Women's HIV Program

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Past Events

March 4 - 14, 2010

"Dancing with the Clown of Love" - An Exploration of Life & Love in the Age of AIDS
This program was the culmination of an important collaboration between Rhodessa Jones and The Women's HIV Program(WHP) at UCSF. For the past 2 years, Ms. Jones has worked with a group of HIV-positive women, that include women from WHP and the Family Service Network, to explore their experience with love and life and to express their personal stories through spoken word, performance, dance and music. The result was transformational for the women invovled and an inspirational performance. A link to a video of the performance will be coming soon!

April 23, 2010

The Alonzo King LINES Ballet, San Francisco's premiere contemporary ballet teamed up with the Women's HIV Program at UCSF to dedicate its performance on
Friday, April 23, 2010 to the issue of HIV in minority women. Alonzo King LINES Ballet is renowned for its ability to connect audiences to a proufound sense of shared humanity - of vulnerability and tenderness, but also of furious abandon and exhilarating freedom. The evening featured a pre-performance reception and an after-performance Q&A with Alonzo King, Founder and Artistic Director, Alonzo King LINES Ballet and Dr. Edward Machtinger, Director of the Women's HIV Program. All funds raised for the evening's performance benefited the Women's HIV Program.

2008 15th Anniversary Celebration - "Living Proof"

We are pleased to announce that our 15th Anniversary Celebration--Living Proof--was a huge success!  Performances included Rhodessa Jones and The Medea Project, Bonnie Hayes, and Linda Tillery. Special awards were given to Barbara Rodgers, Susan Shea, and Cassandra Steptoe. Thank you to all those who supported and attended this special event.

Photos from the 2008 Event:

mach_burkettsThis year's event was held at the lovely Ruby Skye in downtown San Francisco. whp_group_twoMike Earhart (Executive Committee Chair) with Barbara Rodgers (Honoree).
mach_burkettsSpecial Performance by Rhodessa Jones and the Medea Project. whp_group_twoThe Medea Project on stage.
mach_burkettsVice Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and Director of the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, Nancy Milliken, MD, gave a special address. whp_group_twoCassandra Steptoe was honored with a special reward, presented here by WHP Director, Edward Machtinger, MD.
mach_burkettsRhodessa Jones and Idris Ackamore of Cultural Odyssey. whp_group_twoEdward Machtinger, MD, and Susan Machtinger, Advisory Council member and Event Chair.
mach_burkettsNancy Milliken, MD, Edward Machtinger, MD, and Honoree, Susan Shea, FNP. whp_group_twoLinda Tillery & Bonnie Hayes.
mach_burkettsHonoree, Barbara Rodgers
whp_group_twoEdward Machtinger, MD, and Susan Shea, FNP
mach_burkettsHonoree, Cassandra Steptoe
whp_group_twoThe Medea Project

Event Photography by Clifford Ng. & David Fischer ©2008

2007 Annual “Grow to Be” Fundraiser
We are pleased to announce that our 2007 Annual “Grow to Be” Fundraiser, featuring a performance by Tracy Chapman, was a success!

Photos from the 2007 Event:

barbara_tracy_eddy Barbara Rodgers, (event emcee), Tracy Chapman (who sang beautifully at the event), and Edward Machtinger, MD, Director of WHP. barbara Barbara Rodgers addressing the crowd.
Michelle_OdomWHP Executive Committee Member, Michelle Odom. earhart_gripperWHP Executive Committee Members, Mike Earhart and Toni Gripper.

mia_tracy_donnaHonoree, Mia McCarter, and her mother, Donna McCarter, along with Tracy Chapman (middle). nancy_franNancy Milliken, MD, Vice Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, and WHP Executive Committee Member, Fran Meckler.

dixie_judyDixie Horning, WHP Executive Committee Member and Director of the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, with Judy Young. group_tracyMonica Gandhi, MD; Edward Machtinger, MD; Mia McCarter; Tracy Chapman; Mark Pastore; Donna McCarter; Barbara Rodgers; and Nancy Miliken, MD.

Fran Meckler; Ginger Ruth; Monica Gandhi, MD; Ingrid Nelson, NP; Edward Machtinger, MD; Maureen Shannon, NP; Katy Davis; and Mariann Ferretti. markWHP Executive Committee founding chair, Mark Pastore, receiving his award for outstanding leadership and community service.

Ruth Greenblatt, MD, founder of WHP and WHP Executive Committee Member. tracy_donnaTracy Chapman and Donna McCarter.

mach_burkettsEdward Machtinger, MD; Erin Burkett; and Mike Burkett, lead singer of NOFX and owner of Fat Wreck Chords. whp_group_twoSusan Shea, NP; Brandon Norris; Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD; Executive Committee member, Nancy Hessol; Ruth Greenblatt, MD; and Beth Chiarelli.

Event Photography by Clifford Ng. ©2007