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Happenings
11th
Annual
Ferndale
Pub
Crawl
is
coming
soon!
The
11th
annual
pub
crawl
will
be
held
on
Friday,
July
27,
2007
beginning
at
6PM
at
Boogie
Fever,
22901
Woodward
Ave.
There
are
21
venues
participating
this
year
benefiting
many
Ferndale
causes
including
the
Midwest
AIDS
Prevention
Project.
Admission
is
$10.00
at
the
door
and
you
must
be
21
or
over
to
participate.
The
Days
Hotel.
is
offering
special
rates
and
free
hotel
shuttle
at
the
conclusion
on
the
crawl.
Call
248-545-1435
for
additional
information.
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
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
27
11th
Annual
Ferndale
Pub
Crawl
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
Nov
1-2
13th
Annual
STD
&
HIV
Conference
Conference
to
be
held
at
the
Ann
Arbor
Marriott
Ypsilanti.
For
complete
information
go
to
www.hihivnews/std_hiv_conference_2007.htm
In
the
News
Former
Surgeon
General
Carmona
Says
Bush
Administration
Blocked
Him
From
Speaking
About
Certain
Issues
New
York
Times,
7/11
Former
Surgeon
General
Richard
Carmona
on
Tuesday
in
a
hearing
with
the
House
Committee
on
Oversight
and
Government
Reform
said
the
Bush
administration
routinely
blocked
him
from
speaking
about
or
issuing
reports
on
certain
issues
--
including
human
embryonic
stem
cell
research,
abstinence-only
sex
education,
emergency
contraception
and
other
sensitive
public
health
topics
--
while
he
was
serving
in
the
position,
the
Washington
Post
reports.
Carmona,
a
former
professor
of
surgery
and
public
health
at
the
University
of
Arizona,
was
nominated
by
President
Bush
to
serve
as
surgeon
general
from
2002
to
2006.
"Anything
that
doesn't
fit
into
the
political
appointees'
ideological,
theological
or
political
agenda
is
often
ignored,
marginalized
or
simply
buried,"
Carmona
said,
adding,
"The
problem
with
this
approach
is
that
in
public
health,
as
in
a
democracy,
there
is
nothing
worse
than
ignoring
science
or
marginalizing
the
voice
of
science
for
reasons
driven
by
changing
political
winds"
(Lee,
Washington
Post,
7/11).During
his
testimony,
Carmona
said
that
he
initially
had
little
idea
how
inappropriate
the
administration's
actions
were.
He
said
that
he
consulted
six
previous
surgeons
general
and
they
all
agreed
he
experienced
more
political
interference
than
they
had,
according
to
the
New
York
Times
(Harris,
New
York
Times,
7/11).
Former
Surgeons
General
David
Satcher
--
who
served
under
former
Presidents
Clinton
and
George
H.W.
Bush
from
1998
to
2002
--
and
C.
Everett
Koop
--
who
served
under
former
President
Reagan
--
also
testified
at
the
hearing
and
spoke
about
HIV/AIDS
issues
(Washington
Post,
7/11).
Satcher
during
the
hearing
said
the
Clinton
administration
would
not
support
federal
funding
for
needle-exchange
programs
even
though
federal
studies
have
shown
they
are
effective
at
reducing
the
spread
of
HIV.
Satcher
