DC Fights Back's New Officers; Next Meeting July 31st

At our last meeting DC Fights Back elected new officers. Are new co-chairs are George Kerr and Larry Bryant. I (David Mariner) am the new public relations coordinator, and Cherie Lindsay is the new internal affairs coordinator. It's a great team, and I'm excited to be part of the new steering committee that is going to take this organization to the next level.

Our next meeting will be July 31st at Our Place DC starting at 6:00 PM. Our Place is at 801 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20003 Suite 460, very close to the Eastern Market metro.

Some of the things in the works include a women's only speakout modeled after the Speakout we organized in May, an outreach event working in partnership with the Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association, and continuing the discussion about who we are and how we will operate going forward.

Also, I'll be heading up a communications working group. We will look at a lot of things including: submitting op-eds to local papers that reflecting the issues raised at the Speakout and other events, using youtube to help people with HIV tell their own stories about what is really going on in DC. Alex has also been working on some cool improvements to the DCFB website.

Please join us at the next meeting!