Media Registration / Information

2009 Media Registration Available!

Media Invited to Cover 2009 USCA * October 28-31, 2009 in San Francisco, CA


Press are asked to apply for credentials in advance, either by registering online or downloading and returning the USCA Media Registration Form by fax: (202) 234-6404 or e-mail: communications@nmac.org.

Special Notes to Onsite Media
Members of the press are required to report to the onsite USCA Media Room, located in the conference venue - the Hilton San Francisco, at 333 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 - before entering any part of the meeting, including special events. 

The media room will open on the afternoon of October 28th.

If you plan on filming or taking pictures, please let us know before doing so and ensure that anyone you film or photograph directly (and not as part of a distance group shot) signs a waiver form.

A note about international media: Members of the foreign press are welcome to apply for media credentials. Unfortunately, we are unable to send letters or other communications of support relaetd to applications for U.S. visas.

2009 Online Press Kit
(Please check back often - this page will be updated almost daily until October 28.)

About the 2009 USCA
USCA Program Format

USCA Conference Tracks

Hilton San Francisco Map

USCA Media Pitches
Click on the links below for sessions on the topic stated, as well as story ideas. 
HIV/AIDS in Communities of Color - African American, Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, Native American

AIDS Cases by Top 10 States/Dependent Areas

10th Anniversary of the Minority AIDS Initiative

HIV/AIDS among Women and Young Women/Girls of Color in the U.S.

USCA Sponsor, NMAC, to Launch Public Service Campaign Geared to African American Women
Call for National Strategic Plan to Fight HIV/AIDS

Impact of HIV/AIDS among gay men and men who have sex with men (MSM)
 

2008 USCA Press Releases
Famed Artist Britto Creates New Logo for USCA

Paul Kawata, Executive Director of USCA Sponsor, Editorial Letter

Kick Off Press Conference at the Miami International Airport on Thursday, September 16

USCA Sponsor, NMAC, Launches New Public Service Announcement Featuring Nancy Wilson

Paul Kawata Editorial on the Importance of HIV/AIDS Vaccine Awareness Day
 
USCA Sponsor, NMAC, Says HIV/AIDS Is Part of a National Health Epidemic

USCA Sponsor Responds to Report on CDC Surveillance Funding

AIDS Crisis in Communities of Color Prompts Demand for National Plan to Fight HIV/AIDS: Public Health Advocates Deliver Demand during the Democratic National Convention Calling on Senators Barack Obama and John McCain to Support a Comprehensive National AIDS Strategy
 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Surveillance Data
Estimation of HIV Incidence in the United States", CDC, JAMA, August 2008
 
Estimates of New HIV Infections in the United States, CDC, August 2008
 
HIV/AIDS in the United States, CDC, March 2008
 
HIV/AIDS Surveillance, CDC, July 2008
 
A Glance at the HIV/AIDS Epidemic, CDC, June 2007
 

CDC Community Epi Profiles
HIV/AIDS among African Americans/Blacks, CDC, August 2008,
 
HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos, CDC, April 2008
 
HIV/AIDS among Asian and Pacific Islanders, CDC, August 2008
 
HIV/AIDS among American Indians/Alaska Natives, CDC, August 2008
 
HIV/AIDS among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM), CDC, August 2008
 
HIV/AIDS among Women, CDC, August 2008

Leading Causes of Death among Black Women
 
HIV/AIDS among Youth, CDC, August 2008

 
USCA Sponsor - NMAC - Information
NMAC Overview

NMAC Agency Brochure

NMAC Membership Application


USCA - NMAC Spokespersons
Nancy Wilson: NMAC Board Member and Entertainer Biography. Visit Nancy Wilson's official website.

Ravinia Hayes-Cozier: NMAC Spokesperson and Director of Government Relations and Public Policy

 
NMAC Recent Publications
African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS


Puerto Rico Monograph

The Minority AIDS Initiative: Meeting the Challenges in Communities of Color Nationwide
 

NMAC in the News
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