Marianne Chung, Associate Director Center for Pan Asian Community Services
As the associate director of the Center for Pan Asian Community Services (CPACS) Marianne Chung oversees the operations of ten departments and programs to deliver culturally and linguistically...
View ArticlePolicyTalk: Denise Brooks-Williams on Health Equity
Hospital emergency rooms are often the “health safety net” for many communities. Denise Brooks-Williams of the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE) discusses the Patient...
View ArticleFollowing Morocco’s Lead: Empowering Our Young People to Create Change
Arif, a young nurse working in a remote Moroccan village, is saving lives with education, a pit latrine, and a group of curious, engaged students. Meeting Arif and seeing his program in action inspired...
View ArticleA Victory for Communities of Color and for the Nation
Yesterday, the Supreme Court handed down a decision that is bound to go down in the history books as monumental. While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been the subject of endless debate, commentary,...
View ArticleRemove Barriers for Veterans Access to Mental Health Care
Over the past several years, suicide rates among our veterans have increased significantly, to nearly 18 each day. Many of these cases are the result of the inability of our nation’s veterans to...
View ArticlePolicy Round Up: Affordable Care Act
Republican Governor Rick Scott announced his support of Medicaid expansion this Wednesday. This was surprising due to his avid disagreement with the Affordable Care Act prior to last year’s Supreme...
View ArticleTeen Pregnancy is the Main Reason Girls Drop Out of School. Let’s Change This.
One in three teenage girls who have dropped out of high school give pregnancy or parenthood as the key reason. Once they leave, only half of them complete their high school education by age 22,...
View ArticleWho’s Afraid of Universal Healthcare?
The glaring illogicality just ruining the great theater that is Republican opposition to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), to its apparent imposition of a communal healthcare system upon the...
View ArticleUnwarranted Stigma in Sickle Cell Disease
Congress designated September as National Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month to help focus attention on the need for research and treatment of sickle cell disease. Sickle Cell Disease is an inherited...
View ArticleThe Affordable Care Act and the Government Shutdown
Pivot Point with Maya Rockeymoore – October 5, 2013 Featuring: Susan Kudla Finn, CEO, National Capital Area Alzheimer’s Association Max Richtman, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and...
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