Lutheran AIDS Network

Creating Caring Communities
Learn how our communities and congregations can be welcoming and of service to people living with HIV and AIDS.
May 4 & 5, 2009
Chicago, Illinois
Full agenda and list of speakers now available!

Program highlights:

• Keynote address by Alicia Bunton, Director of Care and Quality Improvement, AIDS Foundation of Chicago
• "Building Caring Communities in Africa" with Adele Webb, PhD, RN, AACRN, FAAN is Executive Director of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC), and an Associate Professor at the Georgetown University School of Nursing and Health Studies. with Dr. Adele Webb
• Kari Hartwig, PhD, International AIDS researcher and recently Assistant Professor Yale School of Public Health
• "Women, Poverty and HIV/AIDS" with Rev. Judy Van Osdol, Iglesia Evangelica Luterana El Milagro in South Minneapolis
• Update from Emily Davila, Assistant Director, Lutheran Office for World Community, which represents the Lutheran World Federation at the United Nations
• Loretta Horton, Director for Poverty Ministries Networking, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
• "Are we in a policy rut?" with Kristine M. Gebbie, DrPH, RN, Dean, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, former AIDS czar during the Clinton Administration and public health commissioner in Washington and Oregon.
• "Building Caring Communities in the US" with Rev. Doris Green, Director of Community Affairs, AIDS Foundation of Chicago
• Advocacy Update with Kim Stietz Director for International Public Policy ELCA Washington Office
• Welcome from Rev. Cynthia Hileman, ELCA Metropolitan Chicago Synod
• Worship/Healing Service

Full agenda details are available here.

Learn about the terrific line up of speakers here.

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Location: Holiday Inn, Chicago O'Hare, 5615 North Cumberland Ave, Chicago, IL 60631

Conference registration now open!
Register online here.
Payment by credit card or check accepted. Registration fee is $125 for standard registration, $50 for students (with proof of student status presented upon arrival at conference.) Scholarships for individuals in need may be available (please write to info@lutheranaids.net).

Accommodation reservations:
Reserve your room by April 15 to get the conference rate ($89/night) in the reserved block of rooms at the Holiday Inn O'Hare.

Instructions: Go to the conference's customized Holiday Inn reservation page here. Confirm it is the conference's reservation page by clicking the orange plus sign (+) by "Corporate, Group, & IATA Identification" to expand that section and verify that there is an entry for Group Booking Code. If you navigate to other pages or sites you may lose that booking code and need to re-enter the Holiday Inn web site via this page in order to make the reservation using the conference code. Enter your dates for arrival and departure and follow the on-screen instructions to complete your reservation.

If you have any questions or problems regarding your hotel, please contact Ms. Johnnie Thompson at Johnnie.Thompson@elca.org, Tel. 800-638-3522 ext. 2693 or 773-380-2693.

Help promote this conference! The success and quality of this conference depends on the ability of the network to get the word out. Please share this website and conference flyers with your friends, colleagues, congregation, and mailing lists. Flyers to promote the conference and airport shuttle information are attached below.

Exhibitors / Display materials: Is your organization interested in displaying material at our conference? If yes, please complete the short application form attached below. The cost of displaying materials is free upon approval by the conference organizing committee, but each exhibiting organization is required to register a minimum of one representative for the conference. Deadline is April 1st.

For more information or questions, please contact: info@lutheranaids.net

The mission of the Lutheran AIDS Network is to keep the issue of HIV and AIDS in front of the Lutheran Church with an emphasis on HIV and AIDS in the United States.