HIV/AIDS at 35: Local and Global Perspectives

Date 03/02/2016 - 9:30am to 3:45pm
Location: Paul Robeson Campus Center, Essex Room, Rutgers University-Newark
Women's & Gender Studies Annual Symposium: HIV/AIDS at 35: Local and Global Perspectives
Program Schedule:
9:30am-10:15am: Registration and Breakfast

10:15am-10:30am: Welcome Remarks
Timothy Stewart-Winter, Women's & Gender Studies Program

10:30am-11:50am: Panel I - Histories and Publics
George Aumoithe, Teaching Fellow in History, Columbia University
Alison Howell, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
Jason Bird, Assistant Professor of Social Work, Rutgers University - Newark
Gary Paul Wright, Executive Director, African American Office of Gay Concerns

12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm-2:20pm: Panel II - Policy on the Ground
Ky'iera Campbell, Activist
Deloris Dockrey, Director of Community Organizing and NJ Women's Advocacy Network, Hyacinth Foundation
Jeffrey Escoffier, Independent Scholar/New York City, Department of Health

2:30pm-3:50pm: Panel III - Fighting Back in Newark
James Credle, Activist
Aaron Frazier, Activist
June Dowell-Burton, Activist