We’ve already begun to book an exciting program for the Festival, including literary luminaries Ann Bannon, Michael Nava, and Tim Miller.

Michael Nava is the author of a seven-volume series of novels featuring a gay Latino criminal defense lawyer, Henry Rios. Published between 1988 and 2000, the Rios novels (The Little Death, Goldenboy, Howtown, The Hidden Law, The Death of Friends, The Burning Plain and Rag and Bone) earned six Lambda Literary awards and won widespread critical acclaim. In 2000, Nava was awarded the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in gay and lesbian literature. Currently, Nava is at work on a historical novel set in an Arizona border town during the Mexican Revolution called The Children of Eve. A graduate of Stanford Law School, he has also had a distinguished career as an appellate lawyer and is currently a staff attorney for the Honorable Carlos Moreno, Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court in San Francisco.

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NO/AIDS Task Force is conducting a statewide needs assessment for the Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) community.

This survey will take approximately 20-30 minutes to complete. Eligible participants (MSM, 18 years or older who live in Louisiana) who complete the survey can enter for a chance to win one of five iPod Touch devices.

The survey can be accessed at www.surveymonkey.com/LAMSMNA

If you have any questions about the purpose of the survey, please contact Kyle Morse, MS, Project Coordinator for the MSM Needs Assessment Project at kylem@noaidstf.org

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“This program provides the intensity of a residential program while allowing you to maintain your life outside.” – Current Client

Odyssey House Louisiana and NO/AIDS Task Force are proud to announce the addition of an Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment Program for clients who are HIV positive. This treatment program is designed to meet the client’s needs from current use of alcohol or other drugs to a history of substance use, abuse or dependence. All services are free and include HIV testing, substance abuse assessment, and individual, group and family counseling. Intensive and non-intensive programs are available to fit all clients’ schedules –whether you can meet four times a week or once a week after work. There is also an aftercare component to the program.

All services are provided on the fifth floor of 2601 Tulane Avenue at the NO/AIDS Task Force office. Services are available in English and Spanish.

Clients may be self-referred or referred by case managers, AIDS Service Organizations, mental health programs, medical professionals and other programs offering supportive services to those living with HIV/AIDS. Proof of HIV status should be included with all referrals. Free testing is available at the NO/AIDS office Wednesdays from 5 pm to 7 pm and Fridays from 1 pm to 3 pm. For more testing locations and times, click here.

To learn more about the Outpatient Substance Abuse Program, please call Mary-Ellen Harwood at 821-2601 ext 259. Si habla español, llame a Madi Whalen a 821-2601 ext 285 o a Robin Pearce a 821-2601 ext 294.