National Conference Sponsored by the United Methodist Global AIDS Committee
Breaking Barriers Workshops
(Speakers and schedule subject to change)
 
Friday, October 26, 2018 10:45 - 12:15 pm
 
 
WORKSHOP
 
Aging and HIV
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Global Perspectives & Trends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
HIV & AIDS 101
 
 
 
 
Opioid Epidemic and HIV
 
 
 
 
 
 
What's Happening with HIV & AIDS in Southern United States
 
 
 
HIV & Tuberculosis
 
 
 
 
 
Friday, October 26, 2018 2:00 - 3:30 pm
 
WORKSHOP
 
Pediatric AIDS - Realities & Treatment
 
 
 
 
 
 
Living with HIV & Taking Care of Yourself
 
 
 
 
 
What's Happening with HIV & AIDS in Southern United States
 
 
 
Breaking Barriers in Indiana on HIV & AIDS
 
 
 
 
HIV Retreats/Healing Weekends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Q & A with Indiana Dept. of Health HIV/STD Division
 
 
Saturday, October 27, 218 8:15 - 9:45 am
 
 
WORKSHOP
 
 
HIV Retreats/Healing Weekends
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transgender Issues & HIV
 
 
 
 
 
 
Human Sexuality and HIV
 
 
 
 
Latest Research on HIV & AIDS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Women and HIV
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seminary Education & Healing the Sick
LEADERS
 
William Booth (Ohio Oranizer/Mobilizer for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation residing in Dayton, OH
Jerry Mallicoat (LGBTQ Health Initiatives Manager for Public Health - Dayton & Montgomery County, Dayton, OH)
Irma Clark (Chair, Northern Illinois HIV/AIDS Task Force, Certified AA HIV Education Prevention Instuctor, Chicago, IL)
 
Rev. Don Messer (Director, Center for Health and Hope, Denver, CO, Member of UMC Global AIDS Committee)
Dr. Pauline Muchina (Speaker, AIDS Advocate and Representative for Africa at American Friends Service Committee, Washington, DC)
Anne Kahdudu Baraza, (Director, Riruta United Women Empowerment Programme (RUWEPO), Kenya)
 
Stephen Everett (Special Projects Leader Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
 
 
Pam Pontones (Deputy State Health Commissioner overseeing Epidemiology Resource Center, Office of Public Health Performance Management and Division of HIV/STD, and Viral Hepatitis, Indianapolis, IN)
 
 
Ulysses Burley, III (Founder of UBtheCure, LLC Chicago.  Former member of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
 
 
Joseph (Sean) Cavanaugh (Senior TB Technical Advisor, Program Quality Team at Office of Global AIDS Coordinator/PEPFAR, U.S. Department of State
 
 
 
 
LEADERS
 
Dr. Rachel Vreeman (Associate Professor of Pediatrics & the Joe & Sarah Ellen Scholar for Global Health Research at Indiana University School of Medicine & Director of Research for the IU Center for Global Health)
 
 
Dr. Mazvita Machinga (Dean, Student Affairs at Africa University, Clinical Director of the PCCouseling Services, Psychotherapist at Mutare Provincial Hospital, Zimbabwe)
 
 
Ulysses Burley, III (Founder of UBtheCure, LLC Chicago.  Former member of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
 
 
Dr. Joan Duwve (Associate Dean for Practice, Indiana University Fairbanks School of Public Health)
 
 
Brian Montgomery (Chair of the West Ohio HIV/AIDS Task Force & musician.  Resides in Cincinnati, OH)
Bill Butler (Volunteer at the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS in Phoenix and Desert Southwest Conference's HIV Caring Ministries.  Also on staff, Strength for the Journey in Phoenix)
 
Dennis Stover (Director, Indiana Department of Health HIV/STD Division Indianapolis)
 
 
 
 
 
LEADER
 
 
Brian Montgomery (Chair of the West Ohio HIV/AIDS Task Force and musician.  Resides in Cincinnati, OH)
Bill Butler (Volunteer at the Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS in Phoenix and Desert Southwest Conference's HIV Caring Ministries, staff person with Strength for the Journey in Phoenix.
 
Melissa Murry (Activist, speaker, and leader in the transgender community partnering with local and national agencies to educate on trans issues, HIV/AIDS, and intersectionality from a trans perspective.)
 
 
Abbe Shapiro (Director of Programs and Evaluation for Life Smart Youth, Indianapolis, IN
 
 
Dr. Samir Gupta (Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Director of the IUPUI Center for AIDS Research Signature Center and practicing HIV provider at Eskenazi Health Hospital)
Dr. Kara Wools-Kaloustian (Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Dennis Fortenberry (Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine)
Dr. Andy Yu (Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and lead investigator on HIV cure research at Indiana University School of Medicine)
 
 
Dr. Pauline Muchina (Speaker, AIDS Advocate and Representative for Africa at American Friends Service Committee, Washington DC)
Sharon Thomas (Speaker, Activist, Woman Living with HIV, Cleveland, OH
 
 
Dr. Cheryl Anderson (Professor of Old Testament, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, IL)
Dr. Bill Kincaid (President, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN)
Rae Lewis-Thornton (AIDS Activist, Life Coach, Blogger, Social Media Expert, Author living with HIV for 35 years and AIDS for 25.  Resides in Chicago, IL)