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Past Event

HIV/AIDS: Honoring the Past, Taking Action Now

Save the date! On May 21, Commonwealth Club World Affairs presents an important program on the history and current state of HIV/AIDS.

Panel 1: 4:30–5:30 "Honoring Our History, Taking Action Now" 
Youth Scholars of the National AIDS Memorial discuss their plans to confront the needs of the HIV/AIDS movement today.

Moderator: Mike Shriver
Panelist: Bo James Hwang, Dante "Gray" Gautereaux, Peter Pham, Jesus Aguilar Martinez

5:30–6 p.m.: Intermission: drinks and light bites

Panel 2: 6–7 p.m. "Addressing the Impacts of the Administration's Actions."

Moderator: Dr. Tyler TerMeer
Panel: Cecila Chung, Carl Schmid, Lance Toma

Notes

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Photos courtesy the speakers.

May 21, 2025

The Commonwealth Club of California
110 The Embarcadero
Taube Family Auditorium, Library, Rooftop
San Francisco, CA 94105
United States

Speakers
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Carl Schmid

Executive Director, HIV+Hepatitis Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.

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Bo James Hwang

Post-baccalaureate Pre-medical Student, University of California, Santa Cruz; two-time recipient, Pedro Zamora Scholarship; recent fellow, Global Health Corps 

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Cecilia Chung

Former Health Commissioner, San Francisco; Senior Advisor, Transgender Law Center,

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Dante "Gray" Gautereaux

Founder, Sexuality and Gender Acceptance Club in high school; Founder, Choice Action Team, Willamette University

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Jesus Aguilar Martinez

Student, University of San Francisco,

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Peter Pham

Activist

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Tyler TerMeer

Ph.D., CEO, San Francisco AIDS Foundation

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Mike Shriver

Former Co-chair, San Francisco Community HIV Planning Council; Steering Committee Member, “Getting To Zero” Consortium of San Francisco

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Lance Toma

Chief Executive Officer, San Francisco Community Health Center

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Michelle Meow

Producer and Host, "The Michelle Meow Show," KPIX+; Member, Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California Board of Governors—Host