The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) is looking for people of color living with HIV who are dedicated to leading on HIV issues in their communities to participate in its Building Leaders of Color (BLOC) program. These leaders must be willing to serve as representatives in their local communities by actively engaging in decision-making processes to ensure services for people of color living with HIV are created and protected.
The 2017-2018 BLOC program will select 90 leaders of color living with HIV who are ages 18 and older. The BLOC program is designed to identify new, emerging, and seasoned leaders of color living with HIV with the goal of cultivating, supporting, and training them to be full, active, and engaged participants on planning bodies, medical and support care teams, boards of directors, and other entities meant to address the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Goals. In the new year, the BLOC Program will host the following comprehensive trainings:
- One (1) national training for transgender women of color living with HIV.
- Three (3) regional trainings for people of color living with HIV.
- NEW!!! One (1) – youth focused leadership program, BLOC Youth, where we will recruit and train young (ages 18-24) up-and-coming leaders of color living with HIV.
- One (1) Train the Trainer (TOT) Session for selected program graduates and Ryan White Part A & B grantees (applications coming soon)
Applications for the BLOC program are now being accepted through October 15, 2017.
