red ribbon advocacy conference 20 march 2011
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Talk reviewing ways U-M students can get involved locally, nationally, and internationally to help end AIDS.TRANSCRIPT
Getting Involved to Help End AIDSCarrie RheingansSchool of Public HealthSchool of Social WorkUniversity of Michigan
20 March 2011
Outline Brief Overview U-M Campus Local Community National International
Brief Overview
2004-2005: Project Community
2006: HARC Volunteering
2007-2008: HARC Staff 2008-2011: Campaign
to End AIDS, Youth action Institute
2008-2009: Public Health/AmeriCorps
2009: Vía Libre 2009-2010: Social Work 2010: Aizhixing,
International AIDS Conference
U-M Campus World AIDS Week:
http://worldaidsweekum.wordpress.com/
Ginsberg Center’s SERVE Program: http://ginsberg.umich.edu/serve/ Includes alternative breaks:
http://ginsberg.umich.edu/serve/asb/
Sexuality + Health Lab: https://www.sph.umich.edu/sexlab/sexlab_home.html
Red Cross Club: http://www.umich.edu/~redcross/
University Health Service: http://www.uhs.umich.edu/hivtestcounselor
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/urop/
Project Community/HARC
Sociology course based on Freire’s concientization pedagogy
Course facilitator Volunteer at HARC Staffed the testing clinic Later state-certified to
do HIV test counseling http://ginsberg.umich.e
du/projectcommunity/
HIV/AIDS Resource Center (HARC) Fundraising for
general budget Special events –
dinners, silent auction, wine tasting, AIDS Walk
Community coalitions SHOC, WAW
Attended trainings & conferences
http://hivaidsresource.org/
HARC Prevention Overview
Outreach Where people
congregate Mobile unit to high-
prevalence zip codes Education
HIV 101 presentations Part of HIV testing During outreach
http://hivaidsresource.org/hiv-aids-prevention-education-and-training/
HIV Testing, Counseling, Referral In clinics Health departments Mobile unit Rapid, traditional Anonymous,
Confidential
Outreach
Mobile Unit HIV testing Hand out supplies Syringe exchange Hepatitis C testing Referrals
Volunteers help a lot! http://hivaidsresource.
org/hiv-aids-prevention-education-and-training/outreach-services/
Outreach
Bar Outreach Hand out supplies Referrals
Promote HIV Testing Volunteers help a
lot!
HIV Counseling, Testing and Referral
Counseling = discuss client’s risk behavior, set safer behavior goals
Testing = obtain consent, collect sample
Referral = give info about other services of interest
http://hivaidsresource.org/hiv-testing/
C2EA/Youth Action Institute
Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA): http://www.c2ea.org/
Youth Action Institute (YAI): http://www.c2ea.org/events-actions/detail/youth-action-institute-2011/
We demand that our leaders: Fully fund quality treatment and
support services for all people living with HIV everywhere.
Ramp up HIV prevention at home and abroad, guided by science rather than ideology.
Increase research to find a cure, more effective treatments and better prevention tools.
Fight AIDS stigma and protect the civil rights of all people with HIV and AIDS everywhere.
Understand the vital role safe and stable housing plays in prevention and treatment and incorporate housing as a structural intervention for both.
C2EA/Youth Action Institute
AmeriCorpsNational service program Peace Corps Teach for America
Served 1800+ hours, 11 monthsLiving stipend, education awardTeam-basedhttp://www.aidsunited.org/community-impact/americorps
AmeriCorps Projects
Public Health Internship
HIV testing, counseling, & referral (including in Spanish)
Community education, guest lectures, outreach
Volunteer coordination Social media support Community coalitions
SHOC, WAW, MiCASH, C2EA
Vía Libre
ASO in Lima, Peru Serves most of Peru
Outreach/testing trip Training with staff Trainings with youth Website development
with youth voices http://vialibre.org.pe/
Vía Libre
Social Work Internship
Social media guidelines Interview board, staff Grant writing
Present at conferences Sex::Tech (Feb 2010) NASW-MI (April 2010)
Community coalitions SexLab research:
https://www.sph.umich.edu/sexlab/sexlab_home.html
Social Work Internship
C2EA Community Conversation with the White House Office for National AIDS Policy
November 2009 100+ attendees Feedback to ONAP
about HIV in Michigan
Social Work Internship
Health GAP (Global Access Project) Advocates for funding of AIDS
treatment programs and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria
Reforms US and world trade policies
Challenges Multinational Corporations to provide HIV/AIDS treatment to workers
Fights for debt cancellation Pressures drug companies Provides Training on Issues and
Tactics http://www.healthgap.org/
Health GAP (Global Access Project) Ask politicians direct questions
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel agrees to fund global AIDS programs $50bn over the next five years at the pre-conference for AIDS 2010: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PN8UXpZkTk
Turn any holiday or event into an activism event 2010 Ceremony for being U-M’s
Social Work Student of the Year – acceptance speech = great opportunity to speak out! (I speak at around 4:30): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whjx_O6q2HU
Social Work Internship II
Beijing Aizhixing Institute – 1st conference on HIV and social work
Social workers and HIV organization staff from across China
Social Work Internship II
International AIDS Conference 2010
Bi-yearly international meeting of health professionals, researchers, community members, and people at risk for HIV infection
Hundreds of activists Sex workers’ and drug
users’ rights, AIDS meds issues, funding conflicts
International AIDS Conference 2010
International AIDS Conference 2010
Future Work
Hire me and I’ll tell you
Questions? Comments? Corrections?
Carrie [email protected]
www.crheinga.wordpress.comwww.hivaidsresource.org
www.americorps.govwww.sph.umich.eduwww.ssw.umich.edu http://vialibre.org.pe
www.umichsph.wordpress.com