Sponsored by Whitman-Walker Health and the DC Dept of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD and TB Administration (HAHSTA)
According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black gay and bisexual men have a fifty percent chance of being diagnosed with the HIV virus. DC Black Pride will be hosting our first HIV/AIDS Town Hall and free luncheon.
11–11:45 a.m. Care & Treatment Issues
Panel: Stephen Abbott, MD, Whitman-Walker Health; Michael Kharfen, HAHSTA and Ron Simmons, Us Helping Us
11:45 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Luncheon & Presentation: Black Pride MSM Survey Update
Presenter: Ron Stall, PhD, MPH, Director of the Center for LGBT Health Research
12:30 p.m.–1:15 p.m. Prevention & PrEP
Panelists: Barbara Jackson, Black Women’s Health Imperative; Akil Patterson, Athlete Ally; Douglas Reed, FNP-BC, Whitman-Walker Health; Blake Rowley, Doing It Campaign and Travis Wise, Denim Project
1:15 p.m.–2 p.m. Comprehensive Health: Caring the Whole Person
Panelists: Earlene Budd, HIPS; Martina Martin, ATR-BC, LPC, Whitman-Walker Health; Ken Pettigrew, HASTHA and Devon Barrington Ward, Impulse DC;
Moderator: Michael Hinson, Center For Black Equity