On our final episode of 2022, we are joined by a very special guest: Brenda Chambers. Brenda is a participant in CAP's Aging Well program and is a long-term survivor of HIV. Listen as she tells her story of being a grandmother, a caregiver, a friend, and a peer to her community, and don't miss hearing how she is leveraging her 18 years in recovery to support and mentor others through their healing journeys. We hope you find Brenda's Story as moving as we do, and we hope you will consider supporting the work we do for clients like Brenda by making a gift today at www.capnw.org/donate

November 1 officially kicks off Open Enrollment, the time of year when most people in the US shop and enroll in health coverage. But did you know, you can get complimentary health insurance navigation and other benefit navigations services at CAP? Joining us today is Rusty Shorey, one of the incredible Benefits Navigators here at CAP to discuss the various ways in which we can help you sort through all the noise of Open Enrollment, Benefits Navigation, and more! And if you're interested in getting assistance through our Benefits Navigation program, you can get started today at https://www.capnw.org/health-insurance

With Election Day right around the corner on November 8th, we thought it was the perfect opportunity to dive into CAP's Public Policy & Advocacy work! Joining us for our seventh episode today is Jonathan Frochtzwajg, CAP's Public Policy and Grants Manager, to give us the inside scoop on our policy initiative, advocacy work, and a plethora of resources, including our 2022 Voter Resource Guide, to help you get prepared for the upcoming elections. You can find our Voter Resource Guide here: https://www.capnw.org/news/2022/turn-out-the-vote

Our sixth episode of Vibrant features a great conversation with Tim Smith, one of our incredible HIV & STI testers at Pivot, a testing program of CAP. With AIDS Walk Northwest coming up next week and National Gay Men's HIV & AIDS Awareness day following closely on its heels on September 27th, the topic of HIV testing is popping up a lot. So Tim is here to give us a look into the services Pivot provides, and why these services are so critical to reducing HIV & STI transmission in our men who have sex with men (MSM) communities. 

On our fifth episode of Vibrant, we are getting to know a bit more about one of Our House's core client programs: the Neighborhood Housing & Care Program (NHCP). Joseph Caver, Manager of NHCP, joins us today to give us the inside scoop on the work the NHCP team does to meet clients where they live to continue to provide the wrap-around compassionate affirming care that ensures their continued health, wellbeing, and sense of community!

On this episode of Vibrant, we are honoring HIV Long Term Survivors Day. As we reflect back on the past 4 decades of the HIV epidemic, we want to honor and remember not only those lost to us, but also uplift those who continue to live and thrive in the face of HIV. Joining us today is our Aging Well Program team lead, Jim Clay, to help us do just that! Jim walks us through his work in establishing the Aging Well Program at CAP, the impacts of COVID on their programming, what long-term survivorship means to him, and more!

Disclaimer: Today's episode features a discussion about hepatitis, as well as mildly graphic descriptions of its symptoms and modes of transmission, including sexual activities. Listener discretion is advised.

On our second episode, we get the distinct pleasure of sitting down with the veritable Kevin Cook (a.k.a. Poison Waters) to talk about their favorite program at CAP: Camp KC (Camp Kids Connection)! Beyond providing a safe, affirming, stigma-free summer camp experience, Camp KC also allows us to connect with these youth to talk about HIV. So in observance of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day, we hope you will tune in to learn more about this incredible program (and maybe even sign up to volunteer in 2022)!