East and West Coast Training Summits on CBA and EBI
Implementation for African American and Latino MSM
Who should attend?
Each training summit will convene CBA providers and CBO program staff who are supporting/implementing d-up!, Many Men, Many Voices, Mpowerment, and Popular Opinion Leader. These summits are a call to action for individuals wanting to further enhance CBA services and to improve intervention implementation. In order to optimize CBA and CBO participation from diverse geographic areas, the CA PTC will be holding summits on both the west coast and the east coast:
- February 22 - 23, 2011 in Oakland, California
- March 9 - 10, 2011 in Washington, DC
CBA providers and CBO program staff are invited to participate in the two-day meetings which will include group discussions on training challenges and implementation pitfalls and successes in the field. Each summit will include large general sessions to address broader over-arching areas and small break-out sessions to focus on intervention-specific themes.
What's on the agenda?
Each two-day summit will start at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p.m. Our guest speakers will address the challenges, successes and opportunities for HIV prevention among African American and Latino MSM. The summits will conclude with recommendations for best practices, networking and mentoring opportunities, the provision of other resources/tools, and recommendations for next steps.
Additionally, each summit will offer a Tools Table for participants to share copies of locally developed CBA-related and agency-promotional materials. These can include brochures, CD-ROMs, directories, fliers, and other creative promotional materials. Agencies wishing to share resources should plan to bring or ship fifty to seventy-five copies to the meeting site.
Who's on the agenda?
Confirmed speakers include:
- George Ayala, PsyD, Executive Officer of the Global Forum on MSM & HIV (West Coast Summit)
- Greg Millett, MPH, Senior Policy Advisor at the White House Office of National AIDS Policy;
Senior Behavioral Scientist, CDC Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (East Coast Summit)
- Kenneth Jones, MSW, Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (Both Summits)
- Leo Wilton, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Human Development & Africana Studies, Binghamton University (Both Summits)
Traveling from out of town?
Each participating agency will be responsible for their staff's transportation and lodging expenses. Participants traveling greater distances to attend the summits may book a guest room at a neighboring host hotel at a discounted guest room rate. Information on host hotels will be sent to applicants along with their registration confirmations.
How can you participate?
To prepare for the summits, we have developed a brief online needs assessment. The purpose of the of this survey is to identify the needs and strengths of CBOs that are currently implementing or have formerly implemented any of the four interventions listed above. The findings will be presented at the summits and key themes and topics gleaned from the survey will be reflected in the agenda. We encourage you to complete the brief survey at this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DTCTGKW (your responses are confidential).
Space is limited, so register now!
For the West Coast Summit, register here:
http://www.stdhivtraining.org/presentation_description.html?id=28
For the East Coast Summit, register here:
http://www.stdhivtraining.org/presentation_description.html?id=29
For more information please contact J. Gabriel Rendon, Project Planner, at the CA PTC, at 510-625-6055 or via email at gabriel.rendon@ucsf.edu