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HIV/AIDS Town Hall Luncheon

Friday, May 27 • 11–2 p.m.  • Hyatt Regency Washington, Capitol Room

» Admission: Complimentary. Preregistration has closed but please join us.

 

Sponsored by Whitman-Walker Health and the DC Dept of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration (HAHSTA)

According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black gay and bisexual men have a fifty percent chance of being diagnosed with the HIV virus. DC Black Pride will be hosting our first HIV/AIDS Town Hall and free luncheon.

11–11:45 a.m.       Care & Treatment Issues

Panel:  Stephen Abbott, MD, Whitman-Walker Health; Michael Kharfen, HAHSTA and Ron Simmons, Us Helping Us


11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m.    Luncheon & Presentation: Black Pride MSM Survey Update
Presenter:  Ron Stall, PhD, MPH, Director of the Center for LGBT Health Research

 

12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m.     Prevention & PrEP

Panelists:  Barbara Jackson, Black Women’s Health Imperative; Akil Patterson, Athlete Ally; Douglas Reed, FNP-BC, Whitman-Walker Health; Blake Rowley, Doing It Campaign and Travis Wise, Denim Project

 

1:15 p.m.–2 p.m.  Comprehensive Health: Caring the Whole Person

Panelists: Earlene Budd, HIPS; Martina Martin, ATR-BC, LPC, Whitman-Walker Health;  Ken Pettigrew, HASTHA and Devon Barrington Ward, Impulse DC;

Moderator: Michael Hinson, Center For Black Equity


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