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press release: JOIN US AT THE VIRTUAL WISCONSIN LGBTQ+ HEALTH SUMMIT

The UW-Madison School of Nursing invites healthcare practitioners, faculty, students, and members of the wider LGBTQ+ community to attend this unique conference. Connect and network with thought leaders and each other as we explore how to build an inclusive and just culture of health.

This LIVE summit strives to educate and engage the health professions about LGBTQ+ health and create new pathways to serve LGBTQ+ communities. You will find community and support here as well as the latest best practices for improving LGBTQ+ health outcomes. We promise this experience will inspire you!

9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday, April 9, 2021.

Featured speakers:

T Banks is a disability justice and mental wellness advocate, poet and playwright from Madison, WI. A First Wave Scholar and graduate of UW–Madison, T recently launched his own Black, Queer, and Trans* led arts company called Loud ‘N UnChained Theater Co. As a Black, trans and queer person with a disability, T believes the movement for Black Lives must be intersectional and deeply connected to the struggle to end patriarchy, specifically as it manifests as violence against Black trans folks.

Rachel Walker is a non-binary and Queer associate professor of nursing and the first nurse inventor to serve as an Invention Ambassador for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They direct the Nursing PhD Program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where they also co-direct a translational science center specializing in critical analysis and co-creation of AI, sensors, and mHealth.