8/9/08 - Tyrone Carter awarded Emerging Leadership Award
REACH LA’s Tyrone Carter was honored at the Black Men’s Health Conference on August 9th at the Gay & Lesbian Center’s Village at Ed Gould Plaza. The conference and the award was presented by In The Meantime Men’s Group. Tyrone was honored for his commitment to combating HIV in the LA community. Tyrone is the Manager of the Ovahness Program which provides HIV prevention education and risk reduction counseling. One of his largest contributions has been the formation of the Ovahness Young Men’s Leadership team which provides leadership training in HIV advocacy, community moblization and peer education. Tyrone has worked closely with the sub-committess of the LA County HIV Prevention Planning Committee in the area of HIV Counseling and Testing, serves as member of the African American Crystal Meth Task Force and a variety of youth advisory boards. Currently Tyrone is a scholar of the CDC’s AIDS Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership.