Legislative Briefing: Cultivating Health Equity

Please join CPEHN on March 5th in Sacramento for its annual legislative briefing, Cultivating Health Equity, featuring presentations by our founding ethnic partner organizations, the Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, the California Black Health Network, the California Rural Indian Health Board, and the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, as well as other partners in the fight for health equity. The event will feature discussions on:

• Multicultural Health Policy Agenda: Hear about the top priorities for communities of color from health policy leaders.
• Ensuring the Equitable Implementation of the Affordable Care Act: Learn the latest about healthcare enrollment for communities of color and how quality improvement initiatives can promote health equity.
• Healthy Minds, Healthy Bodies: Understand the ongoing work to reduce mental health disparities and meet the needs of diverse communities, including an update on the California Reducing Disparities Project and behavioral health integration.
• Equity in Climate Change: Discover the public health consequences of climate change and the disproportionate impact it has on the health and wellbeing of communities of color. 

Event Details

Thursday, March 5, 2015
1:30 – 3:30 pm
State Capitol, Room 437
Sacramento

Click here to register for Cultivating Health Equity.

This event is sponsored by the Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, the California Latino Legislative Caucus, and the California Legislative Black Caucus.