2022 Women’s Month Celebration: Women in Health: Leading our Communities out of the Pandemic and on the Road to Equity

In celebration of National Women’s Month in the Philippines and Women’s History Month in America this March, the Philippine Consulate General in San Francisco is pleased to invite you to join in the online roundtable discussion entitled “Women in Health: Leading Our Communities Out of the Pandemic and On the Road to Equity”, happening on 23 March 2022 at 6:00 p.m. (Pacific time).

This online roundtable discussion aims to highlight the role of Filipina and Filipina American health leaders in the U.S. Pacific Northwest in turning the tide of the COVID-19 pandemic, and in creating a more equitable community in terms of access to healthcare. Amid the global health crisis and the social ills that came with it, these women leaders have not only shown excellence in their chosen careers, but have also exhibited the quintessential Filipino values of determination and resilience.

The speakers for the online roundtable discussion are the following:

1.    Ms. Teresita Batayola, Washington State

President and CEO, International Community Health Services (ICHS)

2.    Dr. Julieta Gabiola, California

President and CEO, Advocacy, Betterment, Commitment (ABC’s) for Global Health

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

3.    Dr. Karen Relucio, California

Deputy Director and Public Health Officer, Napa County Health and Human Services Agency

Recipient of the “Woman of the Year” Award by California State Senator Bill Dodd

4.    Ms. Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN, California

President, California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee

Ms. Aileen Cassinetto, Poet Laureate of San Mateo County, will give a tribute to the COVID-19 medical front liners through community poetry.

Those who wish to actively take part in the online roundtable discussion may register online through this Zoom link: https://tinyurl.com/wmninhealth. The online forum will be livestreamed on the Consulate’s official Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/PHinSF).

On March 23, let us join the webinar and celebrate Women’s Month. Mabuhay ang kababaihang Pilipino!