HONORING THESE VOICES

PRH Abortion Provider Awards

Join us in honoring these outstanding voices of courage:

Dr. April Lockley

DR. APRIL LOCKLEY will receive the 2024 Tiller Advocacy Award for her trailblazing advocacy work and for championing health equity, patient autonomy, and reproductive justice in New York and nationally.

Dr. Lockley is the medical director of the Miscarriage and Abortion Hotline, which is an anonymous hotline available to anyone in the U.S. that supports people experiencing a miscarriage or abortion at home. She also works as a physician and abortion provider at Public Health Solutions’ Centers and Planned Parenthood throughout the New York region. In addition, she’s a founding member of a collective of family medicine physicians of color who provide abortion care called CENTRS Health whose aim it is to liberate abortion training and care from white supremacy. PRH Leadership Training Academy Class of 2020

Dr. Amy Bryant

DR. AMY BRYANT will receive the 2024 Rashbaum Leadership Award for her exemplary leadership as a physician, educator, and advocate dedicated to advancing reproductive health, rights, and justice in North Carolina and beyond.

Dr. Bryant, an Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina and Director of the Complex Family Planning Division, has shown tireless dedication in the face of significant legal and legislative challenges impacting abortion access in North Carolina. She works diligently to ensure continued access to essential reproductive health care services for patients across the region, employing innovative strategies to maintain patient-centered care. Her leadership as a fellowship director and roles as a mentor and course director for medical, public health, and graduate students highlight her commitment to nurturing comprehensive knowledge and compassion in the next generation of providers. PRH Leadership Training Academy Class of 2011

WITH SPECIAL GUEST JOHN OLIVER

FEATURED SPEAKER

John Oliver

John Oliver is an Emmy and Writer’s Guild award-winning writer, comedian and host of the HBO show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. From 2006 to 2013 Oliver was a correspondent on The Daily Show, winning three Primetime Emmy’s for his writing, going on to then guest-host the show in 2013.

His debut stand-up special John Oliver: Terrifying Times, followed by hosting four seasons of his own stand-up series John Oliver’s New York Stand Up Show for Comedy Central. On his occasional breaks from television Oliver returns to his first love of stand-up.

As an actor, Oliver was a regular guest on The Horne Section TV Show and NBC sitcom, Community (2009-2014), as well as voice acting in The Lion King (Disney) and Rick and Morty, Danger Mouse, The Smurfs 1&2, Bob’s Burgers, The Simpsons. John was also co-host on the weekly satirical podcast The Bugle until 2015.

EVENT CO-CHAIRS

DR. CHRIS CREATURA
OBGYN and Clinical Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medical College
PRH Leadership Training Academy Class of 2011

DR. MEERA SHAH
Family Medicine Physician, Chief Medical Officer of
Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic NY, and Adjunct Professor,
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
PRH Leadership Training Academy Class of 2016

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