Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the team at Hope & Help has hosted live streams titled Quarantine Q&A. On this stream, Keyna Harris from the LGBT+ Center of Orlando and Content Creator Tyi Blackmon join PJ and Alicia to discuss Racism and Colorism in the Black and LGBTQ+ Community and how this shapes every day issues for gay men and women.

This episode kicks off with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) which has consumed the air waves, social media, and even the conversations around the water cooler at work. Then, Tonya, Health Educator at Hope & Help sits down to discuss what she has seen and learned during her time providing HIV tests at the jails and juvenile detention centers of our criminal justice system.

Video Links 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5PXh4U8CJs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA1wqjaeKj0

CDC recommendations about preventing COVID-19

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Health: Hope & Help Prevention Manager, Adam, cover the War On Drugs and the impact the campaign has helped expand the use of opioids, incarceration of black people, and has done all but reduce the risk of HIV transmissions. https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=tKumuf7QwbEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA9&dq=War+on+Drugs+AND+its+impact+on+the+HIV+epidemic%3F&ots=EiFbPBB5v-&sig=1wjUzqM510PgKrMIFj4UJFUsYFE#v=onepage&q=War%20on%20Drugs%20AND%20its%20impact%20on%20the%20HIV%20epidemic%3F&f=false

Injustice: Your belief that the Adult Film Industry is sketchy is solidified in the story of a porn company, Girls Do Porn losing a court case in which they coerced and distributed video of girls without their consent.  https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/22-women-just-won-13-153346827.html

Viral: What are your thoughts on political messaging during award shows? Ricky Gervais took it upon himself to roast everyone in the room and bring to light Hollywood's political award show speech epidemic and the hypocrisy of the industry.  https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ricky-gervais-golden-globes-monologue-highlights-show-s-hollywood-insecurities-ncna1111331

Health: Facebook is running ads spreading misinformation about Anti-HIV drugs and PrEP. (3:21) Story Here. Also, we discuss the states that currently have no mandate on the topics taught during sex education, Florida being one of the nine states on this list. 

Injustice: A black woman faces prison because she voted in the 2016 election not knowing she was not allowed to do so. (13:35)   We also show the parallel with the injustices people with HIV face and the laws the prevent them from moving forward in their lives. 

Viral: The end of the decade. 30 things we forgot happened in the 2010s, we picked 5. (23:47)

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In this episode of Conversations In Health, we look at weird health stories that were strange and led to odd health outcomes (6:35). Next, we interview Adrian Toca, the organizer of Hope & Help's Transgender Day of Remembrance Luncheon and learn what inspired him to create the event, as well as the impact it has on the Trans Community in Central Florida and beyond (17:42). Finally, our viral segment looks at the Ok Boomer trend and the "gonna tell my kids" memes. And since it is the holiday season, what did our parents lie to us about when it comes to holidays, illnesses, and cultural remedies for being sick we've taken with us through the years (31:16).

Health: (6:35) https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/laurenstrapagiel/weird-shocking-health-stories-2018

Injustice: Trans Health source: http://www.glma.org/ and https://www.cdc.gov/

Viral: https://www.vox.com/2019/11/19/20963757/what-is-ok-boomer-meme-about-meaning-gen-z-millennials and https://www.elitedaily.com/p/the-20-best-gonna-tell-my-kids-memes-hilariously-rewriting-history-19371205

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Conversations in Health is back and ready to bring HIV and Health to the forefront while sprinkling in pop culture and topics that are affecting the current state of affairs . 

We Break down HIV into three parts:

H-ealth

I-njustices

What is V-iral in the world right now

Health: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/what-know-about-new-hiv-strain-n1078291

Injustices: https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/28074313/colin-kaepernick-know-attend-workout-ahead

Viral: https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2019/11/14/controversial-2011-vitaminwater-ad-recirculates/23860998/

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Conversations in Health is back and revamped with co-hosts Mac and Alberto covering the news and topics on Health, Injustices, and Viral content in society. Check back on November 20th when our new episode drops. 

Dr. Shan-Estelle Brown, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Rollins College in Orlando joins Hope & Help to discuss how she fell into researching the societal and systemic barriers people living with HIV face. Including the paths that typically lead individuals to the point they receive an HIV positive diagnosis. 

Co Host: Colin Crabtree

Music: Ocean by Ehrling 

About Hope & Help

The Hope and Help Center of Central Florida, Inc. is a not-for-profit health center, offering HIV/STD/HEP C testing, treatment, and primary medical care. Hope & Help's mission is to inspire, equip, and mobilize people to take action against HIV/AIDS. For over 30 years, Hope & Help has provided health services, community outreach programs, and has launched HIV awareness campaigns to prevent new HIV transmissions. 

If you are living with HIV or don't know your HIV status, call 407.645.2577 or visit hopeandhelp.org and schedule an appointment today to take the next steps towards better health. 

The second part of our interview with PJ on the social determinants of health for young men of color. We identify how to move the conversation forward to reach our youths. PJ has been with Hope & Help for two years working to build up our group for young men that have recently been diagnosed with HIV, building strong foundations for them to continue living their best, healthiest lives. 

Music by: Ehrling  

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P.J. Queenan is S.T.Y.L.E. (Strength Through Youth Livin' Empowered) workshop group at Hope & Help. This part 1 of a 2 part interview. 

Music: Ocean by Ehrling

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