8:00 | Registration, Exhibits and Refreshments |
8:30 am | Musical Invocation, Poem Greetings Sohail Rana, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics and Child Health, Howard University “Looking Inward, Moving Forward” |
9:10 am | PLENARY SESSION: LOOKING INWARD, MOVING FORWARD Speakers Megan McLemore J.D., L.L.M., Senior Researcher, Human Rights Watch, New York, NY Sean Strub, Executive Director, The Sero Project Martha Sichone-Cameron, BA. Ed, MPH, Director of Policy & Advocacy Programs, The Women’s Collective, Washington, DC Anton Best MBBS, MPH&TM, MPA, Senior Medical Officer of Health (CD) | HIV/STI Programme | Ministry of Health, BARBADOS Gloria Addo Ayensu, MD, Director, Fairfax County, Virginia, Department of Health Questions and Answers |
11:25 am | Keynote Address Hydeia Broadbendt, International HIV/AIDS Activist & Humanitarian |
11:45 am5 | LUNCH Posters and Exhibit Tables |
12:45 pm | Promising Futures Youth performance, Blackburn Center Ballroom |
1 pm | Personal Perspectives Cecilia Chung, Senior Strategist, Transgender Law Center, San Francisco, CA Rodney McCoy, Jr, Health Educator, Nova Salud, Falls Church, VA |
1:30 pm |
CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSION I
TRACK 1: Challenging Stigma Across Identities: Finding Commonalities & Developing Action Plans Panelists: Melinda J. Watman, RN, BSN, MSN, CNM, MBA, Board member & Weight Bias Committee Chair, Obesity Action Coalition TRACK 2: Not Alone: Insights for Individuals Dealing with Stigma and Shame TRACK 3: “Women at Risk, Black Women and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic”, A brief documentary film and discussion TRACK 4: Framework for Developing an Effective HIV Ministry Rev. Keron Sadler, MDiv, Manager of Health Programs, National Headquarters, NAACP Dr. Agorom Dike, Executive Director, Caribbean and African Faith-based Leadership Conference Bishop Shirley Holloway, Senior Pastor of Kingdom Word and Worship Centers TRACK 5: Using Routine HIV Screening to Combat Stigma |
3:00 pm | BREAK / REGROUP |
3:20 pm | CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSION II
TRACK 1: Role of Media in Stigma TRACK 2: Not Alone: Insights for Individuals Dealing with Stigma and Shame TRACK 3: “Women at Risk, Black Women and the HIV/AIDS Epidemic”, A brief documentary film and discussion TRACK 4: It’s a Different World: #AnyoneCanGetIt 2.0 Coordinator: Joell Royal, MSW Moderators: Joell Royal, MSW (Howard University), Maranda Ward, MPH (Promising Futures) Featuring: Mary Bowman, poet, singer and activist Panelists: Qaeera Anderson, Student, Howard University Natnael Abate, Student, Benjamin Banneker Academic High School Hydeia Broadbent, International HIV/AIDS Activist & Humanitarian William Clayton, Student, Howard University Kirsty Fontaine, Advocates for Youth William Harris, Student, Howard University RoriAnn Nalls, Student, Howard University |
4:50 pm | Call to Action and Closing Remarks Sohail Rana, MD |