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Contemporary Conversation: HIV/AIDS in the Black Community

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports Black/African Americans make up 42% of new HIV diagnoses. This group also has the highest diagnoses across other categories, including women and same gender loving males.

Join Karen Simms (Trauma & Resilience Initiative), Janice Walker, Susan Johnson (CU-PHD), and Justin Hendrix (HITNHOMEBOY) as they talk about community interventions and challenges to prevention.

Contemporary Conversations: HIV/AIDS in the Black Community is being presented as part of the exhibit Sewn in Memory: AIDS Quilt Panels from Central Illinois.

This virtual program is scheduled for Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 7:00 pm on Zoom.

Zoom Details

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Webinar ID: 83847405495
Password: 454884

About Contemporary Conversations

The Contemporary Conversations programmatic series instigates conversations around contemporary cultural issues, themes, and ideas.

Please note that this program does NOT take place at the Spurlock Museum.

Contact

For further information on this event, contact the Museum Information Desk at or (217) 333-2360

All participants are welcome. To request disability-related accommodations for this event, please contact Brian Cudiamat at or (217) 244-5586.