December 5, 2023

We held our annual World AIDS Day event on Thursday, November 30, 2023 at the Lake Merritt Sailboat House to celebrate our East Bay community. Our theme this year, Intergenerational Achievements: Honoring the harvest from the seeds that have been cultivated, brought over 110 in person participants and 15 viewers through Facebook live.

East Bay Getting to Zero, along with our community partners, met over the past few months to build this event. As a planning committee, we wanted to honor the work that our community has accomplished and to highlight the youth who will cary our legacy forward. See below for a recording of the event, the 2023 awardees, and program.

‘East Bay World AIDS Day 2023 Intergenerational Achievements: Honoring the harvest from seeds that have been cultivated’ included:

An award ceremony honoring our esteemed colleagues (see below to view the recipients)
Hosted by Janelle Luster Vinson and Moises Cruz Jauregui
An update on our our strategic priority areas by Dr. Sami Lubega
A keynote address by Joe Hawkins, CEO of Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
A fireside chat by Nahid Ebrahimi with Joe Hawkins and Ann Guiam (RYSE Youth Center)
A spoken word performance by Dr. Demisha burns
A visual performance by C. Quinn
Song performances by Elise Bryan
A drum performance by Elena and Jessica
We provided Spanish interpretation through Linguaficient

Our East Bay HIV History

Thank you to all the agencies who submitted their HIV Timeline slide. Below, you can learn about the different agencies, when and why they were founded, a flagship program/project/historical moment for their organization, what they are currently working on, and a little bit about their teams. This slideshow played in the beginning of the event while people arrived at the venue.