A conversation about the intersections of public health and how public health can collaborate with and learn from community leaders to build trust and a strong foundation for health equity. The Forum includes a keynote address, panel discussion and audience Q&A.

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Chris Chanyasulkit, PhD, MPH Chris Chanyasulkit is President of the American Public Health Association and holds leadership positions with local, state, regional and national governance and civic engagement organizations, working to promote racial, gender, and health equity. She served as a gubernatorial appointee to the Massachusetts Asian American Commission and the Commission on the Status of Women. Dr. Chanyasulkit is an elected Library Trustee of the Public Libraries of Brookline, a Brookline Community Emergency Response Team member, and a Brookline Medical Reserve Corps member.	Leah Thomas Leah Thomas is a celebrated environmentalist, founder of the non-profit Intersectional Environmentalist and author of The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet . She has been recognized for her work in outlets like Harper’s Bazaar, W Magazine, CNN, ABC News and NBC, among others, and has been honored on lists including EBONY Power 100, TIME100 Next and INSIDER’s Climate Action 30. She is based in Los Angeles.	Felix Hernandez Felix Hernandez is a person committed to practicing strength-based, trauma-informed support to families navigating parenthood. As Advocacy and Fatherhood Supervisor with Mary’s Center in Washington, D.C., he engages families, family support workers and professionals in early childhood education in the District to advocate for their wellbeing to city officials. His primary mission is to challenge versions of masculinity and power dynamics that cause harm and trauma to others, and the land.
Lupita Vazquez-Reyes Lupita Vazquez Reyes is a native of Immokalee, Florida. Lupita is a community activist, platica healer and cultural worker. Her heart work centers a return to ancestral knowledge and stewardship of food ways, language, identity and comunidad in the garden, specifically among farmworker communities and youth. She is the Community Gardens and Outreach Manager with Cultivate Abundance.	Angel Charley Angel Charley comes from Ka’waika, one of the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. She comes from generations of powerful women who hold the sacred ability to heal our families through love, action and connection. Most importantly, she is a mother who is learning how to support a generation of young leaders, like her child. She is executive director of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women.	Diane Horvath Diane Horvath (she/her) is an OB/GYN with Complex Family Planning subspecialty training and the co-founder and medical director of Partners in Abortion Care, an all-trimester abortion clinic in College Park, Maryland. She has written and spoken extensively about abortion provider safety and her own experiences with anti-abortion harassment and violence.