Agenda 2011

International Conference on HIV Stigma: The Virus We Can All Cure

World AIDS Day – December 1, 2011 8am – 4pm
Howard University, Blackburn Center Ballroom

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8:00 – 9:00	Registration, Exhibits and Refreshments Opening
9:00 -10:00	Welcome Sidney Ribeau, PhD, President, Howard University The Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC) Keynote Robert Bailey, II, MPH, National Partnerships, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Conference Objectives Sohail Rana, MD, Professor, Howard University Hospital Rebecca Vargas-Jackson, MD, Center for Stigma & Health Literacy at Howard University Vision Johnny Ford, Chair, Former Mayor of Tuskegee; Steering Committee, Center for Stigma & Health Literacy at Howard University Invocation Reverend Dr. Alton Pollard, Dean, Howard University School of Divinity
10:00 – 12:00	Plenary Session 1: WHAT DOES HIV-RELATED STIGMA LOOK LIKE? Moderator: Caressa Cameron,2010 Miss America Speakers: Vanessa Johnson, JD, Board chair, National Women and AIDS Collective Kali Lindsey, Director, Government Affairs, National Minority AIDS Council Anne Stangl, PhD, MPH, Secretariat Director of the Stigma Action Network Rhea Van Brocklin, Executive Director, AIDS Project Central Iowa
12:00 – 12:05	Spoken Word – Howard University spoken word artist
12:05 – 12:30	LUNCH
12:30 – 2:00	CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS TRACK 1: Am I REALLY at Risk? A peer-led conversation on HIV and stigma Location: Blackburn/Ballroom B (main) Moderator: Deneen Long-White, MS, CHES, Health, Human Performance and Leisure Studies Department, Howard University Speakers: Durryle Brooks, MA, Program Manager, GLBTQ Health + Rights, Advocates for Youth Danielle Douglass, Student, Howard University Peer Educator (HU PEERS) Raul Posas, Positive Youth Institute, National Association for People with AIDS Paul Spires, FreeStyle Youth Associate, MetroTeen AIDS Ayesha Williams, Community Youth Activist TRACK 2: Religion, Spirituality and HIV stigma Location: Blackburn/Ballroom A Moderator: Reverend Dr. Alton Pollard, Dean, Howard University School of Divinity Speakers: Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, Director, Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque and Associate Imam, First Hijrah Islamic Center Rev. Tony Lee, Senior Pastor, Community of Hope AME Church, Maryland Carolyn Massey, Director, POSITIVE IMPACT HIV/AIDS Ministry New Samaritan Baptist Church, Washington, DC Olivia Stewart, Chair, Providence Baptist Church HIV/AIDS Ministry, Maryland Reverend Dr. Christine Y. Wiley, Co-Pastor, Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ, Washington, DC TRACK 3: Stigma and Access to Treatment in the Triple Diagnosed: HIV, Substance Abuse and Mental Illness Location: Blackburn/Digital Auditorium (1^st floor) Moderator: Erin Yeagley, DNP, FNP-BC, RN Speakers: Tanya N. Alim, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Howard University College of Medicine Judge Arthur Burnett, Executive Director, National African American Drug Policy Coalition, Inc Walter Faggett, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Howard University College of Medicine and Senior Project Director, COBB NMA Health Institute William B. Lawson, MD, PhD, DFAPA, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry; Howard University College of Medicine
2:00 – 2:10	BREAK (submission of evaluations)
2:10 – 2: 15	Spoken word performance – Howard University Student
2:15 – 3:45	Plenary Session 2: Best practices in addressing and eradicating stigma Location: Blackburn Ballroom B Moderator: Lisa Fager Bediako, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc. Speakers: Gregory Pappas, MD, PhD, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS, District of Columbia Deepa Rao, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Washington Rafael Mazin, MD, MPH, Regional Advisor, HIV/STI Prevention, Pan-American Health Organization/World Health Organization Terrance Moore, Director, Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
3:45 – 4:00	Closing Remarks Sohail Rana, MD Rebecca Vargas-Jackson, MD

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