For Our Communities – We Are Present: The Latino Community and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The Latino Commission on AIDS invites anyone involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS to participate in an English and Spanish language National Conference Call to ensure Latino voices are included in the development of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy led by the Office of National AIDS Policy of the White House.

Friday, November 13, 2009
3:30 P.M. EST | 4:30 P.M. in Puerto Rico

CALL-IN NUMBER: 1-888-387-8686
PARTICIPANT CODE: 1883577#

The Office of National AIDS Policy is inviting community input to shape the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The Latino community in the U.S. must be present at these meetings to ensure our voices are heard when federal officials draft the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, designed to reduce new infections, increase the number of people in care, and lower HIV-related health disparities.

Join us for this call to understand how you can get involved. People in Mississippi, Florida, New York, and Puerto Rico are especially encouraged to join the call to learn more about providing effective testimony at one of the upcoming community meetings:
- Jackson, MS 11/16/09
- Ft. Lauderdale, FL 11/20/09
- New York City, NY 12/4/09
- Caguas, Puerto Rico 12/14/09

All other interested parties are invited to participate to learn more about submitting your testimonies online.

Download the Spanish language worksheet on preparing effective community testimony. click here

Download the promotional event flyer. click here.

Agenda:

- Moderator - Oscar Raúl López, Director of Health Policy, Latino Commission on AIDS and National Latino AIDS Action Network Co-Chair

- Welcome - James Albino, Senior Program Manager, Office of National AIDS Policy

- Why We Need A National HIV/AIDS Strategy - Guillermo Chacon, Interim Executive Director, Latino Commission on AIDS

- How to Provide Effective Testimony - David Ernesto Munar, Vice President, AIDS Foundation of Chicago

- Puerto Ricans Speak Out - Erika Florenciani y Rafael Torruella, C2EA Puerto Rico Members

- Questions and Answers - Carlos Soles, Capacity Building Specialist, Office of Minority Health Resource Center

Sponsored by: AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the Latino Commission on AIDS, National Latino AIDS Action Network, Office of Minority Health and Office of Minority Health Resource Center.

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ABOUT THE LATINO COMMISSION ON AIDS
The Latino Commission on AIDS (LCOA) is a nonprofit membership organization founded in 1990 dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino/Hispanic communities. The Commission is the leading national Latino AIDS organization coordinating National Latino AIDS Awareness Day and other prevention and advocacy programs in more than 40 States and Puerto Rico. For more information visit: www.latinoaids.org or www.nlaad.org. UNIDOS PODEMOS / UNITED WE CAN