2026 Health Equity Summit
Join healthcare providers, social workers, and community leaders for a one-day summit.
This interactive summit offers practical strategies, expert insights, and collaborative workshops to help you:
- Address the health impacts of immigration enforcement, gender-based violence, and systemic inequities
- Implement trauma-informed, culturally responsive care models
- Translate lived community knowledge into actionable solutions
- Strengthen advocacy and interdisciplinary collaboration for improved health outcomes
Whether you’re a frontline provider, advocate, or community leader, you’ll leave with tools, strategies, and connections to make a measurable difference in health equity.
Why Attend?
Past SEPA Mujer convenings have brought together hundreds of providers and advocates committed to advancing equity across Long Island.
- Panels and workshops with public health leaders, clinicians, immigration attorneys, and community advocates
- Evidence-based strategies you can apply immediately in your work
- Network with peers who share your commitment to equity
- Strengthen your skills in community engagement, policy analysis, and equitable care practices
Join healthcare providers, social workers, and community leaders for a one-day summit.
This interactive summit offers practical strategies, expert insights, and collaborative workshops to help you:
- Address the health impacts of immigration enforcement, gender-based violence, and systemic inequities
- Implement trauma-informed, culturally responsive care models
- Translate lived community knowledge into actionable solutions
- Strengthen advocacy and interdisciplinary collaboration for improved health outcomes
Whether you’re a frontline provider, advocate, or community leader, you’ll leave with tools, strategies, and connections to make a measurable difference in health equity.
Why Attend?
Past SEPA Mujer convenings have brought together hundreds of providers and advocates committed to advancing equity across Long Island.
- Panels and workshops with public health leaders, clinicians, immigration attorneys, and community advocates
- Evidence-based strategies you can apply immediately in your work
- Network with peers who share your commitment to equity
- Strengthen your skills in community engagement, policy analysis, and equitable care practices
Lineup
Martha Maffei
CEO, SEPA Mujer Inc.
Dr. Rosa Elena Torres-Panchamé, PT, DPT, PhD(c), OCS
Assistant Professor, Hofstra University
Leticia Mercado, MHA
Associate Director of the Office of Health Equity at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)
Avital Havusha, M.P.H.
Vice President of Programs, New York Health Foundation (NYHealth)
Lori Andrade
Executive Vice President, HEALI
Luz Castro
Associate Director of Policy at Inclusive Action for the City
Good to know
Highlights
- 6 hours
- all ages
- In person
- Free parking
Refund Policy
Location
Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center - Hofstra University
200 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
How do you want to get there?
Agenda
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Registration & Breakfast
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Opening Plenary
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Session 1: Addressing Current Challenges in Community Health
This session includes the panel “Policy Changes and Social Safety Nets,” the workshop “Health and Safety in Detention Facilities,” and the panel “Systemic Bias, Raids, and the Community Health Ripple Effect.”