Nathalie Applewhite, Pulitzer Center
Stigma and discrimination prevent people around the world from accessing the HIV prevention, care and treatment services they need. This is particularly true in areas of the Caribbean, such as Jamaica, where anti-sodomy laws and concerns about violence put vulnerable populations at extreme risk.
On September 22nd, the Center, in association with the M∙A∙C AIDS Fund and the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, brought together a group of journalists, funders, AIDS activists and community members to discuss the human impact of discrimination, the need for coordinated multi-sectoral action, and journalism’s role in bringing these issues to the broadest possible public.
The session was introduced by Jon Sawyer, Executive Director of the Pulitzer Center and moderated by Julia Greenberg, Associate Director of AIDS-Free World. The panelists were:
- Kwame Dawes, Poet and Writer HOPE: Living and Loving with HIV in Jamaica
- Micah Fink, Filmmaker Glass Closet
- Nancy Mahon, Executive Director, M∙A∙C AIDS Fund, Senior Vice President, M·A·C Cosmetics
- Jason McFarlane, Executive Director, JFLAG (Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-sexuals and Gays)
- Rachel Tiven, Executive Director, Immigration Equality
Here, Pulitzer Center Executive Director Jon Sawyer introduces the work of the Center on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica with clips from the Emmy award winning LiveHopeLove.com and Glass Closet. See the entire presentation, the reporting from Glass Closet, and share your own story about HIV/AIDS and stigma on the Glass Closet Pulitzer Gateway.
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