Rise [Up] Lift: World AIDS Day, Hartford, CT
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Leadership Panels
From 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Registration begins at 9 am.
The panels are free and open to the public; breakfast will be provided at both sites, and lunch will be provided at The Institute for Community Research.
The Institute for Community Research (10 am - 2 pm)
2 Hartford Square West, Ste. 100, Hartford, CT 06106
Hispanic Health Council (10 am - 12 pm)
175 Main St., Hartford, CT 06106
Confidential HIV Testing is available at both sites.
Program: Saturday, December 1, 2007
9:00 am Registration & Information (at both sites)
10:00 am Breakfast & Welcome (at both sites)
At the Hispanic Health Council:
10:15 am Panel A: Women & HIV Risk
Maryann Abbott, Research Associate, The Institute for Community Research
Shawn Lang, Director of Public Policy, CT AIDS Resource Coalition
Betsy Correa, Ryan White Title II Case Manager, Latino Community Services
11:15 am Panel B: Trans Populations & HIV Risk
Jerimarie Liesegang, Executive Director, CT TransAdvocacy Coalition
Rick Stillson, Mucha Mucha Pleasure
At The Institute for Community Research:
10:15 am Panel C: Prisons, Recidivism & HIV Risk
Ethyl Boyd, HIV/AIDS Educator, Community Partners in Action
Mary Prince, Outreach Worker, The Institute for Community Research
Amy Smoyer, Research Associate, Yale University Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS
10:15 am Panel D: Faith, Spirituality, & HIV Risk in Communities of Color
Fernando Morales, Capacity Building Program Coordinator, Latino Community Services
Tina Brown, Journalist/Author
CeCe Jones, Membership Services Coordinator, CT AIDS Resource Coalition; Founder, CeCe Jones Ministries & Sing For Change
Apostle Brad Howard, Pastor, Restoration Temple Deliverance Mission Church
11:15 am Panel E: Injection Drug Use & HIV Risk
Mark Kinzly, Research Associate, Yale University School of Public Health
Glenn Scott, Alcohol & Drug Rehabilitation Center
Kaye White, HIV Health Educator, AIDS Project Hartford
Greg Rivera, Syringe Exchange Program Manager, AIDS Project Hartford
11:15 am Panel F: Youth & HIV Risk
Kamora Herrington, Mentoring Program Coordinator, True Colors, Inc.
Nilda Fernandez, Ph.D., CT Children’s Medical Center
12:00 pm Lunch
All conference attendees are invited to lunch at The Institute for Community Research.
1:00 pm Final Panel: State of HIV/AIDS in CT
Margaret Weeks, Ph.D. Executive Director, The Institute for Community Research
Shawn M. Lang, Director of Public Policy, CT AIDS Resource Coalition
Barbara Mase, Health Program Associate, CT Department of Public Health;
Co-Chair, CT HIV Planning Consortium
Yvette Bello, Executive Director, Latino Community Services
Mike Rivera, Founder, Kingdom Living Ministries
Hispanic Health Council
175 Main St
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 527-0856
The Institute for Community Research
2 Hartford Square West Ste. 100
146 Wyllys St, Ste. 100
Hartford, CT 06106
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