Day 1

9:00

Opening worship

9:30 

Introduction and Overview

Seminar Designer

10:00  

Session: HIV/AIDS – The State of Things in 2004 (A Global Overview)

Bertil Lindblad, Deputy Director UNAIDS 

11:00

break

11:15 

Session/Case Study: Latino/a Communities and the AIDS Pandemic

Rev. Danielline Martinez, Health Educator, San Juan Bautista Center

12:15  

Lunch

1:00  

Session/ Field Site Visits: Meeting Neighbors Near and Far

United Nations Permanent Mission to Zimbabwe

128 East 56th Street

(Between Park & Lexington Avenue)

Deputy Ambassador Vengese

212-980-9511

Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)

AIDS Walk NY – Volunteer Experience/Opportunity

125 West 24th Street (between 6th – 7th Ave.)

Room 720 – 7th floor

212-367-1086

Day 2

9:00

Worship

9:30

Debriefing Day 1

Seminar Designer

10:15

Break

10:30

Session: Session: The Role of Media in Addressing & Combating HIV/AIDS

David Andrews, President - Population Communications International 

11:30  

Session: Christian Faith and the AIDS Pandemic

Rev. Stacey Latimer, Coordinator, Black Church HIV/AIDS Network Balm in Gilead

12:30  

Lunch

1:30

Session: AIDS Activism and Advocacy: Lessons from the Past, Challenges for the Future

Kate Rope, Staff Writer- American Foundation for AIDS Research - AmfAR

2:30 

Session: Living with HIV/AIDS – a Personal Reflection

Dina Winchell,Gay Men’s Health Crisis

3:30

Wrap-up and evaluation

3:45

Departure for United Nations Tour