Equitas Health

Celebrating 17 years of friendship. 💚🏕️ Last weekend, Toledo Mpowerment hosted the 17th annual Retreat at Hannon’s Camp America. 26 people enjoyed a weekend in the woods with both new and familiar faces. Folx played games, enjoyed good food and company, and learned about HIV/STIs and safer sex practices. Here’s to another year of friendship! 💕🫶 Toledo Mpowerment | Social gatherings and health workshops for gay, bisexual, and trans folx ages 18-29. Check out their Facebook page for more info on monthly events: https://lnkd.in/gHVUWS3H

After an extensive search process, Equitas Health is proud to announce that Thao Pham (She/Her), who has served as interim Chief Operating Officer for over a year, will take on the COO role permanently. With more than 26 years of experience in healthcare and non-profit practices, Thao has the skills, experience, and vision to help lead Equitas Health into the future. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gV2PA5Rm

The sprint to the November election is officially on, and we're eager to ensure everyone who is eligible participates in this election. We're partnering with our good friends at Columbus Metropolitan Library to host a nonprofit resource and voter registration fair on National Voter Registration Day, September 17th at the Main Library from 11 AM to 1 PM. This unique partnership aims to leverage the Library’s network across its 23 locations, and HSC’s network of over 200 health and human service nonprofits, in both increasing access to critical health and human services, as well as to register voters as part of a nationwide civic engagement effort. The event will take place on Main Library’s Grant Plaza (front lawn). HSCwill be on-site registering voters, and 13 of our member organizations will be offering information about their services and resources. Those organizations are as follows: > Cancer Support Community Central Ohio > CelebrateOne > Equitas Health > Godman Guild Association > Goodwill Columbus > Greenleaf Job Training Services, Inc. > LifeCare Alliance > Local Matters > Maryhaven, Inc. > Mid-Ohio Board for an Independent Living Environment > North Community Counseling Centers > Physicians CareConnection > St. Stephen's Community House And tonight is the first presidential debate between Vice President Harris and Former President Trump. While you're watching, be sure to check your voter registration--or get registered!--at linktr.ee/hscvotes!

We’re looking for Ohio attorneys & licensed paralegals to volunteer at our monthly Ohio Name Change Legal Clinics. 🙌🏳️⚧️ ✅ Earn CLEs for pro bono work. ✅ Get FREE training on the probate processes for legal name changes & gender marker corrections on Ohio birth certificates. ✅ Learn how to change state & federal identification documents. If you are interested in volunteering, please email us at legalclinics@equitashealth.com. 📝 As part of our comprehensive gender-affirming care, Equitas Health partners with trusted LGBTQ+ advocate TransOhio to offer free legal clinics for Ohioans. At these monthly online clinics, you will meet one-on-one with folx to guide them through the process of changing their name and gender marker in the state of Ohio.

Last weekend, our team attended the 15th annual TransOhio Trans & Ally Symposium. 🏳️⚧️ 💙 Jonah Yokoyama (He/Him), gender-affirming care clinical specialist at Equitas Health, was the keynote speaker for Providers Day. 🩷 Nicholas Schrenk (He/They), name change clinic coordinator, presented with TransOhio Chair James Knapp on the process for changing a person's name & gender designation in Ohio. 🤍 Dr. Dorian Rhea Debussy (She/Her) and the External Affairs team connected with community members & leaders in trans advocacy space. We are thankful for the opportunity to connect with the community at the annual Symposium. Thank you TransOhio for another fantastic event! 👏👏

We are officially 1 month away from the 2024 Transforming Care Conference! #2024TCC is a day of education, activism, & community for those committed to LGBTQ+ & HIV health equity. 🌈🏳️⚧️👏 ✅ Meet Alejandro Varela, Keynote Speaker & ’22 National Book Award Finalist. ✅ Learn from & network with healthcare providers, researchers, activists, & community members. ✅ Licensed Ohio Social Workers will earn continuing education credits. Join us on Oct. 10 in-person at The Ohio State University Fawcett Center or virtually. For tickets & scholarship information, visit https://lnkd.in/dVWf5J8y. 🔗 #LGBTQHealthcare #HIVHealthcare #LGBTQHealthEquity #HIVHealthEquity #ColumbusOhio #TransgenderHealthCare #GenderAffirmingCare #SocialWorkers

The sprint to the November election is officially on, and we're eager to ensure everyone who is eligible participates in this election. We're partnering with our good friends at Columbus Metropolitan Library to host a nonprofit resource and voter registration fair on National Voter Registration Day, September 17th at the Main Library from 11 AM to 1 PM. This unique partnership aims to leverage the Library’s network across its 23 locations, and HSC’s network of over 200 health and human service nonprofits, in both increasing access to critical health and human services, as well as to register voters as part of a nationwide civic engagement effort. The event will take place on Main Library’s Grant Plaza (front lawn). HSCwill be on-site registering voters, and 13 of our member organizations will be offering information about their services and resources. Those organizations are as follows: > Cancer Support Community Central Ohio > CelebrateOne > Equitas Health > Godman Guild Association > Goodwill Columbus > Greenleaf Job Training Services, Inc. > LifeCare Alliance > Local Matters > Maryhaven, Inc. > Mid-Ohio Board for an Independent Living Environment > North Community Counseling Centers > Physicians CareConnection > St. Stephen's Community House And tonight is the first presidential debate between Vice President Harris and Former President Trump. While you're watching, be sure to check your voter registration--or get registered!--at linktr.ee/hscvotes!

SAVE THE DATE! The 3rd annual Shades of Red returns to the Columbus Museum of Art on Sunday, Dec. 1! ❤️ Let’s paint the town red in honor of #WorldAIDSDay with fashion, art, & music while raising funds for HIV/AIDS prevention & community programs.

Nick Saltsman PharmD RPh AAHIVP, chief pharmacy officer, will be speaking at the Ohio Pharmacists Association's 340B Midwest Regional Conference & Expo 2024 later this month! 👏 Join him for a discussion on Ohio and West Virginia state legislation pertaining to 340B contract protections, what these changes could mean to your covered entity’s operations and what steps you and your registered lobbyist can take to advocate for contract pharmacy protections. 💊 Visit https://lnkd.in/gj_PgmSC for full event details and registration.

ACTION ALERT 🚨 What is the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA)? VOCA created the Crime Victims Fund (CVF), which is the main source of federal grant funding for services for survivors of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault, stalking, trafficking, and other crimes. 📢‼️ Tell Congress to PASS the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act — template below! #PassCVFSA #VOCA 📱 Call 202-224-3121 and say: "Hello, my name is ___ and I’m a constituent from ___. I urge you to support the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2024. The Victims of Crime Act is the primary source of federal funding for victim services, supporting survivors of domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, and other serious crimes. Due to a significant drop in deposits into the Crime Victims Fund, or CVF, funding for these critical services has been severely cut. The Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act will help restore the CVF by temporarily adding excess funding from the False Claims Act to the CVF to ensure that vital victim services remain available. I urge you to co-sponsor and support this bipartisan bill to restore funding for survivors of crime. Thank you."