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Monday, August 30

6:30 p.m. - Reception

7:00 p.m. - Screening

St. Thomas’ Parish Episcopal Church

1772 Church Street, NW

Metro: Dupont Circle, on the Red Line

RSVP requested - rsvp(at)pulitzercenter.org

The Pulitzer Center and St. Thomas’ Parish present this film screening and Q & A with Lisa Biagiotti.

The Glass Closet: Sex, Stigma and HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, a reporting project by Micah Fink and Gabrielle Weiss, was produced in partnership with WNET’s Worldfocus program and correspondant Lisa Biagiotti. The project explores the effects of homophobia on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Jamaica and includes four short documentary films that were broadcast on Worldfocus. A discussion and Q&A with Lisa Biagiotti will follow the screening..

Lisa Biagiotti is an independent multimedia journalist. She recently produced a documentary on toilets and open defecation in India and Indonesia for Current TV’s Vanguard documentary series. Lisa has produced and edited short-form videos and weekly radio shows for Worldfocus — a daily public television news program and website. She was awarded the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the international television category and was nominated for a national news Emmy Award for the videos she produced on the crisis in Congo. Lisa worked with the Pulitzer Center as a Worldfocus correspondent to produce “The Glass Closet: HIV/AIDS in Jamaica.” Learn more at http://lisabiagiotti.com/

The Glass Closet is part of the Pulitzer Center’s in-depth reporting on HIV in the Caribbean, which also includes current work in Haiti and the Emmy award-winning project HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica.

The Pulitzer Center promotes in-depth engagement with global affairs through its sponsorship of quality international journalism across all media platforms and an innovative program of outreach and education. To learn more visit www.pulitzercenter.org

Join the DC Center HIV Working Group for a special Town Hall meeting to discuss new data on gay & bisexual men and HIV/AIDS in the District of Columbia.  The meeting will take place Monday March 29th at 7:00 PM at the DC Center for the LGBT Community, 1810 14th St NW.

We will hear a presentation on the new data, learn what the HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Administration (HAHSTA) is doing to address the issue, and hear from members of the community.  Please join us so that your voice can be part of this important conversation.

The DC Center HIV Working Group is working in partnership with Rev. Dyan Abena McCray of the Unity Fellowship Church of DC and Rev. Dwayne Johnson of the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington DC to plan an event for the National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS taking place the week of March 7th.

If you would like to be involved in helping to plan this event, or coordinate outreach to churches in DC, please contact HIV Working Group member Calvin Gerald.

The National Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS is is the coming together of all people of faith to unite with purpose, compassion and hope. Through the power of God’s love we will educate every American about HIV prevention facts; encourage and support HIV testing; advocate for the availability of compassionate care and treatment for all those living with the disease in every community in America; and love unconditionally all persons living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.

An Interdisciplinary Look at Drug Policy: A Case Study

Wednesday, Jan 20

6:00 PM - 8:30 PM

George Washington University
Media & Public Affairs Building, Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st St NW

What responsibility do we have to craft drug policies and implement treatment programs that address medical, public health, economic, and foreign affairs considerations?

Join us for this town hall-style seminar as we discuss this question using Heroin-Assisted Treatment (HAT) as a case study. HAT is a treatment option that has been implemented in the Netherlands and Switzerland and inspired research trials in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Spain.

Contact: Julie Archer, 202.306.0048, jularcher@gmail.com 

To see the complete agenda: http://www.drugpolicy.org/events/event.cfm?eventID=884

Refreshments will be served

The next meeting of The DC Center's HIV Working Group takes place Wednesday January 20th at 7:00 PM at the new location of The DC Center, 1810 14th St, NW.

This months meeting will include a presentation and discussion on medical marijuana, HIV/AIDS, and the District of Columbia.

Wayne Turner will be our guest speaker. Wayne Turner spearheaded a referendum on medical marijuana in DC more than a decade ago. The measure was approved by DC voters, but Congress put on a rider, prohibiting the city from implementing the law, and renewed that rider every year -- until this current budget year. With the federal restrictions gone, Wayne will discuss why medical marijuana is an important issue to people living with HIV/AIDS in the District, and how this issue may move forward.