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Standing Up for Illinois: Protecting Women Roundtable
August 15 @ 10:15 am - 11:30 am CDT
A Roundtable Discussing Harm Posed to Illinois Women from Federal Funding Cuts and Policy Changes
Join us at the Will County Public Health Department on Friday, August 15th, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. CT, where Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton will host a roundtable to discuss the myriad of ways federal policy changes will harm women in Illinois, including how Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will affect women’s access to primary and reproductive healthcare, along with the economic implications for women from Trump’s agenda and federal funding cuts.
Joining the roundtable will be:
- Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton
- Deputy Governor Grace Hou
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois Interim President and CEO, CFO Tonya Tucker
- Women Employed President and CEO Cherita Ellens
- Former President and CEO, Shriver Center on Poverty Law and Chair of the Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues, Audra Wilson
- Cheryl Picard, MSN, RNC-OB
- Melissa Simon, MD, MPH, Vice Chair for Research, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Please RSVP at https://bit.ly/StandingUpForWomen
