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MISSION
MISSION
MISSION
To empower, strengthen and uplift All People Living with HIV/AIDS.
VISION
MISSION
MISSION
A world where all People Living With HIV/AIDS can live in their truth and prosper. By creating a meaningful involved network of People Living With HIV/AIDS through social activities that are empowering, educational, and community driven we will succeed at our mission.
PURPOSE
MISSION
PURPOSE
To empower, elevate and inform PLWHA’s , our allies and families, by increasing access to education, and awareness. To build a strategic social network, that works together to uplift our community economically, and politically. And to provide the tools needed to transform their communities.
Advisory Board and Miami Executive Board
Alecia M. Tramel
Founder of Positive People Network ,Inc.
Executive Board Member Miami
Pronouns:She, Her,and Her's
Alecia M. Tramel is passionate and is committed to her advocacy and helping to educate, promote awareness, prevention and a better quality of life for PLWHA’s.
Alecia was diagnosed in 2000 in Miami, Fl. A proud mother of 3 wonderful children. Her last child was born after diagnosis in 2002 and is not positive. Alecia has spoken for organizations, public schools, community health events, conferences and churches. She has sat on several boards and has made an array of media appearances. Alecia is the founder of Positive People Network Inc, a non- profit organization whose mission is to provide social activities for PLWHA, to help end stigma and change the quality of life of PLWHA’s. Alecia has a social media presence where she posts helpful updated information about HIV/AIDS. Pozitively Alecia Miami has social media presence where she posts helpful updated information about HIV/AIDS. Alecia is the Florida State Lead for Positive Women’s Network, a member of BTAN, The Southern Aids Coalition, Florida Community Health Worker Coalition, Florida HIV Justice Coalition, previous Member of Miami-Dade HIV/AIDS Partnership, Community Coalition of The Partnership, Blogger for A Girl Like Me: The Well Project, Member of The Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, Florida HIV/Aids Advocacy Network, Inductee in Leading Women”s Society, A member Millionheiress Club LLC , The Ambassador of Health for Catalyst Miami, and A Board Member of Women’s March Miami. Alecia is motivated to do all that she can to help eradicate stigma and she has helped on the ground floor to help re-citizens receive their voting rights restored through Amendment 4. Being the Field Organizer for Color of Change during the 2018 elections in Florida. Presently a member of the Florida Organizing for Power team to get the Positive Vote also.
Media Credits:
http://www.wlrn.org/post/heres-how-amendment-4-would-impact-floridians-felony-convictions
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AC-QIZAS809zlqw4X6DxRdy6oDtHmH6T/view
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10104549457802078&id=18715674
http://hivplusmag.com/people/2019/1/09/18-our-amazing-people-living-hiv-alecia-tramel
Deirdre Johnson
PPN Virginia
Gena Grant
PPN YOUTH DIRECTOR
Executive Board Member Miami
Gena Grant is a Nationally recognized HIV/AIDS advocate with a passion for mentoring youth. In Miami Florida Gena has worked in this field since 2005.
Gena is also the Founder of Real Talk with Gena Grant LLC. a Grass root organization that partners with Nonprofit agencies and CBO’s to empower youth to make healthy reproductive health decisions Gena Truly believes a healthier you starts with a conversation
Gena is an active member of the Positive Women’s Network USA, she is also a member of the Florida Department of Health Speakers Bureau, Gena is a Member of the 2020 Leading Women’s Society/Sister Love inducted in 2018
Gena is also a Trainer for NMAC (National Minority AIDS Council) (GLOW) program Growing Leadership opportunity for women, a comprehensive educational program that trains and prepares women in the community to become community engagers.
NMAC(National Minority AIDS Council (BLOC) Building Leader of Color program which seeks to engage people living with HIV/AIDS leadership opportunities to improve care for persons Living with HIV/AIDS
Gena Also serves as Director of Youth services at Positive People Network Inc.
Gena is a volunteer with (Community Health Empowerment Network (‘CHE’) a community based Non-Profit agency focused on advocacy and education around key health issues impacting low income underserved communities
Gena has Hosted the Black Male Explorers Program Summer conference focused on investing in our youth’s future at “Florida Memorial College”
Gena Also volunteers with the 5000 Role Models mentoring program,of Miami Dade County
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity “Young Men’s Mentoring
Program” and many other community-based organizations throughout the years
Connie Shearer
PPN LAS VEGAS
Advocate Extraordinaire living and loving life in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mother, Grandmother, and killer of chocolate chip cookies the world over. Me and my advocacy work, can be found at the intersections of life and harm reduction. You may know it as that place where all the bad kids hang out. I call it home, and those people are my family and friends.
Lamar Mcmullen Executive Board Miami
Lamar McMullen is a 33 yr. old Bahamian American born in the late 80s, that works at Empower U Community Health Center and have been there for 4 years as of November 1. He is a SGL man of color, a recovering addict with 7 years clean, and a PLWH and is proud of who he is today. “If you knew my story you will understand,” says Lamar. He is the co-chair of the Miami Men's Collaborative and has totally changed the game in so many ways. He is a GRIOT (African Storyteller) who was a part of a docu-film called "Outrun the Sky" that was recorded back in Jan. of 2019 and was finally released in June for National Testing Day. The docu-film talks about drug addiction, suicide, abandonment issues, barriers, and more as it relates to the LGBTQ community. All the brothers in the film came from the high 5 prevalent areas in the south (Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Jackson Mississippi) He is proud to serve his community because he is who he serves and with that being said let’s welcome Lamar McMullen!!!
Michelle Harris
PPN Indiana
Hello everyone my name is Michelle Y. Harris I was born in Memphis Tenn 62 years ago. I found out my HIV/AIDS diagnosis 2/2012,but found out later from Doctor that had carried the virus in my body for about 10 years prior. This was not an easy thing for me to grasp for a long time . After Coding on the table twice and having my son told by the hospital staff that I would never leave the hospital. I knew the Lord had a bigger plan for me. The lord will make a way out of no way and he did.
I was for people just like me many that were just like me I knew I was not good at hiding things and I was not going to start now, soI started meeting my extended family members and learning more about this so I wanted them too hold their head high, and that they have nothing to be ashamed of . I wanted to be the voice for the one no longer here and for the one that did not know how to speak out,
One the first Conferences I attended was HIV is not a Crime in Indy, I met so many wonderful that had been live with this virus much longer than, I, I learned with very Medical Staff on how to
Various situations of the virus if there were over 50 women of color, and if they were in the early Twenties and still needed help coping, I attended the Breaking Barriers Conference also in Indy.. I have done luncheon with the Indians Urban League, I have help at the State house to get HB HMM amended, HIV Mordernation Movement deals with Criminalization where various have very OUTDATED information on HIV/AIDS in the court system. I will close this be saying there is life after Diagnosis so live your best at all times.
Rosie Hayes
Executive Board Member Miami
Louis Robinson
Board Member Miami
Michelle Goodman
Board Member Miami
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