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June
18
The
Conference
on
HIV
and
African-Americans
entitled,
"Still
Living,
Still
Fighting,
Still
Winning!"
The
conference
will
be
held
on
Monday,
June
18,
2007
at
the
John
D.
Dingell
Medical
Center
(Department
of
Veterans
Affairs),
4646
John
R
in
Detroit.
The
time
is
4:00
-
7:00
pm
The
conference
will
be
in
the
Auditorium
(On
the
Lower
Level.
Please
use
the
Yellow
elevators.)
Parking
available
at
the
Blue
or
Red
parking
decks
($1
cost
of
parking).
Dinner
provided
immediately
after
program!
The
Keynote
speaker
is
Dr.
Luther
A.
Virgil,
Jr.
MD,
Medical
Director
of
IMANI
(Integrated
Minority
AIDS
Network)
of
Dallas,
Texas.
This
event
is
hosted
by
WSU
Community
Advisory
Board,
WSU
Sinai-Grace
Community
Advisory
Board,
WSU
Holistic
Collaborative
Community
Advisory
Board,
Henry
Ford
Health
System
Community
Advisory
Board,
Ryan
White
Title
IV
Community
Action
Group,
Wellness
AIDS
Services'
Community
Advisory
Board,
and
Detroit
Community
Health
Connection.
Please,
NO
eating
and
drinking
inside
the
auditorium.
For
more
information
please
contact
Curtis
Lipscomb
at
313-993-2957
or
Margareth
Corkery
at
313-745-2083.
Sponsored
by
Tibotec
Therapeutics
Clinical
Affairs,
Direct
Rx,
GlaxoSmithKline,
Crown
Pharmacy,
Roche
Pharmaceuticals
and
Diplomat
Pharmacy.
HIV
Motivational
Mondays
Educational
Topics
for
2007
Kresge
Eye
Institute,
4717
St.
Antoine
Blvd
Detroit,
MI,
(Connected
to
old
Hutzel
Hospital),
Classroom
D
(in
basement
of
Kresge)
5:00pm-7:00pm
Join
us
on
the
second
Monday
of
each
month
for
education,
socialization
and
empowerment.
Dinner
Provided.
Please
RSVP
to
Jennifer
VanNuil
at
800-422-3227
ext
461
or
email
jvannuil@directrx.com
July
9
Latest
HIV
News
**Presented
by
Amanda
Zawaideh,
Pharm.D.
August
13
HIV
Legal
Rights
&
Responsibilities
(Confidentiality,
disclosure,
telling
doctors,
telling
friends,
discrimination
at
work,
solving
problems,
avoiding
problems....etc)
**Presented
by
Kendra
S.
Kleber,
JD
(Kendra
S.
Kleber
&
Associates
PLLC)
Sept
10
Nutrition
and
Healthy
Living
**Presented
by
Amanda
Zawaideh,
Pharm.D.
June
16
Life
Ride
2007
to
Benefit
Local
AIDS
Net
64
and
32
mile
AIDS
Ride
8:00
AM
Start
&
17
mile
Family
Ride
12:00
noon
Start
At
400
W
High
Street
Ovid,
Michigan
48866
(Start
and
Finish
line)
The
Lansing
Area
AIDS
Network
(LAAN)
will
host
their
annual
Life
Ride
on
Saturday,
June
16th
to
help
raise
funds
and
build
awareness
about
HIV
and
AIDS
in
Michigan.
This
year,
Life
Ride
will
feature
a
17
mile,
35
mile
and
70
mile
course
and
will
begin
and
end
at
the
home
of
Patrick
Lombardi
in
Ovid,
Michigan.
The
2007
ride
will
traverse
the
back
country
roads
of
Clinton
County
to
Eagle,
Michigan,
and
the
half
way
mark
of
the
70
mile
ride.
The
35
mile
ride
will
end
in
Eagle
and
the
17
mile
course
will
incorporate
Sleepy
Hollow
State
Park,
also
beginning
and
ending
in
Ovid.
Registration
for
this
event
is
required
and
forms
are
available
online
at
www.laanonline.org
or
by
calling
the
LAAN
office
at
517
394
3719
ext
14.
Riders
collect
pledge
dollars
to
help
support
their
effort
and
to
raise
funds
to
support
the
programs
and
services
for
people
living
with
HIV
and
AIDS
in
11
mid-Michigan
counties.
The
2007
Life
Ride
will
begin
at
8:00
AM
and
will
finish
at
approximately
3
PM
with
a
barbeque
and
bonfire
in
Ovid
at
the
conclusion
of
the
ride.
Lunch
will
be
provided
in
Eagle
and
Support
and
Gear
(SAG)
vehicles
will
follow
the
riders
throughout
the
course,
providing
water
and
snacks
to
the
riders.
For
more
information
or
to
register
for
Life
Ride
2007,
please
contact
Patrick
Lombardi,
Lansing
Area
AIDS
Network
517
394
3719
ext
14
or
pwlombardi@laanonline.org
or visit
our
website
at:
www.laanonline.org
June
23
Twenty
Fifth
Annual
Detroit
Together
Men’s
Chorus
Spring
Concert
details
and
tickets
at
www.dtmc.org
June
30
Lansing
Pride
March
www.michiganpride.org
June
30
SENIOR
PROM
-
Timewarp
2007
APM’s
Annual
Gala
Benefit
complete
details
and
tickets
at
www.aidspartnership.org
July
8
28th
Annual
Metra
Picnic
www.metramagazine.com
July
14
Healing
Our
World
from
the
Inside
Out:
Is
a
Compassionate
Listening
workshop
building
skills
for
communicating
from
the
heart,
even
in
the
heat
of
conflict.
