Late Registration for the 2015 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and Other Health Disparities Closes January 9, 2015

Renaissance Concourse Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, location of the 2015 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and other Health Disparities

The 12th installment of the National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and other Health Disparities will take place during the MLK weekend, January 15-18, 2015, at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel. This conference will coincide with the H3/BGRG Summit scheduled to take place January 14, 2015. For more information on the conference or to register please visit the NAESM, Inc. website at www.naesm.org.

NAESM 2015, as the conference is affectionately called, is the only national conference planned by Black gay men to highlight emerging social, political, structural, and behavioral trends that impact our communities by bridging health educators, advocates, policy makers, researchers, and PLWA's in a weekend full of learning, sharing, and growth. We are honored to extend an invitation to attend the 2015 National African American MSM Leadership Conference on HIV/AIDS and other Health Disparities. As with our previous Atlanta conferences, we are expecting another large turnout of healthcare providers, government officials, PLWHA's, researchers and community members. We are also excited about the continuation of the Creating Responsible Intelligent Black Brothers (CRIBB) Fellowship which will induct its seventh cohort class.

This years' conference charge is "Leading the Movement: Pursuing Health Equity through Social Justice." With HIV prevention rapidly changing through the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), social impediments will continue to impact our communities' abilities to access housing, employment, education, public safety, and even access to health care. NAESM's Executive Director Amistad St. Arromand says that "For years, in the health world, there has been a bit of a divide between those who are primarily focused on medical care and those who are focused on public health and social justice. Both medical care and social justice interventions are critical to black gay men, and advocates for both should be on the same team, given a shared interest in keeping people healthy." With a continued focus on ensuring the national capacity to conduct social justice and HIV prevention work, NAESM 2015 doubled the number of registration scholarships awarded to younger gay men ages 19-25.

NAESM 2015 will have over 40 abstracts and poster presentations dealing directly with the public policy, public health, and social justice issues that impact the everyday lives of black gay men. Registrants have the opportunity to take advantage of the late registration rate of $495.00 through January 9, 2015. Opportunities to exhibit in the revamped marketplace are also available still. More information is available on the NAESM website or by contacting the headquarters at 404-691-8880. You can also find links to the conference forms here. (Please note: onsite registration is $795.) Go here for the Sponsor/Exhibitor form.

NAESM is put on by the NAESM staff, the planning committee and participating sponsors to date: ViiV Healthcare, Edge Media Network, The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), Gilead Sciences, Georgia Department of Public Health, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, amfAR, AIDS Healthcare Foundation and The UCLA H3/The Black Gay Research Group (BGRG).