HIV Stigma Summit

CHLP Executive Director S. Mandisa Moore-O'Neal will be presenting at the Bounce to Zero Stigma Summit in New Orleans on Friday, November 15. She joins advocates from the Louisiana Coalition on Criminalization and Health (LCCH) and others from across the state for a panel entitled Stigma Isn’t Justice: HIV Criminalization Laws in Louisiana at 2:15pm. The presentation will explore the intersection of HIV and criminal laws in Louisiana and public health challenges related to legal navigation. Attendees can also visit CHLP and LCCH at our table in the exhibit hall. 

The Stigma Summit offers public health agencies, healthcare and service providers as well as community members an opportunity to engage in dialogue around HIV stigma in the healthcare system, criminal justice system, and wider community.

Registration is required and is free and open to the public.

New Orleans was selected as part of a national initiative to end the HIV epidemic due to its high HIV burden, gaps in treatment coverage, and its commitment and capacity to fast-track the HIV response. A project of the New Orleans Health Department, the Bounce to Zero campaign works to increase prevention, testing, treatment, knowledge, education, and access to tools available to fight HIV and related stigma.