Respect! was held October 29, 2009
Pre-Registration for Respect! Is Now Closed. You may Register the Day of the Event
At this point we will love to see you for on site registration.
Remember: Dress comfortably, parking is $8 and be prepared to meet and be among women and men engaged and positive about enhancing the health and well being of the African American community. This will be a filmed event.
RESPECT Inclusion & Integrity of African-Americans In Health Care.
This event is about bringing together grassroots leadership, public health advocates, scholars, the community and YOU to address the reproductive health disparity experienced by Black women & girls with a strategy session toward achieving cultural competency in care, education and services.
October 29, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
California Science Center
Our Keynote Panelists include:
Dr. Thema Bryant Davis - Opening & Welcome - Dr. Thema Bryant-Davis is an Associate Professor os Psychology at Pepeprdine University. 
Learn more about Dr. Davis here..
Loretta Ross - Loreta Ross is a founding member of SisterSong, Loretta Ross became National Coordinator in 2005. In 2004, Loretta was National Co-Director of the April 25, 2004 March for Women's Lives in Washington D.C., the largest protest march in U.S. history with more than one million participants. Learn more about Ms. Ross here...
Vernellia Randall has been a Professor at the School of Law since 1990 and Ms. Randall writes extensively on and speaks internationally about race, women, and health care. She is the recipient of the Ohio Commission on Minority Health Chairman’s Award. Learn more about Ms. Randall here..
Harriet Washington is a medical ethicist and writer whose work focuses upon the intersection of biotechnology, ethics and the history of medicine. Learn more about Ms. Washington here..
Dr. Gail E. Wyatt- Dr. Wyatt is a clinical psychologist, sex therapist and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. Her research examines the consensual and abusive sexual relationships of women and men, the cultural context of risks for sexually-transmitted diseases and HIV.
Our Expert Moderators include:
Loretta Jones - is the founder and Executive Director of Healthy African American Families (HAAF) II. She is a co-investigator of the NIMH UCLA/RAND Center for Research on Quality in Managed Care, the NIA UCLA Center for Health Improvement in Minority Elderly (CHIME).
Mary M. Lee - Mary is a graduate of Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley, and is a practicing attorney with more than 25 years of experience working in communities throughout California, focusing on issues of housing, land use and community economic development and civil rights.
Fran Jemmott- Her life’s work is concentrated at the nexus of public health, mental health and community development with a focus on systems change, capacity building, policy advocacy and fund development.
Our Facilitators include:
JeJuana Johnson
Dawneasha Beaver
Auleria Eakins
Andria Hancock Crear
Joyce Guinyard-Jones
Devaki McGee
Bunny Withers
Click here to download Respect! complete flyer.Thank you for attending Respect!
Thanks to all of the BWW staff, supporters and attendees that made this such a successful event! Respect! was an event centered around the inclusion of African-Americans in the Healthcare Reform debates.
Learn about the panelists and keynote speakers that were in attendance.
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- Los Angeles City Councilman, Bernard Parks, 8th District at Black Women for Wellness' Respect! Symposium - Oct 29, 2009 California Science Center - Black Women for Wellness Executive Director Jan Robinson-Flint (right)
