WHAT: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Assistant Secretary for Health Admiral Rachel Levine will visit Delaware on Friday, Aug. 19 to join state Sen. Sarah McBride in highlighting how medical providers and local businesses in the First State are working to support and empower the LGBTQ+ community – especially young people and their families.
A licensed pediatrician, a former Pennsylvania physician general and a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, Assistant Secretary Levine is the first openly transgender presidential appointee to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate in American history. Sen. McBride, who chairs the Delaware Senate’s Health and Social Services Committee, is the highest ranking transgender elected official in the nation and the first openly transgender member of the Delaware General Assembly.
At 10 a.m. EST, ADM Levine and Sen. McBride will be joined by Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long for a meeting with medical and direct service providers from across Delaware in the chapel at the Herman M. Holloway Sr. Health & Social Services Campus to discuss the work their practices have undertaken to meet the healthcare needs of LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
At 3:30 p.m. EST, ADM Levine and Sen. McBride will meet with Delaware business leaders at Buena Vista to discuss how private employers in the First State are working to foster inclusive and diverse workforces that embrace the LGBTQ+ community.
Both events are open to the press.
WHO: Admiral Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Sen. Sarah McBride
Lt. Governor Bethany Hall-Long
Representatives from the offices of U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester
Medical and Direct Services Providers
Delaware Business Leaders
TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
10 a.m., Friday, August 19
Medical and Direct Service Provider Roundtable
The Chapel at the Herman M. Holloway Sr. Health & Social Services Campus (map)
1901 N. Dupont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
3:30 p.m., Friday, August 19
Business Roundtable
Buena Vista (map)
661 S. Dupont Highway
New Castle, DE 19720
Members of the media are invited to attend both events but must RSVP to scott.goss@delaware.gov.