This event took place on Thursday, November 7, 2024.
By definition, an advocate is a person who takes steps to support or recommend a particular cause or policy. For many, getting started is the hard part. This first session in the WATCH! 2.0 series is aimed at giving voice to your advocacy. This webinar talks about the different types and levels of HIV advocacy, the importance of person-first language, and how women's voices impact the landscape of treatment and prevention.
Moderator: Bridgette Picou, LVN, ACLPN, Stakeholder Liaison
Presenters: Tiommi Luckett, Transgender Law Center and Masonia Traylor, Lady BurgAndy
To receive a WATCH! 2.0 certificate of completion from The Well Project, participants must fill out an evaluation for each of the seven monthly sessions of the WATCH! 2.0 series within 30 days of each live webinar.
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To learn more about these topics, please read the full fact sheets:
- How to Be an Advocate for Yourself and Others
- A Place at the Table: Having a Voice in HIV Planning and Decision Making
- Sharing Your Expertise in Mainstream Media
- Social Media, HIV Advocacy, and Your Voice
- Why Language Matters: Facing HIV Stigma in Our Own Words
WATCH! 2.0 (Women's Advocacy and Treatment Coalition on HIV) is The Well Project's new treatment advocacy webinar series, based on our highly successful 2015 WATCH! series. True to our organization's values emphasizing a women-led response to the HIV epidemic, WATCH! 2.0 puts women and advocacy at the forefront.
This episode of WATCH! 2.0 is supported by a grant from Merck.
