Training the Next Generation of Positive Women Advocates
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September 2, 2010 (New York City) —HIV Law Project's Summer Advocacy Institute is underway. Classes began on August 11, 2010. This eight-week program is designed to teach basic advocacy skills and develop leadership among HIV-positive women living in New York City. "We've [HIV Law Project] been spearheading efforts to educate, train, and empower low-income women living with HIV/AIDS since 1989," said Tracy L. Welsh, Executive Director at HIV Law Project. "Now in its second year, the Summer Institute is the contemporary incarnation of this 20+ year effort."
Twenty women are enrolled in the 2010 program, including graduates of HIV Law Project's spring 2010 Law TAP program, which is a legal know-your-rights training series for women living with HIV/AIDS and members of the Center for Women & HIV Advocacy's Steering Committee.
The Summer Advocacy Institute covers issues that are of critical importance to positive women and brings in a variety of practitioners, policy experts and grassroots advocates to run the trainings, including HIV Law Project leadership and staff. The following issues have been or will be covered during the course period:
TOPIC |
PRESENTER |
The Power of the Grassroots/ |
Unique Robinson, |
Cutting An Issue |
Andrea Williams, |
Developing a Strategy |
Rona Taylor |
Understanding the Relations of Power (Policy Makers 101) |
Tracie Gardner, |
Legislative Advocacy |
Kristin Goodwin, |
Using Media for Advocacy |
Jennifer Flynn, |
Working in Coalition |
Alison Yager, |
Designing an Effective Action |
Waheedah Shabazz-El |
For more information please contact: Tracy L. Welsh, Executive Director at HIV Law Project @ (212) 577-3001 ext. 242 or Michael S. Pankow, Development Director at HIV Law Project @ (212) 577-3001 ext. 231 or mpankow@hivlawproject.org
