Good Morning from National Coalition for LGBT Health Meeting

by Gustavo Torrez

Reporting from 2010 National Coalition for LGBT Health Meeting

Currently Scout and I are in Washington DC for The 2010 National Coalition for LGBT Health Annual Meeting. The Coalition’s annual meeting provides opportunity for participants to network with LGBT health advocates from across the country, attend workshops and trainings applicable to state and federal advocacy work, and learn about the Coalition’s policy initiatives. Here is a brief overview of the agenda for day 1, minus the actual breakouts for the day.

This morning Cornelius Baker, National Policy Advisor, National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition;

member, President’s Advisory Council on HIV & AIDS will be delivering the opening keynote address.

Leading into the afternoon, the Luncheon Plenary: LGBT Health on the Political Landscape speaker lineup looks amazing. We will hear from the following:

» Rebecca Fox, Consultant, Federal Agencies Project

» Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality

» Jeff Krehely, Director of LGBT Communications and Research, Center for American Progress

» Sharon Lettman, Executive Director, National Black Justice Coalition

The closing plenary will be provided by David Hansell,

Acting Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services.

Stay tuned, for more detailed blog posts from throughout the day from myself and Juan Carlos Vega, the ActivistLibrarianPR from Puerto Rico…