Theme:
Equity-Centered Public Health Practices
The University of Washington defines equity as ensuring that access, resources, and opportunities are provided for all to succeed and grow, especially for those who are underrepresented and have been historically disadvantaged. According to the CDC, The 10 Essential Public Health Services (shown on the left) provide a framework for public health to protect and promote the health of all people in all communities.
To achieve equity, the Essential Public Health Services actively promote policies, systems, and overall community conditions that enable optimal health for all and seek to remove systemic and structural barriers that have resulted in health inequities. Such barriers include poverty, racism, gender discrimination, ableism, and other forms of oppression. Everyone should have a fair and just opportunity to achieve optimal health and well-being.
The ARCH Conference 2024 featured a range of speakers whose profession and principles center on equity. Whether their fields be in civil rights, healthcare, public policy, or education, centering equity and social justice is an integral part of their work.
Speakers
HealthierHere
Chief strategy and equity officer
Keynote Speaker
Marya Gingrey, JD
Workshops
Dr. Cooper Sealy, PhD
Lavender Rights Project
Board president
North Seattle College
Interim director in edic
she/her
they/them
Bina Ahmad, JD
she/her
Civil Rights Corps
SENIOR STAFF ATTORNEY
Sauleiha Akangbe
she/her
chief, priestess, traditional midwife (agbebi), and full spectrum doula
she/her
Dr. Megha Ramaswamy, PhD, MPH
University of Washington Health Systems and Population Health
professor and department chair
TED Talks
Dr. Terryl Ross, PhD
he/him
Goodwill of the Olympic and Rainier Region
VICE PRESIDENT OF ANTI-RACISM, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
Jackie Vaughan
she/her
Surge Reproductive Justice
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Career Panel
Seattle Children's Hospital Division of General Pediatrics
PEDIATRICIAN AND ADOLESCENT MEDICINE SPECIALIST
Dr. Kenisha Campbell, MD, MPH
she/her
University of Washington
CLINICAL PROFESSOR OF PEDIATRICS
Seattle Children's Hospital's Odessa Brown Children's Clinic
MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
Michelle Merriweather
she/her
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
PRESIDENT
Alliance for Education, KUOW, United Way of King County, Multicare Behavioral Health Foundation, the Downtown Seattle Association
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Ashley McGirt, MSW, LICSW
Therapy Fund Foundation
FOUNDER AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
NAACP
STATE AREA CONFERENCE HEALTH CHAIR
she/her
Photography by Hawa Osman
Past Sponsors
Photography by Hawa Osman