Los Angeles County
Department of Public Health
Office of Women's Health
1000 S. Fremont Ave.
Building A-9 East, Unit #105
Alhambra, CA 91803
Phone: (626) 293-2600
Email: owh@ph.lacounty.gov
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CONFERENCE :: March 20, 2025 |
Presentations
from "Reproductive Justice and
Community Resistance in
LA County"
On March 20, 2025 the Los Angeles Women and Health Equity Coalition
hosted the "Reproductive Justice and
Community Resistance in LA County" Conference at
The LA LGBT Center, Pride Hall
Welcome
Susie
Baldwin
(she/her),
MD, MPH,
Office
of
Women’s
Health,
LA
County
Department
of
Public
Health
Opening
Remarks
Congressmember
Laura
Friedman
(she/her),
California’s
30th
Congressional
District
Opening
Remarks
Lindsey
P.
Horvath
(she/her),
Los
Angeles
County
Supervisor,
District
3
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Morning
Speakers:
Emerging
Issues
in a
Changing
Political
Landscape
Moderator
Frankie
Darling-Palacios
(they/them),
LA LGBT
Center
Reproductive
Health:
Federal
Policy
Celinda
Vázquez
(she/her),
Planned
Parenthood
Los
Angeles
U.S.
Supreme
Court
Cases:
An
Overview
Dipti
Singh
(she/her),
JD,
Planned
Parenthood
Pasadena
and San
Gabriel
Valley
Federal
Policy
Updates
And
Implications
For The
LGBTQ+
Community
Terra
Russell-Slavin
(she/they),
JD, LA
LGBT
Center
Addressing
the
Intersections:
Anti-Immigrant
Actions,
Health
Care
Access,
and
Domestic
Violence/Gender-
Based
Violence
Connie
Chung
Joe
(she/her),
JD,
Asian
Americans
Advancing
Justice
Southern
California
Policy
Updates
on
California
Protections
and
Investments
Sylvia
Castillo
(she/her),
California
Coalition
for
Reproductive
Freedom
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Afternoon
Speakers:
Activation
and
Resistance:
Policy,
Programs
and
Social
Justice
Movements
Moderator
Xochitl
Lopez-Ayala
(she/her)
ACCESS
REPRODUCTIVE
JUSTICE
Supporting
Immigrants:
LA
County
and
Partners
in
Action
Rigo
Reyes
(he/him),
LA
County
Office
of
Immigrant
Affairs
Empowering
Voices:
Advocating
for
Reproductive
Justice
in TGI
Communities
Héctor
Trinidad
Plascencia
(they/them/we/us),
Plascencia
Consulting
and LA
County
LGBTQ+
Commission
Access
to
Essential
Medications
in
California
Mifepristone
and
Opill®
Jasmine
Young
(she/her),
JD,
National
Health
Law
Program
Plan C
Self-Managed
Abortion
101
Information
Session
Imani
Wilson-Shabazz
(she/her),
MPH,
Plan C
Fierce
Aunties
Tyla
Adams
(she/her),
MPH,
CHES®,
Black
Women
for
Wellness
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Closing
Remarks
Ellen
Eidem,
MS,
Office
of
Women’s
Health,
LA
County
Department
of
Public
Health
Call to
Action
Nomsa
Khalfani,
PhD,
Essential
Access
Health
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