About the AIDS Action Committee (AAC),
www.aac.org,
www.aacevents.org
AIDS Action Committee's mission is threefold: (1) To provide support
services to people living with AIDS and HIV, as well as the people who love
and care for them; (2) To educate the general public, health care
professionals, and individuals whose behavior could put them at high risk for
HIV infection; and (3) To advocate at the local, state, and federal levels for
fair and effective AIDS public policy and funding.
HIV/AIDS and Athletics Panel
Are you an athlete that has HIV or AIDS? Are you an athlete that is
concerned with competing with athletes that have HIV or AIDS? Are you a coach
with HIV/AIDS or for athletes with HIV/AIDS? This panel
is for you and will focus on your issues. More details are forthcoming.
Speakers:
- Brad Peebles (moderator), Publisher of POZ magazine & President of Smart
+ Strong
- Shamey Cramer, water polo player
- Stephen Kovacev, run numerous Boston Marathons as a PWA, and was
featured in the cross-Pacific TransPac Race from Los Angeles to Honalulu
with a sailing crew of people with AIDS. The documentary is called "The
Human Race."
- Dr. Michael Wong, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of
Infectious Diseases at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard
Medical School)
- Charlie Smigelski, FCHC
NOTE: This panel session is closed to the media.
