HIV and the Politics of Race: The Minority AIDS Initiative at 25

Description

The Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI), an equity-centered legislative initiative to close racial and ethnic gaps in HIV, was created in 1998 by Rep. Maxine Waters in partnership with HIV advocates and administrators representing communities of color negatively affected by HIV. This year marks the 25th anniversary of that legislation. This panel will explore how the politics of affirmative action has affected MAI's ability to promote effective HIV prevention and care strategies in communities of color; why racial-, ethnic-, and linguistic-specific public health interventions work in racial and target populations; and how the public health and legal communities can work together to save lives.

The event will feature a panel of speakers to include a fireside chat moderated by CNN political commentator Jamal Simmons and a keynote address presented by Rep. Maxine Waters. The event is hosted by the Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions.

Other presenters include:

• Professor Darrell Gaskins from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, a visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Vice Dean Joshua M. Sharfstein from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Upon arrival, please check in at the registration table in the main lobby of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center at 555 Pennsylvania Ave.