Young Women Responding to HIV/AIDS: Activism in NYC Young Women Responding to HIV/AIDS: Activism in New York City Wednesday, November 1, 2006, from 9 am to Noon at Brooklyn Borough Hall 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY. Breakfast will be provided. The New York Women’s Foundation, in partnership with the Funders Concerned about AIDS, invites you to join us in discussing: the increasing impact of HIV/AIDS on young women, especially young women of color, in New York City; what young women are doing to address and advocate for their own needs, and why and how to support their activism; the current public policy landscape and funding trends; opportunities and gaps related to access, services, and resources. Keynote:   Angela Diaz, MD, MPH, Jean C. and James W. Crystal Professor of Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center Moderator:   Sunita Mehta, Executive Director, Funders Concerned About AIDS Panelist: Sharim Algarin, Program Coordinator, Sistas on the Rise Tracie Gardner, Director of New York State Policy & Coordinator, Women�s Initiative to Stop HIV/AIDS (WISH-New York), Legal Action Center Mia Herndon, Director of Programs, Third Wave Foundation Claire Simon, Deputy Director for Programs, Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education/ Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition RSVP:   Contact Leslie Fesenmyer at lfesenmyer@nywf.org or 212-414-4342 ext. 13. Space is limited, so please RSVP early.		•  Past Events