Red ribbon advocacy conference 20 march 2011

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 Rheinganscrheinga@umich.edu

www.crheinga.wordpress.comwww.hivaidsresource.org

www.americorps.govwww.sph.umich.eduwww.ssw.umich.edu http://vialibre.org.pe

www.umichsph.wordpress.com