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2008 Gala - City Club of San Francisco, Milstones in Repoductive Health

April/May 2008

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Thank you for helping us make our 3rd Annual “Milestones in Reproductive Health” Gala Event such a success! We were glad to enjoy the evening with so many of you.

As we shared with you at the Gala, we are excited to announce that after a year-long exploration process funded by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Pharmacy Access Partnership and the Pacific Institute for Women’s Health (PIWH) have decided to merge under the nonprofit umbrella of the PIWH 501(c)(3), effective May 2, 2008.

It is our vision that together, both organizations will be stronger and more effective. After the merger, current PIWH Executive Director Magaly Marques, MA, will use her international experience to head the global arm of PIWH, while Pharmacy Access Partnership will become a major division of PIWH led by Sharon Cohen Landau, MPH. Current Pharmacy Access Partnership Executive Director Belle Taylor-McGhee will serve as PIWH President and CEO.

We want to acknowledge the excellent support we’ve received from the Public Health Institute (PHI) since the inception of Pharmacy Access Partnership in 1999. Our partnership with PHI won’t end with the merger — we fully expect our collaboration with PHI to lead us in new and exciting directions in the future.

Under the new structure, we will continue PIWH’s legacy on both the domestic and international front to help shape policies that:

Promote women’s access to safe and effective contraception and other reproductive technologies, including medical abortion
Expand access to sexuality education that includes contraception information, and respects gender equality
Support women’s and girls’ leadership in protecting their sexual and reproductive health
Value healthcare access as a basic human right

We will advance our work via:

Advocacy and Public Policy
Research
Training, Education and Media Outreach
New Program Development
Capacity Building

All phone numbers and physical addresses for Pharmacy Access Partnership and PIWH offices (Oakland and Los Angeles) will remain the same. Email contact information for all Pharmacy Access Partnership staff will change as follows, effective May 2, 2008:

Belle Taylor-McGhee btmcghee@piwh.org	Nicole Monastersky Maderas nmaderas@piwh.org	Judith Allen jallen@piwh.org
Sharon Cohen Landau slandau@piwh.org	Ingrid Dries-Daffner iddaffner@piwh.org

Pharmacy Access Partnership still needs your support and will continue to accept donations to promote our ongoing programs to ensure access to critical reproductive health services in pharmacies. Your tax-deductible donation may be made payable to “The Pacific Institute for Women's Health,” and sent to: 614 Grand Avenue, Suite 324, Oakland, CA, 94610.

We hope you will share our excitement about our newly joined forces!