From Access to Empowerment: Elevating Equity and Community Voice Beyond the Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified long-standing inequities and has required unprecedented innovation in addressing how young people and families access services.

The creativity and responsiveness that many systems have demonstrated during this crisis should be preserved as we move forward to better engage marginalized communities in public health and social change movements.

This panel of Stoneleigh Foundation Emerging Leader Fellows will examine how to equitably build systems to support young people post-pandemic by centering community voices.

SPEAKERS

• Ruth Abaya, MD, MPH [Moderator] | Stoneleigh Fellow, Philadelphia Department of Public Health and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Leah Brogan, PhD | Juvenile Justice Research and Reform Lab, Drexel University
• Kali Hackett, MSW, MPH | PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Cameron McConkey, MPH | Y-HEP Health Center, Philadelphia FIGHT
• Karissa Phelps, Esq., MSW | Temple Legal Aid Office
• Dijonée Talley, MS | Health Promotion Council & CeaseFirePA