It’s
about
people
making
peace
in
their
families,
communities,
jobs
and
world.
Participants
cultivate:
Compassion
for
themselves
and
other
Freedom
from
judgment
Balance
in
stressful
relationships
listening
with
the
heart
speaking
from
the
heart
Facilitated
by
Andrea
Cohen
July
14th,
10:00
-
6
pm,
Sunday
July
15th,
10
am
-
5:00
pm,
NEW
Center,
Suite
208,
South,
1100
North
Main
Street,
Ann
Arbor,
MI
48104.
Sliding
scale:
$150-$300.
Registration:
www.compassionatelistening.org/workshops.htm
l
or
360-297-2280.
Co-sponsor:
American
Friends
Service
Committee’s
Lesbian,
Gay,
Bisexual
and
Transgender
Issues
Program-Michigan
July
30-31
2007
National
Conference
on
Latinos
and
AIDS
The
2007
National
Conference
on
Latinos
and
AIDS
will
take
place
July
30-31,
in
Miami
Beach,
Florida.
The
featured
speaker
this
year
is
Rosie
Perez.
This
conference
is
a
national
forum
on
HIV/AIDS
for
health
professionals
who
provide
care
for
Latino
communities.
It
will
help
health
care
providers
update
their
knowledge,
skills,
and
attitudes
about
HIV/AIDS.
The
conference
was
also
designed
for
healthcare
media,
federal
and
state
legislators,
AIDS
service
organization
officers,
social
workers,
pharmacists,
nurses,
peer
counselors,
church
leadership,
and
corrections
health
care
personnel.
The
aims
of
this
conference
are
to
inform
participants
about
the
epidemiology
of
HIV;
current
HIV
research
and
guidelines;
modern
methods
for
the
management
of
HIV;
social
and
psychiatric
concerns
of
HIV
infected
patients;
and
political
issues,
trends,
and
policy
initiatives
that
impact
HIV
infected
patients.
Read
more
about
the
program
schedule.
Register
online
or
get
more
information
about
this
important
event.
View
the
printable
conference
brochure:
Sept
16
AIDS
Walk
Detroit
www.aidswalkdetroit.org
In
the
News
Navajo
Nation
Addresses
HIV/AIDS
Awareness
Among
Tribe
Members
Fonseca,
AP/Santa
Fe
New
Mexican,
6/9
The
AP/Santa
Fe
New
Mexican
on
Saturday
examined
efforts
to
raise
HIV/AIDS
awareness
among
members
of
the
Navajo
Nation
tribe.
The
Navajo
Area
Indian
Health
Service
has
identified
240
HIV/AIDS
cases
among
group
members
from
1985
to
2006.
There
were
7.6
HIV/AIDS
cases
per
100,000
Navajo
Nation
American
Indians
in
2005
and
7.8
cases
per
100,000
Navajo
Nation
American
Indians
in
2006,
the
AP/New
Mexican
reports.
According
to
CDC
data,
there
were
10.6
HIV/AIDS
cases
per
100,000
American
Indians
and
Alaska
Natives
in
2005,
compared
with
72.8
cases
for
blacks,
28.5
for
Hispanics,
9
for
whites
and
7.6
for
Asians
and
Pacific
Islanders.According
to
the
AP/New
Mexican,
the
Navajo
Nation
faces
many
challenges
in
promoting
awareness
of
sexually
transmitted
infections,
including
how
"to
relay
to
traditional
healers
that
HIV
and
AIDS
are
not
non-Native
diseases,"
address
access
to
care
and
ensure
patient
confidentiality.
In
addition,
many
HIV-positive
tribal
members
forgo
care
because
of
stigma
and
misconceptions
related
to
the
disease.
However,
in
recent
years,
efforts
have
been
made
to
address
health
issues
among
the
Navajo
tribe.
Jocelyn
Billy,
Miss
Navajo
Nation,
has
been
recognized
for
speaking
publicly
about
sex,
relationships
and
HIV/AIDS,
and
tribal
officials
have
run
public
service
announcements
encouraging
safer
sex
and
urging
members
to
be
tested
for
HIV.Rita
Gilmore,
a
traditional
healer,
said,
"It's
not
about
who
has
the
best
remedies
to
cure
this
because
right
now,
both
sides
don't
have
a
cure.
We
must
come
together
and
[find]
ways
to
prolong
the
lives
of
these
patients".
House
Committee
Approves
Appropriations
Bill
That
Would
Remove
Ban
on
City
Funding
for
Needle-Exchange
Programs
in
Washington,
D.C.
CongressDaily,
6/12
The
House
Appropriations
Committee
recently
approved
a
$21.4
billion
appropriations
bill
that
would
lift
a
ban
on
city
funding
for
needle-exchange
programs
in
Washington,
D.C.,
CongressDaily
reports
(Kivlan,
CongressDaily,
6/12).
The
House
Appropriations
Subcommittee
on
Financial
Services
and
General
Government
last
week
voted
to
remove
language
from
the
bill
that
prevents
