2016 Summit Sponsors
2016 Summit
Planning Committee (in formation) Ingrid Floyd, Chair Iris House Ofelia Barrios Iris House Marty Bonds US Dept of HHS, Office on Women’s Health Debra Bosier Iris House Priyanka Dave Brightpoint Health Millicent Freeman NYCDOH Tanya Howe Iris House Jennifer Irwin Mt. Sinai Beth Israel Michael Barret Jones Iris House Tracy Mack Community Activist Kimberly Richardson Iris House Nathaly Rubio-Torio Voces Latinas Liz Solomon Brightpoint Health Krishna Stone GMHC Marcella Tillett Planned Parenthood of NYC Derrick Wallace Iris House |
The 11th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS SummitThe Race to the End The 11th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS Summit May 2, 2016 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Bethel Gospel Assembly 2 East 120th Street, New York City The 2016 Summit’s theme is “The Race to the End,” and we are very excited about this year’s theme and the opportunities it will present to examine how racial disparities, the social determinants of health, and a culturally competent approach are critical to our work, our world, and our efforts to End the Epidemic by 2020 in New York State. We don’t often talk specifically about race when thinking about HIV prevention, treatment and viral suppression. This Summit will allow us the opportunity to have open dialogues about how addressing race, specifically and contextually, will help us in our “Race” to End the Epidemic. In this world where #BlackLivesMatter and our political climate is one in which multiple populations are being singled out for their immigration status, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or gender presentation, there is so much more that every one of us can do: for ourselves, our families, our environments, in our communities to help ensure that the barriers of racism and cultural discrimination are acknowledged and lowered, if not completely decimated, as we race to end the HIV and AIDS Epidemic. 8:30 - 10:30 Plenary Sessions moderated by Jennifer Irwin, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Institute for Advanced Medicine Women and HIV: Race Matters Jessica Justman, M.D., Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University The Intersection of HIV, Poverty and Race Maurice A. Lacey, M.S.W., M.S. ED., CASAC – The People’s Institute Latoya Small, L.M.S.W., PhD, University of Chapel Hill School of Social Work, NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research Jayson K. Jones, LMSW, NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research 10:45 - 11:45 Breakout Sessions: Session One (for full breakout session descriptions, please click here.) Decolonizing Your Mind Zeena Hazuri, Capacity Building Specialist and Gabriela S. Betancourt, MA, MPH, Deputy Director of Research & Evaluation Latino Commission on AIDS Education and Development of PrEP Trevor Hedberg, MPH, CPH, PrEP Network Coordinator and Míchael C. Slater, Jr., Supervising Health Educator, William F. Ryan Community Health Center Evaluation Findings from the SHAPE for Older Women Living with HIV Julie Anne Bell, MPH, Field Officer, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of STD Control and Tonya N. Taylor, PhD, MS - Assistant Professor, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, STAR Program Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of STD Control and SUNY Downstate Medical Center, STAR Program Expanding Housing as Healthcare Danielle Strauss, MPH, Associate Vice President and Brian Schroeder, J.D., Director of Systems, Quality Improvement, Research, and Evaluation Harlem United #LesBiHonest Ofelia Barrios, Senior Director of Community Health Initiatives; Antionettea Etienne, Health Educator and Stephanie Zapata, Health Educator Iris House Retaining Transgender Young Women of Color in HIV Care Jeffrey M. Birnbaum, MD, MPH; Jennifer Lee, MPH; Jonovia Chase and Betsy Eastwood, PhD HEAT Program-Health & Education Alternatives for Teens 12:00 - 1:00 Breakout Sessions: Session Two (for full breakout session descriptions, please click here.) A Girl Like Me: Using Technology to Cross Borders Krista Martel, Executive Director, The Well Project (moderator); Maria Mejia, A Girl Like Me Blogger; Tiommi Janae Luckett, A Girl Like Me Blogger The Well Project, A Girl Like Me Disparities in HIV Positivity and PrEP Uptake Data Chris Ferraris, LMSW- Program Coordinator, HIV Prevention and Research; Emma Kaywin- Program Manager, Development, Communications, and Peer Program; Lydia Singerman- Program Assistant, HIV Prevention; Emily Gertz, MPH- Director, Special Projects Institute for Advanced Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System No Estas Sola - Focusing on Family to Empower Women of Color Glynis Simmons, CASAC T, Director, Women's Care, Prevention, and Support Services; Nelly Melendez, Counseling Assistant, Women's Care, Prevention, and Support Services; Christina Melendez, Outreach Data Specialist, Women's Care, Prevention, and Support Services; and Katie Douglass, LCSW-R, Managing Director of Mental Health & Support Services GMHC Stigma Mapping to End AIDS Hope Zewou, MPH, Capacity Building Assistance Specialist and David E. Garcia, EdD, MPH, Director of Capacity Building, Research, and Evaluation Latino Commission on AIDS Taking Care of our Peers- From Supportive Services, to Recovery, to Independent Living and Beyond…. Maria Caban, Ph.D., Vice President, Evaluation and Research, Irma V. Williams, MSW, Behavioral Health Coach; Gloria Balacer, Recovery Coach and Deborah Zimmerman, Recovery Coach, BOOM!Health Trans Women Ending the Epidemic Donald R. Powell, MHS, Sr. Director of Policy & Development; Dana Diamond, CASAC, Director of Health Services; Nicole S. Bowles, LGBT Recruitment Specialist and S. Karen Diaz, Outreach Worker Exponents, Inc. 1:00 - 2:30 Luncheon Program (pre-registration required) Remarks by Martha D. Bond, Senior Public Health Adviser, Office on Women’s Health, US Department of Health and Human Services; and, Honoring Ana L.Oliveira, CEO and President of the New York Women's Foundation and Susan Rodriguez, Co-Founder and Executive Director, SMART University 2:45 - 3:45 Breakout Sessions: Session Three (for full breakout session descriptions, please click here.) Childhood Trauma and its Impact on Adult Health Outcomes Taciana Pierre, LMSW Center for Young Adult, Adolescent, and Pediatric HIV (CYAAPH) @ Northwell Health Engaging African American Churches in HIV Prevention Vanessa Campus, Community Health Educator, Prevention Dept, GMHC and the Reverend Dr. Renee F. Washington Gardner, Senior Pastor, Memorial Baptist Church, Harlem Latinas for Latinas: Promotoras Model Monica G. Paz, Women's Services Coordinator; Denys Salas, Assistant Director; and Angelica Perea, Promotora, Voces Latinas Living Well with HIV: Using your Mind to Manage Symptoms Terri L. Wilder, MSW; Naomi G. Harris, MPH, CHES; Myron Tucker Mt. Sinai Institute for Advanced Medicine Think Out the Box! Katherine Diaz, Program Director; Elizabeth Javier, Health Educator and Anamaria Hoffman, Artist and Community Health Navigator Dominican Women's Development Center Visibility, Attitudes and Opinions of the PReP Campaign in NYC Ursula Blanc, MPH., Director of Quality Assurance and Program Evaluation and Ofelia Barrios, MA., Senior Director of Community Health Initiatives Iris House, Inc. 4:00 - 5:00 Networking Reception and Art Exhibit HIV Service Organizations and other community based providers will provide information to attendees during a networking session at the end of the program day. We are excited announce that photographs from the "Red, White & U Campaign" will be on display. |
