Bradbury Sullivan Health Event (AUDIO)

This week I talked with Chrystina Obleschuk, Director of Programs at the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center about their timely Health Summit that takes place for free on June 3rd at the Mack Experience Center in Allentown, PA. The Summit will featuring expert speakers & findings from their LGBTQ Health Needs Assessment Survey taken 2024 by thousands of participants covering many aspects of health & well-being from mental health to basic needs for our community. To kick off the summit Keynote Speaker Tommy Walcott-Lee a queer public health scholar, educator & advocate will address bringing together LGBTQ health, human rights & global justice. Special featured speakers will include (ret) Admiral Rachel Levine, MD who has not only been a pioneer for health in the state of Pennsylvania as Secretary of Health & Physician General but also for the nation at large having served as the 17th Assistant Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. In addition Adrian Shanker founding Executive Director of Bradbury-Sullivan will speak who went on to serve in the Biden-Harris Administration as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health Policy & Senior Advisor on LGBTQI+ Health Equity at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services & previously served as a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. There will also be panels with crucial information & guidance to assist LGBTQ orgs with policies, advocacy, grant writing & funding in these challenging times. I talked to Chrystina about what she hopes to accomplish with Bradbury-Sullivan Health Summit & her spin on our LGBTQ issues. LISTEN

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