C2P Coalitions and Local Contact Information
Connect to Protect® Tampa Bay
Diane Straub, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine
University of South Florida, Department of Pediatrics
17 Davis Blvd. Suite 200
Tampa, Florida 33606
Aditi Desai, MPH, CPH
DACCO Health Services
(813) 384-4112
Website: http://c2p.health.usf.edu
Mission: To reduce HIV/AIDS among black girls and young women in Central Tampa through the development and implementation of comprehensive strategic structural changes that promote a safe, healthy and nurturing community
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Connect to Protect® Los Angeles
Milton Smith
Project Director
[email protected]
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Division of Adolescent Medicine
5000 Sunset Blvd; 4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone:(323) 834-2271
Website: www.c2p.la
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/C2PLA/
Email: [email protected]
Mission: A coalition working to mobilize the community and create structural changes to reduce HIV/AIDS among young gay and bisexual men of color.
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Connect to Protect® Washington, DC/ DC Concerned Providers (DCCP)
Connie Trexler
Lawrence D'Angelo, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
111 Michigan Ave NW
Washington DC 20010
Website: www.dccpcoalition.weebly.com
Mission: The coalition exists to facilitate partnerships among organizations that seek to decrease HIV/STI rates among DC areas young men of color who have sex with men and young transgender women of color.
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Connect to Protect® Philadelphia
Marné Castillo, Ph.D.
Project Director
[email protected]
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3535 Market St
13th Floor, Room 1371
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (267) 426-5109
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Connect-to-Protect-Philly/163156323704685
Mission: To reduce the HIV/AIDS rates among young men who have sex with men and their networks through the collaborative efforts of local communities and health researchers.
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Connect to Protect® Chicago
Jolietta Holliman
Community Coordinator
[email protected]
Lisa Henry-Reid, MD
Chair, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Stroger Hospital of Cook County
1900 W. Polk Street # 1108
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Phone: (312) 864-3580
Mission: To reduce HIV/AIDS among young African American and Latina females ages 12-24 who live in North and South Lawndale through community mobilization and the diffusion of prevention messages that promote sexual health practices and healthier neighborhoods.
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Connect to Protect® Bronx
Rebecca Shore, MPH, CHES
Training and Data Manager
RShore@adolescentaids.org
Adolescent AIDS Program
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: (718) 882-0232
Mission: As part of the Adolescent AIDS Program at Montefiore Medical Center, the C2P Bronx coalition works to design and engage in structural intervention activities to transform the Bronx’s physical and social environment in ways that can, for the long term, curb the spread of HIV among young people.
The mission of the Connect to Protect (C2P) Bronx coalition is to reduce HIV/AIDS rates among young women of color through collaborative efforts to impact community programs, policies and social practices.
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Connect to Protect® New Orleans
Sue Ellen Abdalian, MD
[email protected]
Tulane University
Phone: (504) 988-3865
Website: www.bayouthnola.org
Mission: Our mission will be realized through establishing collaborations with businesses, community-based organizations, and community members to effectively decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS among youth in New Orleans.”
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Connect to Protect® Miami
Lawrence Friedman, MD
L.Friedman@miami.edu
The University of Miami
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Phone: (305)243-5880
Mission: To coordinate the efforts of multidisciplinary teams of community leaders and researchers to bridge gaps in reducing HIV/AIDS infection rates among youth & young adults in Miami-Dade.
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Connect to Protect® Memphis
Andrea Williams Stubbs, MPA
[email protected]
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Department of Infectious Diseases
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: (901)595-5989
Mission: To mobilize allied community resources and execute an aggressive prevention strategy to reduce the rate of HIV and AIDS among at-risk youth and young adult females ages 13-24 who are having sex through advocacy, awareness, and evidenced based intervention in targeted Memphis area communities.
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Connect to Protect® Houston
Kimberly Kay Lopez, DrPH
[email protected]
Mary Paul, MD
[email protected]
Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative
1102 Bates, Suite 630, Feigin Center
Houston, Texas 77030-2399
Website:www.bayloraids.org
Mission : To reduce HIV/AIDS among young women in the Fifth Ward/Kashmere Gardens area through community-based strategies for positive changes in programs, policies and practices.
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Connect to Protect® Baltimore
Renata Arrington-Sanders, MD
rarring3@jhmi.edu
Allison Agwu, MD
[email protected]
Johns Hopkins University
Mission: To reduce HIV/AIDS and STIs among young people in Baltimore with special emphasis on sexual and racial minority youth through innovative youth-adult alliances that promote youth friendly environments and services.
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Connect to Protect® Boston
Branden Reeves
Youth Linkage to Care Coordinator
Phone: (617) 927-6441
[email protected]
Mission: To identify, develop, and catalyze prevention strategies that will reduce HIV infection rates among young Black men who have sex with men and transgender-identified young people in the City of Boston. Racism (a system of advantage based on race that benefits White people) has a direct impact on these issues. We will ensure these strategies are always deliberate, inclusive, and in pursuit of racial justice through partnerships with organizations and individuals committed to our shared values and goals.
Using a racial justice framework, our goal is to ultimately reduce HIV incidence and prevalence among Black youth and young adults in Boston, ages 12-24, through community mobilization and structural change.
