HISPANIC DIALOGUE PRE-CONFERENCE
Sunday, October 23, 2011
The Galt House Hotel
140 North 4th Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.
12:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Please Join Us! This Institute is FREE to
the public and lunch is included.
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for
Public Heath, is proud to announce the 1st Annual Latino
Dialogue Kick-off Event, as a part of the African-American and
Hispanic/Latino Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS.
Featuring: Latina Immigrants Photo Ethnography currently being
shown at the University of Louisville Cultural Center by Dr. Mari
Mujica.
This forum will provide a unique opportunity for the Latino community
and providers of services to the Latino community within the
Commonwealth of Kentucky to get together and discuss successful ways of
addressing the social determinants driving the HIV epidemic among
Hispanics, engage in strategic networking with colleagues, Latino
community leaders, and key local, regional & national subject matter
experts; and also examine the unique challenges and barriers experienced
in engaging in sustained HIV prevention and care.
Topics and sessions will include:
1) The National Landscape: Policy, Strategies and
Challenges—Francisco Ruiz, National Alliance of State and Territorial
AIDS Directors (NASTAD)
2) The Regional Landscape; Policy, Strategies, and Challenges—Christian
Castro, the Latino Commission on AIDS
3) The Kentucky Landscape: Policy, Strategies, and Challenges—Ricardo
Beato, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
4) Latino Community Conversation—Discussion with all participants
Please RSVP by October 19, 2011, e-mail
kyconference@gmail.com, or call
Angel Rubio at (859) 576-1798. Provide the name (s) of all those
planning to attend, address(s), telephone number(s), email(s), &
organization(s). Be sure to indicate that you are planning to attend the
Hispanic Dialogue.
DID YOU KNOW?
In Kentucky, Hispanic Males, aged 20-29 years, had the highest
proportion of cumulative cases (39%) While, Almost half (45%) of HIV
infected Hispanics who receive their diagnosis in their 20s are women.
Please help spread the word! Click here to download a flyer about the Hispanic Dialogue.
We invite you to also learn more about the FREE
faith-based institute and lunch on Monday, October 24, 2011 and the rest
of the conference (October 25 – 26, 2011).