33rd Annual Public Health Equity Conference View Other Sessions

The in-person PHSAD conference is canceled. Virtual options are currently being reviewed. If interested, please register! More information to come soon!

Our conference is centered on reproductive justice and will highlight the work being done in that space as it concerns policy, advocacy, doulas, access to contraceptives, and grassroots organizing.

Conference Agenda: 

Breakfast & Welcome | 8:00 - 9:20 am | Community Room
Keynote | 9:20 - 10:20 am | 1755 SPH I
Breakout Session 1 | 10:30 - 11:15 am | Locations Vary
Breakout Session 2 | 11:20 - 12:00 pm | Locations Vary
Lunch | 12:00 - 1:00 pm | Community Room
Breakout Session 3 | 1:15 - 2:00 pm | Locations Vary
Panel Session | 2:15 - 3:00 pm | M1020 SPH II
Farewell | 3:00 pm | M1020 SPH II

Please choose the breakout sessions you would like to attend below. Please select one option per breakout session.

This conference is hosted by the Public Health Students of African Descent and supported with funding from the Office for Student Engagement and Practice, the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS), and OAMI (Office of Academic Multicultural Initiatives).

If you are unable to register through Sessions, please e-mail the Conference Chairs: Alex Eanes (aeanes@umich.edu) & Austin Whitted (whitteda@umich.edu).



Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) | Pathways through Public Health Policy for Actualizing Black Reproductive Justice

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1755 SPH I
Kenyetta Jackson, MPH Health Equity Consultant Women and Maternal Health Section Division of Maternal and Infant Health, Bureau of Family Health Services Michigan Department of Health and Human Services

The breakout session will explore the role of state government public health as a partner in the actualizing black reproductive justice. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Mother and Infant Health and Equity Improvement Plan (often referenced as The Improvement Plan), and related programs of the Department will be discussed in the context of opportunities for this work. Critical partners, corresponding processes, and inherent challenges will also be explored.


Hosted by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).

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