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The Greater New Haven HIV Consumer Council
Mission:
The mission of the Greater New Haven HIV Consumer Council is to educate
and increase understanding and awareness
of who we are and to clarify HIV consumer issues. We are here to listen
to the issues of persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS and to be our own voice, to advocate for our own needs. We
endeavor to identify gaps in HIV related services in the Greater New Haven area, and will
help address these gaps either in legislative or local arenas. We seek to represent the diversity
of those infected with HIV and are here to support each other. Although
we have many faces, we have one voice."
Goals:
 | Create Educational programs to help plwhas live better quality and longer lives
by utilizing both medical and alternative healing methods. |
| Create Educational materials to help people living with HIV/AIDS (plwhas) participate in
their own positive health outcomes |
| Create Resource guides listing services and resources for all aspects of HIV care and
prevention. |
| Create Awareness programs and self-empowerment programs to help people from becoming
infected with HIV. |
| Create a web site for New Haven HIV Consumer Resources. |
| Create a network of legal resources and educational events. |
| Help Identify gaps in services |
| Create a Consumer Complaint grievance process and identify individuals and agencies to
help resolve consumer issues. |
| Help consumers acquire faxes and/or computers to be involved in community groups and
activism. |
| Establish or generate consumer reimbursement funds to compensate consumers for
participation in activities of consumer leadership. |
| Create occasions for plwha socialization and coalition building |
| Other... |
Needs (Wish List):
| Help with our base of Operations |
| Translators for Spanish. |
| Computer Desk, Locked file cabinet, office equipment |
| Part time administrative support for meetings, mailings, phone messages, event
coordination and publicity. |
| Funding for projects: Educational forums, Legislative training, (speakers, food,
childcare, BI-lingual translations, plwha transportation), educational materials, resource
guide, speakers. |
| Funding for Conferences (i.e. train the trainers). |
| Conference room meeting space, with access to TV and video player for educational tapes. |
| Funding for advertisements and public relations to increase awareness. |
| Funding or donations of fax machines and/or computers for HIV activists involved in the
council and community activities. (i.e. Ryan White, New Haven Collaborative, State wide
meetings, action councils, advisory committees etc). |
Who were are
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