Registration, Exhibits and Refreshments Opening

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

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

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

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)

Closing Remarks

Sohail Rana, MD
Rebecca Vargas-Jackson, MD