Roundtable Discussion on Immigrants? Health

Posted by on September 10, 2004

A Roundtable Discussion on Immigrants? Health
and Philadelphia?s Plan for Universal Health Care
Wednesday, September 29
2 ? 4 pm
UNITE Building
22 S. 22nd Street

One of a series of public meetings designed to guide the development of a plan for universal health care, as mandated by Philadelphia voters in November 2003.

Join a lively dialogue about immigrant health issues with these distinguished speakers:

Keynote:
Leonardo Cuello, Esq., Pennsylvania Health Law Project and Independence Foundation Fellow

With Responses from:
– Sofia Memon, Esq., Community Legal Services Language Access Project
– Tiguida Kaba, Outreach Coordinator, African and Haitian Immigrants
– Beth Shapiro, Esq. Community Legal Services Elder Project
– Philip Siu, MD, Chinese Health Information Center at Jefferson Hospital
– Walter Tsou, MD, MPH, president-elect, American Public Health Association

Please RSVP to carol.rogers@phila.gov or 215-685-5697.

Co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Pennsylvania Health Law Project and the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians