Breaking the Ice: A Community-Informed Conversation on HIV Prevention and Substance Use Care

Engage with local experts in the field of HIV prevention & treatment, and substance use treatment & recovery, and other key stakeholders in ending the HIV epidemic. Documentary parTy boi: black diamonds in ice castles, a Micheal Rice film, will be featured and discussed.

Panelists include:

• Michael Rice, Founder & Creative Director, Michael Rice Entertainment
• Reginald Bledsoe, Director, Essex County Office of LGBTQ+ Affairs
• Jamir Tuten, Community Liaison, Gilead Sciences, Inc.
• Jeremy D. Kidd, Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University

The target audience for this program is substance use treatment facility and LGBTQ organization staff.

Light refreshments will be served followed by a talk-back with expert panelists.

Register soon! Space is limited.

Presented by the FXB Center, Rutgers School of Nursing, Northeast/Caribbean AETC, Essex County, End the Epidemic NJ, and the Opioid Response Network.