Emily Victoria Carson

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    Emily Victoria Carson

    Youth Program Coordinator AIDS2012 at International AIDS Society

    Civic & Social Organization | Washington D.C. Metro Area, US

    Summary

    Emily is the former North American Regional Focal Point for the Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS and a founding member of the HIV Young Leaders Fund Steering Committee. She began working with HIV education 8 years ago, starting with developing and implementing an awareness based educational program for her peers at the high school level. This led to a position on the Board of Directors for The Alliance for Living in New London, Connecticut, representing the Youth Voice regarding involvement and programming. She moved from that to work internationally with local organizations focusing on the social impact of HIV/AIDS at the community level in Costa Rica, Canada, Nicaragua and India.

    Currently, she is working predominantly with issues surrounding community building and issues affecting people dealing with homelessness and food insecurity, but she continues to remain committed to assisting youths with developing HIV awareness programs based on their communities and realities.

    Recently, she began speaking on youth involvement and training to engage with the HIV epidemic. She participated in the 2008 and 2010 International AIDS Conferences and was the Youth Rapporteur in 2010 and was the Youth Program Coordinator for AIDS 2012.

    She holds a degree in Media and Journalism, specializing in photojournalism, and is passionate about traveling and cooking.

    Specialties: Peer Education, Nutrition, Drop-in Services, Sexual Health Education, Cultural Liaison, Project Management, Harm Reduction, Media Policy

    Experience

    • Nov 2009 - Present
      Board Member / HIV Young Leaders Fund

      The HIV Young Leaders Fund is a new funding mechanism driven by youth-serving HIV networks. The mission of the HIV Young Leaders Fund is to enable new leadership in the AIDS response among young people most-affected by HIV. The Fund will make small grants to youth-led initiatives globally and support projects that focus on young people most-affected by HIV in their community. The priority will be on projects that address the needs of young people living with HIV and groups of most-at-risk young people. An Interim Steering Committee will serve as the governing body for the HIV Young Leaders Fund in 2010. The following organizations sit on this governing body:

      Global Network of Sex Work Projects, Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS, GNP+’s Interim Reference Group on Young People Living with HIV, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition, IPPF+ Nepal, Jamaica Youth Advocacy Network, World AIDS Campaign, Youth Coalition for Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Y-PEER, Young Positives, Youth R.I.S.E

    • Sept 2011 - Sept 2012
      Youth Program Coordinator for the AIDS 2012 Conference / International AIDS Society
    • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011
      Communications Intern / Global Youth Coalition on HIV/AIDS
    • May 2010 - May 2011
      Community Advocate & Summer Student / Weston King Community Centre
    • Dec 2009 - Jan 2011
      Free Zone Coordinator / Pride Toronto
    • Dec 2008 - Dec 2010
      Regional Focal Point- North America / Global Youth Coalition on HIV
    • Sept 2010 - Nov 2010
      Editor in Chief / The Guelph-Humber Radix
    • Mar 2004 - May 2007
      Intern in policy and nutrition services / The Alliance for Living

    Education

    • 2009 - 2011
      University of Guelph
      Media in Journalism & Photojournalism
      Activities: Editor and Chief of The Guelph-Humber Radix paper, Humber Pride
    • 2007 - 2011
      Long Island University, Brooklyn Campus
      BA in Globalization and Political Science
      Activities: Global College
    • 2003 - 2007
      Bacon Academy
      Diploma

    Additional Information

    • Websites:
      Company Website, Personal Website
    • Interests:
      Politics, Anthropology, Photography, Journalism, Activism, Gender, Sexuality, LGBT issues, Education, Infrastructure, Media transparency, Travel, India, Spanish,
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