing people such as access to holistic community health workers like doulas.
The Stress is Killing: The Weathering Hypothesis and allostatic load both describe the physiological cost of chronic or repeated exposure to stress. Marginalized women of color, particularly Black women, often experience daily interactions that involve discrimination, bias, and racism. Dealing with toxic stress on a daily basis has been shown to impact health outcomes and exacerbate chronic conditions experienced by marginalized people of color. Participants in this session will discuss ways to decrease the impact of chronic stress experienced by marginalized women of color.
It's Getting Hot in Here: A growing health crisis, the climate is changing in dramatic ways that are disproportionately impacting the health of marginalized communities of color, which are already facing inequities in living conditions, power, and health. Looking at examples like Hurricane Katrina, California heat waves and blackouts, and Texas cold freeze and power grid outage, participants in this session will discuss policy ways to move marginalized communities of color from climate vulnerable to climate resilient.
Keeping the Safety Net Safe: Human services such as WIC, TANF, and SNAP have served as a safety net for many families but they continue to come under attack by policymakers who are making funding decisions based on stereotypes and bias. Participants in this session will talk through ways to protect the programs that disproportionately serve marginalized families of color and help these families thrive in the future.
My Doctor's Online, But I'm Not: While 26 percent of White people lack wired broadband, that number rises to 34 percent for Black people, 35 percent for Latinx people and 41 percent for Indigenous people.During the COVID-19 crisis, the impacts of the digital divide have become more painfully evident than ever before. Without reliable and affordable internet access, people struggle to access telehealth services and online medical information, among other things. Participants in this session will discuss ways to improve access to quality, reliable, and affordable broadband services.

4:00 - 5:00 PM

Report Out

4:00 PM

Program Close