#2015USCA a great meeting. According to Vanicy.com, #2015USCA was one of the top 100 “trending topics” on Twitter last week. Continue to post your comments and pictures at #2015USCA or #NMAC.
Participants attending HIV Action Day
sponsors and the DC host committee. Special shout-out to Gilead as the Presenting Sponsor, Merck and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for their HIV Action Day sponsorship and ViiV and the Magic Johnson Foundation for their support of the youth initiative.
USCA appreciates and values your years of support, your understanding when things don’t go perfectly, and your willingness to go on this adventure with NMAC.
britnidanielle Last week was dope. I traveled to DC to attend the US Conf. On AIDS.
I learned so much at #2015usca & met so many DOPE people I can hardly explain it all.
But now it’s back to work. #HappyMonday everyone!
thefabgiver I came, I hugged, I learned... #2015USCA, it has been real! See everyone next
year. P.S. I love my newest @greaterthanaids t-shirt. I think this makes number six in my
collection ? 2d
Nancy Pelosi ??@NancyPelosi Sep 10 to be honored w/ the Elizabeth Taylor Legacy Award
a symbol of our commitment to fighting AIDS! ?#2015usca
love letter to USCA. MTV also sent this great email, they were @ USCA shooting a documentary.
We captured some great footage of Mr. Barton and Mr. Sharp at the conference.
We interviewed several of their peers who are also participants of the youth program. I wanted to tell you
that each of them spoke very highly of you and all of them indicated that their participation in the program
had changed their lives to some extent.
The very fact that USCA and the youth program brought Kristopher and Kahlib together is a testament to the
good work you all are dong. MTV and Viacom INC. look forward to having the opportunity to highlight that
work in the documentary.
NMAC’s new mission, vision and name are part of the agency’s commitment to “lead with race” and to fight for racial justice and reduce health disparities. They are part of the DNA of the agency and a key component of future meetings.
Bryan Stevenson’s plenary talk, here is his TED Talk. Some presentations were posted on the web site. Clairissa Walton will continue to add PowerPoints until Dec. 2015.
story and photo from the Trans Community’s USCA protest. USCA will always support free speech and stand in solidarity with the trans community.
GMHC with Plus’ editor in chief Diane Anderson-Minshall
HIV Plus posted some fun pictures. POZ magazine had two great pieces: 10 Big Issues Discussed @ USCA and 10 Tweets from USCA to Empower Your Activism. HRC wrote a blog on the top 5 takeaways. CNN covered the Female Health Company’s USCA reception and milestone of having sold 500 million female condoms. The Washington Post had stories about the Elizabeth Taylor Legacy award that was given to House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Mondo Guerra @ USCA.
Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood FL
#2016USCA will happen at the epicenter of new HIV infections. Mark your calendar for Sep. 15-18, 2016 in Hollywood Florida. Next year’s meeting will examine Puerto Rico and the entire Caribbean diaspora that lives in south Florida. The Diplomat is the 2016 host hotel with nightly room rates of only $130. Reservations will be accepted starting in Jan 2016.
Please fill out the online final evaluation here. The form will only be online until Oct 10th. USCA takes lots of work and long hours, thanks to NMAC’s dedicated staff and board, they are the reason the meeting is great!
Yours in the struggle,
Paul Kawata
Executive Director
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