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Important Deadlines

09/11/10 National Suicide Prevention Week
09/12/10 United States Conference on AIDS - 9/12-15
09/14/10 Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R01) (PAR-10-136)
09/14/10 Behavioral and Social Science Research on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities (R21) (PAR-10-137)
09/14/10 Applications for NIH Development and Translation of Medical Technologies that Reduce Health Disparities grants due
09/15/10 2010 United States Conference on AIDS
09/15/10 HCUP Data Users’ Workshop: Working with HCUP Databases, Rockville, MD:
09/15/10 National Science Foundation CISE Cross-Cutting Programs: FY 2011 Grant
09/16/10 Applications for NIH Minority Based Clinical Oncology Program Groups grants due
09/17/10 HIV/Substance Abuse Conference, Sept 15-17

NMAC Headlines

Media outlets may pick up their credentials starting September 11, in the USCA New Media/Press Room, located in the De Soto Room, on the Ground Level of the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek. For information, please send an e-mail to press@nmac.org. read more

WHYY, NPR’s Philadelphia affiliate, ran a preview story on the United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) this morning featuring NMAC's Executive Director, Paul Kawata. In it, he discusses the need for greater attention to domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic overall and the importance of convening AIDS leaders at USCA. read more

Read Executive Director Paul Kawata's incisive editorial, published in the Orlando Sentinel on September 10, about about the importance of USCA now - when the nation seems to have forgotten about HIV/AIDS and the people living with and affected by the disease. read more

The United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) thanks ViiV Healthcare for supporting the Opening Reception for the conference. The event is set for Sunday, September 12, 2010 at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek from 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. read more

As part of the U.S. Conference on AIDS, the Nobel Prize-nominated AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display at the Florida Mall in Orlando from September 10-15. Please join us for the opening ceremony on Friday, September 10 at 11:00 a.m. at the mall, located at 8001 South Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando. read more

Sign up for one-on-one usability sessions with members of the AIDS.gov team. They want to hear your thoughts about their site: what’s good, what’s bad, and what you’d like to see from them in the future. Participants receive thank you gifts! read more

Joining the conversation at USCA has never been easier! Keep up with events and share your thoughts using our new social networking tools. This year we have an interactive blog at http://blog.nmac.org. Content is rapidly being added nearly every hour. And don't forget to mark your tweets #USCA2010 - they'll populate in the live blog's live @USCA2010 Twitter feed! read more

Register today for the free lunch symposium and interactive live web broadcast, "Dialogues in HIV: Can We Talk." Sponsored by an educational grant from Merck, this special event will take place during the USCA, on Sunday, September 12, 2010, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek, in the Bonnet Creek Ballroom, in Orlando, Florida. If you cannot be at USCA, join the symposium online by visiting NMAC.org or by calling in: 732-256-4470. read more

Mears Transportation Group is the official company providing transport to and from the United States Conference on AIDS venue, the Hilton Bonnet Creek Hotel, and the local airport. read more

Join Sheila Johnson, one of the founding partners of BET television, for a screening of her new documentary "The Other City", at USCA on Sunday, Sept 12, starting at 6:00 p.m., in the Bonnet Creek Ballroom. We hope you will join us for the viewing of this important film, which chronicles the impact of HIV/AIDS on Washington, D.C. read more


Upcoming Events

In his latest musings, Paul Kawata recalls an article from the New York Native by Larry Kramer in 1983 that began his path as an AIDS activist. Kramer says, “If this article doesn't scare the s*** out of you, we're in real trouble." He went further to say... read more

Lack of funding has always been a problem, so why does it feel like such an acute issue right now? From the perspective of NMAC Executive Director Paul Kawata, our systems of care have reached their tipping point. read more

In his latest rambling, Paul Kawata, NMAC's Executive Director, talks about "Tough Decisions & Transparency." He shares his thoughts on the subject, which were raised during discussions around some concern over whether or not to use a controversial advertisement in the 2010 United States Conference on AIDS program book. Learn about what he decisions he made, his thoughts behind it, and what lessons he wanted to share with his colleagues on the frontlines of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. read more

Announcing NMAC's Youth YouTube.com Contest Winners! We are excited to announce the winners for NMAC's first ever youth YouTube.com contest! We received many creative and inspiring messages from a talented pool of young activists, to attend 2010 USCA. read more

The 2010 United States Conference on AIDS thanks this year's Funders. It is their generous support that has helped make this year's meeting a reality. Please take the time to review this year's Funders. Click on their logos to learn more about their programs and services online. read more

USCA pre-registration has ended. All registrations received now are onsite registrations and are $655 per person. All online, mailed and faxed registrations had to have been submitted/postmarked by Friday, August 20. read more

NMAC Executive Director, Paul Kawata, yet again addresses how stigma perpetuates HIV/AIDS in the U.S. In this "rambling," he discusses "Why the Prop 8 Decision Should Be Important to the HIV/AIDS Community." read more

Thanks to sponsorship by Gilead, this year’s United States Conference on AIDS (USCA) conference bag is going to be very special. The bags will be made by low-income women in Chennai, India as part of a novel approach to providing sustainable income and HIV education. The Pi Bags Project, created in November 2008, is a joint venture between YRG CARE and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Through the development of eco-friendly bags, the Pi Bags Project offers safe, alternative, licit income to women with limited economic opportunities. read more

Learn more about the theme and target population for the 2010 United States Conference on AIDS, taking place September 12-15, in Orlando, FL. read more

Paul A. Kawata, NMAC's ED, talks about the value of USCA at this time in the HIV/AIDS epidemic - and provides updates on how to cut costs when attending this year's meeting, set for September 12-15, in Orlando, FL. read more


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