Fwd: Jeanette Health Bill Filing this Wednesday!

[Tashi Chogyal]

For those living in DC! And if anyone knows of a livestream please share!

-Tashi

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From: Remember Jeanette Acosta <remembering.j...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Jun 3, 2019 at 3:56 PM
Subject: Jeanette Health Bill Filing this Wednesday!
To: Tashi Chogyal <tashic...@gmail.com>

Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act will be re-filed this Wednesday, June 5th! On Wednesday, June 5, Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) and Senator Patty Murray will introduce the Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act. Below is the press release! If you are in the DC area, we encourage to you to attend the press event to show our support of this bill and our warrior Jeanette! And please spread the news.  Please RSVP to Eric at Eric....@mail.house.gov if you can attend this Wednesday's press event.     *** MEDIA ADVISORY ***   Congressman Jimmy Gomez and Senator Patty Murray to Introduce Women’s Health Bill with Planned Parenthood, Human Rights Watch, and Black Women’s Health Imperative Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) will hold a press event at the United States Capitol to introduce the bill. The legislation – named in honor of Jeanette Acosta, a native of California’s 34th district who lost her battle with cervical cancer at the age of 32 – would expand access to preventive, lifesaving women’s health screenings at safety net healthcare providers through the creation of new grant and pilot programs to expand access to preventive services and better train health practitioners, especially for low-income women and women of color.   Congressman Gomez will be joined by the Acosta family, Planned Parenthood President and CEO Dr. Leana Wen, Human Rights Watch Researcher Skye Wheeler, and Black Women’s Health Imperative President and CEO Linda Goler Blount. Please RSVP if you plan on attending: Eric....@mail.house.gov   WHAT: Jeanette Acosta Invest in Women’s Health Act press event WHEN: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 3:00pm ET WHO: Congressman Jimmy Gomez (CA-34) The family of Jeanette Acosta Dr. Leana Wen, President & CEO, Planned Parenthood Skye Wheeler, Researcher – Women’s Rights Division, Human Rights Watch Linda Goler Blount, President & CEO, Black Women’s Health Imperative WHERE: House Triangle on the Capitol’s East Front Washington, D.C. 20515                 About Congressman Gomez:  Congressman Jimmy Gomez represents California’s 34th Congressional District, one of the most diverse and culturally rich districts in the country. He is an Assistant Whip in the 116th Congress and a member of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the powerful House Committee on Ways and Means. Congressman Gomez is also a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC), Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and a Vice-Chair of the Future Forum.   ### Other news! Be on the look out for another email with other highlights on the Jeanette M. Acosta Memorial Scholarship Fund at UC Hastings College of Law, the Jeanette M. Acosta '04 Memorial Scholarship for Latina Students at Mayfield Senior School, and other ways people are honoring Jeanette's memory.    And in case you missed it...  2018 Jeanette M. Acosta Memorial Video  "A beautiful tribute to an amazing young woman." - Frank Acosta And if you have yet to give... We encourage you to give whatever you can. While we've reached the threshold to formally establish the fund, we continue to raise cash funds in order to grow the endowment quickly and gift a scholarship worthy of Jeanette's memory. Thank you for considering a gift! Donate

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[Micah Honeycutt]

This is amazing! I'm inspired by all the people Jeanette has inspired. She one of the most powerful women I know, even now. 

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[Liz Purchia]

Agreed. This is so cool! I wish I could be there to attend.

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[Enrique Fernandez]

This is awesome! Thanks for keeping us in the loop, Tashi! Hope all is well!

Sincerely,

Enrique A. Fernandez

(530) 219-9964

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[Erin Seidler]

This is amazing, what an inspiration and I’m so proud to have known her! Thanks Tashi for sending! 

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[Irene]

You can watch livestream of the press conf here

https://www.facebook.com/RepJimmyGomez/

I’ll be repping for OFA-IA in the audience!!

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