Lgbt health forum. This is actually a very, very special one for us. And were doing a number of wonderful things, celebrating our fifth year of our program, and ill tell you about the program in a moment. But not the least of which is this incredibly Powerhouse Panel we put together, and on a topic thats fairly urgent right now. If youre not familiar with our forum, this is our Public Outreach mechanism. We do this every year with the start of our annual summer residency, which begins our program. During the residency, all of our students who are in the new cohort are in town from all over the country and many times all over the world. And this is our way of sort of reaching out to the public, letting you know who we are and what we do. Our program is a graduate certificate program, and our mission is to train medical and Mental Health professionals, Health Professionals in the broader sense, to improve the quality of care for lgbt people. Thats our mission. We started this around 2011
Tell you a little bit about the program in a moment, not the least of which is this incredible power house panel we put together on a topic that is fairly urgent right now. If youre not familiar with our forum, this is our Public Outreach mechanism. We do this every year with the start of our annual our annual summer residency which begins our program during residency week, so all of our students who are in the new cohort are here in town from all over the country and many times all over the world. This is our way of sort of reaching out to the public, letting you know who we are and what we do. We are our program is a graduate certificated program, and our mission is to train medical and Mental Health professionals, Health Professionals in the broader sense to improve equality of care for lgbt people. Thats our mission. We started this around 2011. We thought, hey, there might be something something to do here. A number of key things happened and we started the wheels moving. Here we
Tell you a little bit about the program in a moment, not the least of which is this incredible power house panel we put together on a topic that is fairly urgent right now. If youre not familiar with our forum, this is our Public Outreach mechanism. We do this every year with the start of our annual our annual summer residency which begins our program during residency week, so all of our students who are in the new cohort are here in town from all over the country and many times all over the world. This is our way of sort of reaching out to the public, letting you know who we are and what we do. We are our program is a graduate certificated program, and our mission is to train medical and Mental Health professionals, Health Professionals in the broader sense to improve equality of care for lgbt people. Thats our mission. We started this around 2011. We thought, hey, there might be something something to do here. A number of key things happened and we started the wheels moving. Here we
What a week it has been, rarely has so much history been made in so few days. Confederate flags falling all across the south. Rainbow flags raising across the country. At the center of it all, president obama, in what may be his best week in office. He passes a trade bill that was left for dead days ago. Saving obamacare for the second time. And for the first time, securing the right to marriage for all americans. This decision affirms what millions of americans already believe in their hearts, when all americans are treated as equal, we are all more free. Then, that arresting scene in charleston, a president summoning the spirit of america in song. Amazing grace how sweet what a week. So much debate and analysis this morning. We begin at the Supreme Court, with our expert terry moran, you have been covering the court for about degree decades. Have you seen backtoback cases pack such a powerful punch . Reporter george, the court has seen a lot of history. I cant think of a week to matc
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