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May News

HPLS Planning Update
(May 8, 2008)The Host Committee for the upcoming national HIV Prevention Leadership Summit (HPLS), to be held in Detroit this year from June 11-13, met yesterday at Cadillac Place. This committee, which has been working hard for the past several months to plan local events and organize volunteers for the conference, is still in need of your help.

There will be a Host Display center at HPLS, providing an opportunity for Michigan ASO's and CBOs with HIV prevention programs to showcase these programs to HPLS attendees from around the nation as well as CDC and other federal officials. If you run an HIV prevention program in Michigan, the Host Display Committee requests your participation. (See HPLS Planning.)

A note on volunteering for HPLS
If you would like to volunteer for HPLS but will be coming from out of town there is good news and bad. If you volunteer for a half day, you may attend the conference for the other half day. However, there is a required volunteer orientation, which will be held on Monday, June 9 in Detroit. If you volunteer for the Host Display you will not have to attend the volunteer orientation, however, you will not receive any comp time to attend the conference.

The HPLS schedule is now available, so you can see what hours you would like to attend and coordinate your available volunteer time. If you have already sent in your volunteer application, please do not send in another one. Instead, please contact the Volunteer Committee Chair, Rev. James Curry to indicate new times that you are available to volunteer. (See HPLS Planning)

MI-Poz Director Offers Challenge to Support PWA Lounge at HPLS
Every year there is PWA lounge provided for those persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWH/As) who attend HPLS and volunteer to help, so that they may find respite from the bustle and long hours of the conference, as well as refreshments that they may need throughout the day to support their well-being and timely medication adherence.

The PWA Lounge sub-committee chair reported that this committee is still in need of support for food/beverages etc. for visiting PWA's in the Lounge.

"MI-POZ has challenged ALL to match our donation of $100.00 to support this effort," said MI-Poz Executive Director Mark Peterson. "ESPECIALLY CBOs and ASOs!!! No worries--we'll take money from individuals too. Thank You Hank Milbourne and the Black Pride Society for stepping right up first!!"

Please make checks payable to Community Health Outreach Workers or C.H.O.W.
Please write: HPLS 2008 PWA Lounge on Memo line and mail to CHOW, 220 Bagely, #740 Detroit, MI 48226, Attn: Leslie Denard. CHOW will reply with donation letters for tax purposes to all who require them.

 

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