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Expanding Trans Futures: Care and Advocacy for Our Tomorrow

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Expanding Trans Futures: Care and Advocacy for Our Tomorrow

Location

Mountain Area Health Education Center
121 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803-2868

Dates & Times

Apr 25, 2025 5:00 PM – Apr 27, 2025 12:00 PM

Contact

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The Expanding Trans Futures: Care and Advocacy for Our Tomorrow conference, scheduled for April 25-27, 2025, in Asheville, NC, will showcase genuine community partnerships, best practices, and groundbreaking research to support the health and wellbeing of transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender expansive communities. This conference will provide education and resources to increase access to care and improve the quality of the care currently available for transgender patients.

Topics will include: nutrition, transmasculine voice therapy, gender affirming care in adults, healing trauma in the trans population, tools for working with transgender clients with anxiety, challenging stigma, combatting misinformation, support groups for parents and caregivers of transgender youth, and building community networks.

Accommodations

Doubletree by Hilton
Rates available - April 25-27, 2025
115 Hendersonville Road,
Asheville, NC 28803
Rate: $139+ per night
Rate available until 03/26/2025
Reservations: Click here to reserve your room now

Hampton Inn
Rates available - April 25-27, 2025
117 Hendersonville Road,
Asheville, NC 28803
Rate: $146+ per night
Rate available until 03/26/2025
Reservations: Click here to reserve your room now

Provided By:
MAHEC

In Collaboration With:

NWAHEC

Audience

Healthcare providers including physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, interested allied health professionals, and student health providers. Behavioral health providers including psychiatrists, counselors, therapists, social workers and psychologists. Community members including transgender and gender expansive individuals, family members, partners, friends, and allies

Objectives

check Analyze the effectiveness of current community partnership models in improving health outcomes for transgender, nonbinary, intersex, and gender expansive communities
check Identify gaps in existing protocols that affect access and quality of care for transgender patients
check Develop strategies to implement innovative research into practice, ensuring that care delivery is informed by the latest evidence
check Assess policies and systemic barriers that hinder the provision of equitable care
check Evaluate best practices in clinical care and advocacy
check Implement actionable solutions to the gaps in care protocols
check Design comprehensive care frameworks that incorporate racial equity and intersectionality to reduce health disparities and promote holistic wellbeing in transgender and gender-diverse populations
check Advocate for policy reform at institutional and legislative levels

Fees

Cancellation Policy

Early Registration Fee- Community Members/Students/Family Members

$79.00

Early Registration Fee- Physicians

$249.00

Early Registration-Behavioral Health/Allied Health/Nurses

$129.00

Would you like to donate $25 towards scholarships?

$25.00

Registration Fee- Behavioral Health/Allied Health/Nurses

$144.00

Registration Fee- Community Members/Students/Family Members

$94.00

Registration Fee- Physicians

$264.00

Speakers

Jonah Blum
Olivia Buckoski, PharmD, AAHIVP, HIVP
Tori Cooper, BA, MPHc
Alice Drozdiak, MSPH, MSW, LCSWA
Eileen Gieger, LMHC
Kai Herschl, MSW, LCSWA
Ivy Hill
Katie Jenifer, JD
Flex Jonez
Ben J. Kaplan, MD, MPH
Rebby Kern
Tora Kincaid, Ph.D., LCMHC, LCASA
Casey Mesaeh, BSPH
Julie Neal, MA, LPA
Tara Nixon, MM, MS, CCC-SLP
Sonya Parker, MSW, LCSW
Holly B. Savoy, PhD
Heather Schier, PhD
Riley Smith, MD
Irene P. Ulrich, PharmD
Genevieve Verrastro, MD
Audrey Walstrom, DMA, MA, CCC-SLP
Craig White, MSW

Additional Resources

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Cancellation Policy

MAHEC has a pay-up-front policy for all CE programs. The only exceptions will be for pre-approved programs where an individual payment plan is appropriate. Registrations received without accompanying payment will not be processed and participants who have not paid the course fee will not be admitted into the program.

Unless otherwise noted in course materials, the following cancellation policy applies to all programs:

  • Cancellations must be in writing (fax, email, or mail).
  • Cancellations received more than 2 weeks prior to the event will receive 100% refund.
  • Cancellations received between two weeks and two full business days prior to the first day of the event are refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee.
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than two full business days prior to the event.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.
  • Transfers/substitute(s) are welcome (please notify us in advance of the program).
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