The Saving Ourselves Symposium (SOS) is an annual conference designed to educate and empower the Black LGBTQ+ community in the South. Established in 2013 by founder Marvell L. Terry II and the Red Door Foundation, SOS is a one-of-a-kind conference that provides first-hand information to individuals and organizations with an emphasis on HIV to the Black LGBTQ+ community.
Sessions provide cutting edge research, share promising health practices and strategies, and celebrate the culture and creativity of the Black LGBTQ+ community. This convening takes a dual approach of not only prioritizing those who provide services but also those who identify as LGBTQ+. It is a unique and intentional space for the community to share with, learn from, and celebrate one another.
SAC is honored to be the home for SOS.
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Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) hosts The Virtual Black Print- a Saving Ourselves Symposium Series. Each month SAC will address issues that impact our community. The series will be broadcasted LIVE from SAC’s Facebook page at 6 PM ET/ 5PM CT.
JULY 2020
Session 1: July 16
The State of Black LGBTQ+
Session 2: July 30
Clinical Research and Black Gay Men
AUGUST 2020
Session 3: August 13
The New Southern Belle: Navigating as a Transwoman in the South
Session 4: August 27
BOITALK: a program for masculine of center (MOC) presenting & GNC womxn of color
OCTOBER 2020
Session 5
HIV is still a Social Justice issue!
Session 6
Say it at the POLLS!