The Network sported the hula skirt 
at the Washington Home Care Association's 12th Annual Conference Blooming with the Boomers. many of our colleagues and members attended this energizing, informative event.
The Network took a table at Swedish Medical's Third Annual LGBTQI+ Health Symposium: Health Disparities in Marginalized LGBTQI+ Populations on Friday, April 12, 2019.
The Symposium was designed to identify and evaluate the barriers to care and other healthcare inequities faced by marginalized populations within the LGBTQI+ community. Roundtable panel sessions with representatives from advocacy organizations and didactic lectures from expert faculty evaluated how intersectional identities affect the healthcare experience for LGBTQI+ patients and explored ways in which healthcare professionals can improve their patient care and outcomes, as well as advocate for their patients in practice. Topics of focus included Intersex persons, communities of color, refugees, HIV and substance abuse in LGBTQI+ patients.
| Ulysses Burley, III, M.D., UBthecure | HIV in LGBTQI+ Communities of Color |
| Aleks Martin, MSW, CDP, Seattle Counseling Service | Substance Use in the LGBTQI+ Community |
| Marsha Botzer, Ingersoll Gender Center Monisha Harrell, Equal Rights Washington Katie Hultquist, OutRight Action International Treasure Mackley, Planned Parenthood of the Greater Northwest and Hawaiian Islands David Ward, Legal Voice Elayne Wylie, Gender Justice League | Roundtable Panel Discussion - Local, State & National Threats for LGBTQI+ Communities |
| Charissa Fontinos, M.D., MS, Washington State Health Care Authority | Updates from Washington State Health Care Authority |
| Itai Jeffries, Seattle Indian Health Board Tai Jordan, Pride Foundation April Nishimura, Rainier Valley Corps Steven Sawyer, POCAAN Martha Zuniga, Entre Hermanos | Roundtable Panel Discussion - Communities of Color within the LGBTQI+ Population |
| Karen Fredriksen Goldsen, PhD, Aging with Pride | LGBTQI Health Equity: Addressing Health Disparities Across the Life Course |
| Amanda Saenz, InterAct | Care of the Intersex Community |
| Lina Ali Miguel Angel Duncan Bravo, YWCA Seattle King Snohomish Eric Holzapfel, Entre Hermanos Aleks Martin, Seattle Counseling Service Macland Nyaga, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Stephanie Wang | Caring for Refugee LGBTQI+ Patients |
| All Speakers | Roundtable Panel Session - How Healthcare Providers can Advocate for Their Patients in Practice |
The conference was intended for all healthcare professionals including physicians, ARNPs, PAs nurses, allied health professionals, administrative leaders, patient health advocates and residents/fellows from Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho and Oregon.
Dr. Kevin Wang and his extremely efficient staff coordinated the day.
We enjoyed an extremely productive day networking with other active, engaged, pioneering service providers in the Puget Sound Region, including the speakers and representatives from Camp Ten Trees, Lambert House, Cedar River Clinics, Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands, Entre Hermanos, POCAAN, Gay City, Seattle Children's Hospital, Gender Diversity, Seattle Counseling Service, the Gender Justice League, Virginia Mason, Ingersoll Gender Center, and Kaiser Permanente.
Tiffany Kopec, Home Care Assistance, and Lauren Williams, Casual Uncluttering, representing the Network. Thanks also to Lisa Satin, The Right Place Senior Options, and Annie Jacobsen, Dementia Care Coaching, for coordinating registration and supplies. We are particularly fond of the rainbow hula table skirt.