U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) (Photo via Twitter)
More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the annual U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS this week in D.C.
California Congresswoman Maxine Waters on Sept. 6 will deliver the keynote address at the conference the National Minority AIDS Council organizes. This year’s conference theme is “A Love Letter to Black Women.”
“The 27th annual U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) brings together community leaders and HIV advocates to learn the latest information and build skills to provide effective HIV prevention and treatment services,” reads the conference media advisory.
NMAC Executive Director Paul Kawata and B. Kaye Hayes, deputy assistant secretary for infectious disease in the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health who is also the executive director of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, is among those who are also scheduled to speak at the conference.
The conference will take place at the Marriott Marquis in D.C. through Sept. 9.
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