SoCal emPOWERment Forum and 3rd Annual Bloody Hot Salsa Challenge
Date and time
Location
Pickwick Gardens
1001 West Riverside Drive Burbank, CA 91506Description
BE EMPOWERED AND Join us for the SoCal emPOWERment Forum!
Followed by our 3rd Annual "Bloody Hot Salsa Challenge" !
ADULT/PLENARY SESSION
8:00-9:00am: Registration, Continental Breakfast and Booths Open
9:15-9:30am: “Introduction and Welcome” Michelle Kim, Esq., Executive Director, Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California. Ice breaker: Anna Clark, Community Member
9:30-10:30am: “Maintaining Boundaries,” HFA Speaker, Martha Boria.
10:30-11:30am: “Sharing Your Story: Advocacy in the Bleeding Disorders Community.” Susana Escojido, Shire
11:30 -11:45am: LA City Clerk’s Office: Electoral Voting and Voter Registration, Jeff Klein, LA County Registrar’s Recorder Office
11:45-12:00pm: "Still I Rise" Reading in Memory of Barry Haarde, by Community Members
12:00- 1:00pm: Buffet Lunch. Booths Open.
1:00– 2:00pm: “State and Federal Updates That Affect Bleeding Disorders,” Terri Cowger Hill, Consultant, Cowger & Associates (Lobbyist for Hemophilia Council of California “HCC”), Bill Robie, Government Relations Specialist, National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF), Miriam Goldstein, Senior Policy Analyst, Hemophilia Federation of America (HFA).
2:00-2:30: Special Visit by Avengers Initiative
2:00-4:00: Booths Open; Bloody Hot Salsa Challenge Begins
SPANISH TRACK (Royal Ballroom: en español)
9:30-10:30am: “Sharing Your Story: Advocacy in the Bleeding Disorders Community.” Susana Escojido, Shire
10:30-11:30am: “Maintaining Boundaries,” HFA Speaker, Martha Boria.
11:30 -11:45am: LA City Clerk’s Office: Electoral Voting and Voter Registration, LA City office of Clerk
12:00- 1:00pm: Buffet Lunch. Booths Open.
1:00– 2:00pm: “Immigration Updates in California including DACA and TPS,” H. Marissa Montes, Co-Director of Loyola Law School, Los Angeles Immigrant Justice Clinic.
YOUNGER YOUTH SESSION: (for youth ages 3-6)
9:30-11:30: “Smart Games: Hemophilia Basics Through Play,” Michael Rosenthal, Bayer Sponsored
11:30-12:00pm: Break, Bathroom, Handwashing
12:00-1:00pm: Lunch with Parents and stay with parents
YOUTH SESSION: (for youth ages 7-16)
9:30-11:30am: Bowling
11:30-12:30pm: Pizza Lunch, Bathroom, Handwashing
12:30-1:00pm: Return
1:00–2:00pm: Dental Care Clinic (ages 5-16): All youth will receive a free dental kit!
Register by 2/21/18!
Organized by
Hemophilia Foundation of Southern California (HFSC)’s principal mission is “Improving the quality of life and building community for those living with inherited bleeding disorders in Southern California.”