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Event Description

Southern California Grantmakers invites you to join us for an update on the current rising numbers of COVID-19 cases due to the Delta variant and unvaccinated populations. We will hear about the ongoing impact on the communities that many SCG members serve and ways to respond. This webinar is a unique opportunity to hear from health care experts about what to expect in the coming weeks and how philanthropy can support local efforts.

Speakers

Moderator

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Margarita Luna, MSW, MPH, CPC SCG Member

Senior Program Manager, The California Endowment

Margarita Luna joined The California Endowment in June 2007. As Senior Program Manager for the South Region overseeing TCE’s Schools-related investments, Luna manages a grant portfolio focused on improving community health through quality, inclusive and equitable education via community engagement in policy/advocacy and systems change.

Prior to joining The Endowment, Luna served as a Pedro Zamora Fellow with AIDS United (formerly AIDS Action), Keck-Vivian Weinstein Child Advocacy Fellow and later Senior Social Worker for Public Counsel among many other positions advancing the health and well-being of the most disenfranchised.

Luna earned her B.A., M.P.H. and M.S.W. from UCLA. She is also a Certified Professional Coach and lives in San Dimas with her husband and two sons.

Speakers

Dr. Barbara Ferrer

Barbara Ferrer

Director of Public Health, Los Angeles County

Dr. Barbara Ferrer is the nationally recognized Director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, which prevents disease and promotes health equity and wellbeing among more than 10 million county residents. She oversees a department with a $2 billion budget and 4,600 staff, and currently guides the region’s COVID-19 pandemic response.

Dr. Ferrer has partnered with others for over 40 years to foster racial, social, and economic justice; she has been a public health leader, high school principal, philanthropic strategist, researcher, and community organizer.

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