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Morning
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Happenings
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
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.
July
8
28th
Annual
Metra
Picnic
www.metramagazine.com
July
Ferndale’s
“Music
in
the
Park”
Series
returns
13
–
27
Free
concerts
featuring
“Entertainment
Under
the
Stars”
in
July
Ferndale,
MI,
June
29,
2007:
The
Ferndale
Arts
and
Cultural
Commission
has
announced
the
return
of
the
“Music
in
the
Park”
series
for
three
free
concerts
this
July.
These
free
concerts
are
being
made
possible
by
the
contributions
and
sponsorships
of
The
Ferndale
Arts
and
Cultural
Commission,
The
Ferndale
Community
Foundation,
Kurt’s
Kustom
Graphics
and
Great
Lakes
Benefits,
Inc.
The
concerts
will
be
held
at
the
Gerry
Kulick
Community
Center
located
at
1201
Livernois
in
Ferndale.
The
concerts
will
perform
from
7:00
PM
to
9:00
PM.
The
following
is
a
list
of
the
concerts
and
dates:
·
July
13th
–
Oakland
Community
College
Jazz
Band
·
July
20th
–
Sinatra
and
Friends
·
July
27th
–
Strolling
down
Memory
Lane
with
Jerry
Connelly
“I
believe
this
series
exemplifies
the
cultural
diversity
that
is
now
Ferndale”
said
Ferndale
City
Councilman
Craig
Covey.
A
refreshment
concession
will
be
provided
by
the
Ferndale
Senior
Citizens
Group.
For
more
information,
contact
the
Kulick
Center
at
(248)
544-6767
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:
Aug
31
Edwin
H
Drescher
Jr
Memorial
Weekend
at
Higgins
Lake
WINGS
10th
Annual
weekend
to
Higgins
Lake
will
be
for
3
nights
this
year
from
Friday,
August
31
thru
Monday,
September
3.
There
will
be
snacks
provided
on
Friday
afternoon,
8
delicious
meals,
and
3
nights
lodging.
There
is
no
charge
for
this
trip
as
it
was
provided
for
by
the
Edwin
Drescher
Trust,
however
there
is
a
refundable
reservation
fee
of
$25.00
returned
upon
your
arrival.
Transportation
will
be
on
your
own.
The
first
100
paid
reservations
will
attend.
So
why
not
spend
the
holiday
weekend
lakeside
among
friends
and
enjoy
the
roaring
bon
fires,
boating
and
swimming
in
Higgins
Lake,
and
some
just
plain
Good
food
and
FUN
where
you
can
be
all
that
you
are!
Get
your
registration
form
by
writing
to
reservations@wingsmi.org
Sept
16
AIDS
Walk
Detroit
www.aidswalkdetroit.org
Oct
18
Horizons
Project
founder
retirement
dinner
Twenty
years
ago,
she
had
a
vision
that
has
saved
lives
and
human
spirits.
Now,
Kathryn
Wright,
D.O.,
founder
of
The
Horizons
Project,
is
retiring.
A
special
retirement
dinner
and
Inaugural
fundraiser
will
be
held
Thursday,
Oct.
18
from
6
p.m.
to
11
p.m.
at
the
Roostertail
on
the
Detroit
River.
Dr.
Wright
sought
to
provide
nonjudgmental,
youth-sensitive
care
to
adolescents
and
young
adults
living
with
HIV/AIDS.
In
1994,
she
founded
the
Horizons
Project
which
has
evolved
into
Detroit's
premier
HIV/AIDS
agency
for
Youth.
Proceeds
from
the
event
will
directly
support
the
Horizons
Project
of
the
Children's
Hospital
of
Michigan.
For
more
information
contact
Linda
Hyter
at
(313)
924-9493
or
by
email
at
lhyter@dmc.org
In
the
News
South
Carolina
Gov.
Sanford
Approves
$4M
for
HIV/AIDS
Treatment
Columbia
State,
6/28
South
Carolina
Gov.
Mark
Sanford
(R)
on
Wednesday
approved
a
measure
that
will
provide
$3
million
annually,
as
well
as
a
one-time
grant
of
$1
million,
to
provide
increased
access
to
HIV/AIDS
treatment
in
the
state,
the
Columbia
State
reports.
The
funds
also
will
be
used
to
reduce
the
number
of
people
on
the
waiting
list
for
the
state's
AIDS
Drug
Assistance
Program.
As
of
June
29,
the
state's
ADAP
waiting
list
stood
at
362
people
(Reid,
Columbia
State,
6/29).
ADAPs
are
federal-
and
state-funded
programs
that
provide
HIV/AIDS-related
medications
to
low-income,
uninsured
and
underinsured
HIV-positive
individuals.
South
Carolina
has
the
largest
ADAP
waiting
list
nationwide.
HHS
in
April
awarded
a
$26.8
million
grant
to
the
state
to
provide
HIV-positive
people
with
increased
access
to
treatment
and
care
services
and
remove
93
people
from
the
ADAP
waiting
list.
According
to
Sens.
Lindsey
Graham
(R-S.C.)
and
Jim
DeMint
(R-S.C.),
$25.6
million
will
be
allocated
to
provide
low-income
individuals
and
families
in
the
state
with
access
to
treatment.
The
remaining
$1.2
million
will
be
given
to
three
South
Carolina
community
health
centers
for
a
variety
of
uses
--
including
risk-reduction
counseling
and
ongoing
health
services
for
HIV-positive
people
(Kaiser
Daily
HIV/AIDS
Report,
5/10).According
to
the
State,
the
measure
provides
less
than
the
$8
million
requested
by
the
South
Carolina
Department
of
Health
and
Environmental
Control
and
HIV/AIDS
advocates.
Bambi
Gaddist,
executive
director
of
the
South
Carolina
HIV/AIDS
Council,
said
that
the
approved
amount
is
"monumental,"
even
though
it
is
less
than
the
$8
million
requested.By
mid-June,
210
people
had
been
removed
from
the
ADAP
waiting
list
with
federal
funds,
but
the
ADAP
receives
about
25
new
applications
weekly.
The
health
department
expects
to
receive
additional
federal
funds
in
August,
the
State
reports.The
South
Carolina
HIV/AIDS
Care
Crisis
Task
Force
will
meet
in
early
July
to
discuss
this
year's
progress
in
curbing
HIV/AIDS
in
the
state
and
to
set
goals
for
next
year,
the
State
reports.
The
task
force
plans
to
collect
data
on
the
effect
HIV/AIDS
has
on
hospital
systems
in
the
state,
particularly
in
rural
areas,
and
to
help
lawmakers
understand
the
virus'
impact
in
the
state.
The
funds
are
part
of
the
state
budget,
which
became
law
on
Sunday.
Severe
Form
of
Syphilis
Recorded
Among
MSM,
MMWR
Study
Says
Reuters,
6/28
A
serious
form
of
syphilis
is
appearing
among
some
men
who
have
sex
with
men,
according
to
a
study
published
in
the
June
29
