REACH LA NEWS

REACH LA’s Greg Wilson, Assistant Manager of the Ovahness Young Men’s Health Program was selected to participate in the 2009 class of the CDC/ASPH’s Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership. “It is a great honor for Greg to be accepted into this program,” says Executive Director Martha Chono-Helsley, “his selection indicates that the CDC is making an investment in our work by selecting both Tyrone and Greg to be a part of such a prestigious program.” Tyrone Carter, Manager of the Ovahness Young Men’s Health Program recently graduated in September 2008 from the Leadership program. According to Carter, the Institute program was quite challanging but provided the opportunity to learn from the best HIV prevention people in the U.S. The CDC/ASPH’s Institute for HIV Prevention Leadership program includes 4 intensive week long sessions that cover topics of program development, best practice implementation, program evaluation, epidemology, and organization leadership.

The G2G Leaders rocked the house with their brand of public education about reproductive justice and Proposition 4. KPFK-FM radio show host, Kali Alexander, was the evening’s mistress of ceremony. Sixteen poets and writers stepped up to the mic to share their views about reproductive rights, heathcare, empowerment and relationships. The evening’s key note speakers included Crystal Crawford and Liliana Perez brought the personal and political aspects of reproductive justice to light. (more…)