PLAN Institute is delighted to welcome Dr. Mehret Mandefro to Vancouver for a discussion of the film All of Us, a documentary that follows her her work with women in the South Bronx who are living with H.I.V./AIDS. Dr. Mandefro’s journey as she worked and built relationships with women with H.I.V./AIDS paints a portrait of the power of belonging and acceptance, and the lessons she learned as a young physician with a deep commitment to understanding and improving clinical and public health efforts. She will describe the national network of community-based organizations, institutions, and policy advocates who are using the film in education efforts, and foster a discussion about the power of the visual medium for building connections and creating change. Dr. Mandefro will also discuss the community outreach efforts of her advocacy organization TruthAIDS, which is building on the national network All of Us has brought together.
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The event is by donation. To RSVP and confirm your place, email inquiries@planinstitute.ca
Dr. Mehret Mandefro is a physician, medical anthropologist and founding managing editor of www.truthaids.org. She has worked with HIV infected and affected communities domestically and internationally as a physician and a public health advocate. Dr. Mandefro is on research faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pennysylvania as a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar. Her research interests include the connection between health and human rights, the intersection of violence prevention and HIV prevention, and the application of digital media/film as a communication strategy to teach about health disparities.
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