Calendar of Events: Raising Our Voices at AIDS 2012!

Where in the world is PWN at AIDS 2012? Check out our up-to-date calendar below. Got an event you want to list? E-mail sbrastogi(at)womenhiv.org. Follow us on twitter #uspwn #AIDS2012 #women and like us on Facebook.

• A Delegate Guide to Women and HIV at AIDS 2012: comprehensive guide of women-focused sessions and U.S.-specific sessions relevant to women.
• AIDS 2012 Full Program-at-a-Glance.

July 19 – Thursday

1. LIVING 2012 Pre-Conference
   When: all day (July 19th and 20th)
   By registration only: www.living2012.org
   Description: The goal of LIVING 2012 is to guide and inform actions and programmes of people living with HIV networks and other stakeholders through an evidence-informed advocacy strategy developed by and for people living with HIV.

July 20 – Friday

1. LIVING 2012 Pre-Conference
   When: all day
   By registration only: www.living2012.org
   Description: The goal of LIVING 2012 is to guide and inform actions and programmes of people living with HIV networks and other stakeholders through an evidence-informed advocacy strategy developed by and for people living with HIV.

July 21 – Saturday

1. Raising Our Voices at AIDS 2012: U.S. Positive Women’s Network Pre-Conference
   When: 8:30am-5pm
   By registration only: click here
   Description: PWN is hosting a pre-conference for women living with HIV in the U.S.! Build a community, roadmap your activities, and advocate for women!
2. Turning the Tide with Sisterhood, Solidarity, Action: AIDS 2012 Reception for Women’s Advocates
   When: 6:30pm-8pm
   Co-hosted with ATHENA Network, PWN, CHANGE, and the Women’s Networking Zone. By invite and RSVP only.
   Description: Network with women living with HIV and allies before the conference starts! Reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and non-alcoholic drinks and cash bar! Short program at 7pm.

July 22 – Sunday

1. Women’s Networking Zone
   When: all day July 22nd – July 27th
   Where: Global Village
   Description: A space for women and advocates to share information, build community, and have fun! Stay tuned for the WNZ program.
2. Satellite Session with Office on Women’s Health: Collaborating Across Borders to Enhance the Health of Women
   When: 9am – 11am
   Where: Main Conference, Mini Room 4
   Description: This session focuses on the impact of global and domestic federally-funded programs that address HIV prevention among women and girls of all races/ethnicities and sexual identities.

July 23 – Monday

1. PWN Press Conference: From the Shadows – Women, Sex, HIV, and Violence: A Report on How Trauma Drives the HIV Epidemic
   When: 10am – 10:45am
   Where: Media Center, Press Conference Rm. 2
   Description: Featuring women living with HIV, Edward Machtinger, MD, the Principal Investigator of recently released groundbreaking UCSF trauma study, and federal government officials. For more info and press kit click here.
   Media Contact: Sonia Rastogi, sbrastogi(at)womenhiv.org
2. Symposia Session: Turning the Tide of the Impact of HIV in Black Diaspora Communities
   When: 11am – 12:30pm
   Where: Global Village, Session Room 1
   Description: featuring PWNers Vanessa Johnson, Andrea Lamour Harrington, and ally Brook Kelly
3. Leadership and Skills-building Workshop: Speak Up! How to go viral… safely! Media and communications for change for people living with HIV
   When: 2:30pm – 6pm
   Where: Main Conference, Mini Room 4
   Description: Led by people living with HIV and grassroots media experts. Practice public speaking, brainstorm a social media strategy, and develop a video blog to name a few activities. All delegates welcome.
   Facilitators and panelists: Sonia Rastogi, U.S. Positive Women’s Newtork, USA; Kellee Terrell, theBody.com, USA; Olivia Ford, theBody.com, USA; Edwin J. Bernard, HIV Justice Network, Germany; Maria Mejia, The Well Project/A Girl Like Me, USA
4. Positive Women: Exposing Injustice
   When: 2:30pm
   Where: In the Canada Exhibit (D 35)
   Description:  a 45 minute documentary on a social model that criminalize intimate behavior with 4 personal stories of women from Canada

July 24 – Tuesday

1. Positive Women: Exposing Injustice
   When: 9:15am – 10:15am 
   Where: Women’s Networking Zone
   Description:  a 45 minute documentary on a social model that criminalize intimate behavior with 4 personal stories of women from Canada
2. 30 for 30 Campaign Press Conference: Women Matter!
   When: 10am – 10:45am
   Where: Media Center, Press Conference Rm. 1
   Description: TBA
3. Mobilization!: Women Making Waves
   When: 11pm – 1pm
   Where: Join women from around the world and women’s advocates as we march to make waves! Meet at the DC Convention Center at 11am. Start marching at 12pm. Check out the Women’s Delegate Guide for a route map. Meet at Lafayette Park at 1pm. Women Making Waves is one of five feeder marches for the mass mobilization called We Can End AIDS.
   Description: We have the science to turn the tide against the epidemic. And women are making waves!
4. T-Talk: Turning the Tide of Imprisonment and Criminalization of Transgender People in the African, Black Caribbean Diaspora
   When: 1pm – 2:30pm
   Where: Global Village, Black Diaspora Networking Zone
   Featuring: PWNer Andrea Lamour Harrington

July 25 – Wednesday

1. Session: Get a Test. Risk Arrest
   When: 11am – 12:30pm
   Where:
   Description: How does HIV Criminalization impact our effort to turn the tide? Check out this session to learn more.
   Featuring PWN Human Rights Attorney Brook Kelly: “When sex is a crime: ending the criminalization of HIV-positive women’s sexuality in the United States”

July 26 – Thursday

1. Bridging Session: Activism Toay: Reigniting the Spark
   When: 4:30pm – 6pm
   Where: Main Conference, Session Room 8
   Description: Activism has shaped the HIV movement since the early ’80s. It is still alive! Learn how to reignite the spark in our communities.
   Featuring: PWNers Gina Brown and Waheedah Shabazz-El and ally and visionary Terry McGovern.
2. Positive Women: Exposing Injustice
   When: 6pm – 7pm
   Where: Global Village Screening Room
   Description:  a 45 minute documentary on a social model that criminalize intimate behavior with 4 personal stories of women from Canada
3. Satellite Session: Choice Matters: Expanding the Method Mix of ARV-based Prevention in Women
   When: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
   Where: Main Conference, Mini Room 7
   Description: This session will take stock of the myriad of developments and events that have occurred since AIDS 2010, define today’s current landscape, and discuss what should happen–and must happen–over the next two years in the area of HIV prevention for women.
   Featuring: This session is organized by the Microbicide Trials Network, International Partnership for Microbicides and AVAC: Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention and features two PWN speakers: Dawn Averitt Bridge and Naina Khanna.
4. An AIDS-free Generation? Not Without Women. A Capitol Hill Reception during AIDS 2012.
   When: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
   Where: Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Atrium, East Capitol Street and First STreet NE (Union Station metro stop on red line)
   Description: hosted by CHANGE, UNAIDS, UN Population Fund, and UN Women bringing together advocates, policy makers, and donors to recognize the importance of a women-centered approach to HIV. Featuring PWNer Gina Brown! RSVP required to Erika Vijh at evijh@genderhealth.org.

July 27 – Friday

1. Panel Discussion: Global Plan to Eliminate Transmission to Children and Keeping Mothers Alive
   When: 11am – 12:30pm
   Where: Global Village, Red Ribbon Community Dialogue Networking Zone
   Featuring: PWNer Waheedah Shabazz-El