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Connect to Protect® Denver
Moises Munoz|C2P
[email protected]
(720) 777-2604
Molly Weinstein| SMILE LTC
[email protected]
(720) 777.2604
Mission: Uniting Denver to Reduce HIV/AIDs among Young Gay and Bisexual Men through Long-Lasting, Community Driven Structural Change
Diane Straub, MD, MPH
Chief, Division of Adolescent Medicine
University of South Florida, Department of Pediatrics
17 Davis Blvd. Suite 200
Tampa, Florida 33606
Aditi Desai, MPH, CPH
DACCO Health Services
(813) 384-4112
Website: http://c2p.health.usf.edu
Mission: To reduce HIV/AIDS among black girls and young women in Central Tampa through the development and implementation of comprehensive strategic structural changes that promote a safe, healthy and nurturing community
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Connect to Protect® Los Angeles
Milton Smith
Project Director
[email protected]
Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles
Division of Adolescent Medicine
5000 Sunset Blvd; 4th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone:(323) 834-2271
Website: www.c2p.la
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/C2PLA/
Email: [email protected]
Mission: A coalition working to mobilize the community and create structural changes to reduce HIV/AIDS among young gay and bisexual men of color.
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Connect to Protect® Washington, DC/ DC Concerned Providers (DCCP)
Connie Trexler
Lawrence D'Angelo, MD
Children’s National Medical Center
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
111 Michigan Ave NW
Washington DC 20010
Website: www.dccpcoalition.weebly.com
Mission: The coalition exists to facilitate partnerships among organizations that seek to decrease HIV/STI rates among DC areas young men of color who have sex with men and young transgender women of color.
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Connect to Protect® Philadelphia
Marné Castillo, Ph.D.
Project Director
[email protected]
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
3535 Market St
13th Floor, Room 1371
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (267) 426-5109
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Connect-to-Protect-Philly/163156323704685
Mission: To reduce the HIV/AIDS rates among young men who have sex with men and their networks through the collaborative efforts of local communities and health researchers.
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Connect to Protect® Chicago
Jolietta Holliman
Community Coordinator
[email protected]
Lisa Henry-Reid, MD
Chair, Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine
Stroger Hospital of Cook County
1900 W. Polk Street # 1108
Chicago, Illinois 60612
Phone: (312) 864-3580
Mission: To reduce HIV/AIDS among young African American and Latina females ages 12-24 who live in North and South Lawndale through community mobilization and the diffusion of prevention messages that promote sexual health practices and healthier neighborhoods.
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Connect to Protect® Bronx
Rebecca Shore, MPH, CHES
Training and Data Manager
RShore@adolescentaids.org
Adolescent AIDS Program
Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
111 East 210th Street
Bronx, NY 10467
Phone: (718) 882-0232
Mission: As part of the Adolescent AIDS Program at Montefiore Medical Center, the C2P Bronx coalition works to design and engage in structural intervention activities to transform the Bronx’s physical and social environment in ways that can, for the long term, curb the spread of HIV among young people.
The mission of the Connect to Protect (C2P) Bronx coalition is to reduce HIV/AIDS rates among young women of color through collaborative efforts to impact community programs, policies and social practices.
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Connect to Protect® New Orleans
Sue Ellen Abdalian, MD
[email protected]
Tulane University
Phone: (504) 988-3865
Website: www.bayouthnola.org
Mission: Our mission will be realized through establishing collaborations with businesses, community-based organizations, and community members to effectively decrease the spread of HIV/AIDS among youth in New Orleans.”
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Connect to Protect® Miami
Lawrence Friedman, MD
L.Friedman@miami.edu
The University of Miami
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine
Phone: (305)243-5880
Mission: To coordinate the efforts of multidisciplinary teams of community leaders and researchers to bridge gaps in reducing HIV/AIDS infection rates among youth & young adults in Miami-Dade.
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Connect to Protect® Memphis
Andrea Williams Stubbs, MPA
[email protected]
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Department of Infectious Diseases
262 Danny Thomas Place
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: (901)595-5989
Mission: To mobilize allied community resources and execute an aggressive prevention strategy to reduce the rate of HIV and AIDS among at-risk youth and young adult females ages 13-24 who are having sex through advocacy, awareness, and evidenced based intervention in targeted Memphis area communities.
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Connect to Protect® Houston
Kimberly Kay Lopez, DrPH
[email protected]
Mary Paul, MD
[email protected]
Baylor International Pediatric AIDS Initiative
1102 Bates, Suite 630, Feigin Center
Houston, Texas 77030-2399
Website:www.bayloraids.org
Mission : To reduce HIV/AIDS among young women in the Fifth Ward/Kashmere Gardens area through community-based strategies for positive changes in programs, policies and practices.
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Connect to Protect® Baltimore
Renata Arrington-Sanders, MD
rarring3@jhmi.edu
Allison Agwu, MD
[email protected]
Johns Hopkins University
Mission: To reduce HIV/AIDS and STIs among young people in Baltimore with special emphasis on sexual and racial minority youth through innovative youth-adult alliances that promote youth friendly environments and services.
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Connect to Protect® Boston
Branden Reeves
Youth Linkage to Care Coordinator
Phone: (617) 927-6441
[email protected]
Mission: To identify, develop, and catalyze prevention strategies that will reduce HIV infection rates among young Black men who have sex with men and transgender-identified young people in the City of Boston. Racism (a system of advantage based on race that benefits White people) has a direct impact on these issues. We will ensure these strategies are always deliberate, inclusive, and in pursuit of racial justice through partnerships with organizations and individuals committed to our shared values and goals.
Using a racial justice framework, our goal is to ultimately reduce HIV incidence and prevalence among Black youth and young adults in Boston, ages 12-24, through community mobilization and structural change.
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Connect to Protect® Denver
Moises Munoz|C2P
[email protected]
(720) 777-2604
Molly Weinstein| SMILE LTC
[email protected]
(720) 777.2604
Mission: Uniting Denver to Reduce HIV/AIDs among Young Gay and Bisexual Men through Long-Lasting, Community Driven Structural Change