Upcoming Virtual Event: Addressing Health Equity: HIV, STIs and Behavioral Health among Black Community (February 23)

In commemoration of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and Black History Month, Region 6 (Dallas, TX) and 9 (Los Angeles, CA) Prevention through Active Community Engagement (PACE) programs, in collaboration with the partners from across the regions present a virtual event,  Addressing Health Equity: HIV, STIs and Behavioral Health among Black Community.

Join on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 at 11:30AM- 12:50PM PST/1:30PM-2:50PM CT to examine the impact of HIV, STIs, and Behavioral Health among the Black community and efforts to address these syndemic to End the HIV Epidemic.

Zoom link Here

Objectives:

• Highlight Key federal activities to address HIV, STIs, and Behavioral health
• Discuss how HIV/AIDS, STIs and behavioral health disproportionately impact the Black community
• Identify factors contributing to increasing rates of HIV and STIs among the Black communities
• Discuss best practices for addressing the syndemic (HIV/STIs/BH) among the Black community

Moderator:

• Lonnetta Wilson, Ending the HIV Epidemic Coordinator, Tarrant County Public Health Department

Guest Speakers:

• J. Maurice McCants-Pearsall, MBA, CPH, VP, Health Equity & Special Initiatives, Real Chemistry

Guest Panelists:

• Auntjuan “Mr. Community” Wiley, B.S.W., M.P.H. President and CEO AIDS Walk South Dallas, Inc.
• Brian-Tyler Orr, Ending the HIV Epidemic Epidemiology Specialist, Tarrant County Public Health Department
• Don Jackson, HFP Training Specialist, Health Federation of Philadelphia
• Rob Phoenix, APRN, FNP-C, Founder of the Huntridge Family Clinic, Las Vegas, Nevada