On Wednesday, Dec. 4, clients, families, members of the community, and several members of our HIV Prevention Team gathered at Hartford’s Artists’ Collective to commemorate World AIDS Day. Bill Petrosky, our Director of HIV Prevention Services and a facilitator of our MpowerCT Project was the main speaker. More than 150 members of the community gathered to hear the speakers, to keep alive the memories of those lost, and to continue to fight this disease.
This event was community-wide and included other organizations and individuals fighting the HIV Pandemic daily: the Community Renewal Team (CRT), Community Health Services (CHS), the AIDS Legal Network for Connecticut, AIDS Connecticut, TrueColors, Camara Latina, the Mayor’s Office for the City of Hartford, Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman, State Controller Kevin Lembo, the Rev. Dr. Hugh Hamilton, the Stop AIDS Mobile Travel Theater, author Michael Hawkins, and singer Hannah Forbes-Smith.
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- Bill Petrosky talked about his experiences living with HIV for 22 years.
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- Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman.
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- Bill Petrosky prepares to take the podium at World AIDS Day in Hartford.
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- A Declaration for World AIDS Day 2013 is received by Jose Vega, Assistant Director for CRT.
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- Kathleen Tummillo, Director of Adult Medicine at CHS.
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- Rev. Dr. Hugh Hamilton leading the invocation.
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- 3 Members of the HGLHC HIV Prevention Team participated – Bill Petrosky, Donna Shubrooks, and Josh Rozovsky.
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- Singer Hannah Forbes-Smith sang a heartfelt closing performance.
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- Members of the Stop AIDS Mobile Travel Theater.
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- Author and Poet Michael Hawkins also gave out signed copies of his book following the event.
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- State Controller Kevin Lembo.
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- Bill Petrosky speaking about his personal experiences in fighting the HIV Pandemic.
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- Bill Petrosky talked about his experiences living with HIV for 22 years.
The City of Hartford had their mobile testing van at the event, and several pharmaceutical companies working on HIV Prevention – Janssen, Orasure, ViiV, and Bristol-Myers Squib helped support the event.
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