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Care Without Borders: Advancing HIV Services for Newcomer Communities

AUGUST 13, 2026 — This webinar explores strategies to improve access to HIV prevention, care, and supportive services for newcomer communities. It highlights the structural impact while offering practical approaches to build trust, ensure confidentiality, and provide culturally responsive, affirming services.

Faith and Sexuality: Shaping Conversations Supporting Sexual Health

JULY 20, 2026 @ 12PM EDT — This webinar explores the intersection of faith, sexual health, relationships, and wellness through a culturally responsive lens. Participants will hear from public health and sexual health professionals and engage in a meaningful discussion about HIV prevention, reproductive health, healthy relationships, and the influence of faith communities on health and well-being. By centering the experiences of Black women, this session aims to promote empowerment, reduce stigma, and encourage open, judgment-free conversations that support holistic wellness.

Honoring Traditions, Advancing Health: Delivering Culturally Responsive HIV Prevention and Care with American Indian and Alaska Native Communities

This e-learning module explores the intersection of cultural traditions and HIV prevention in Native communities. Learners will gain foundational knowledge of the historical, social, and cultural factors that influence HIV risk and access to care, as well as an overview of disparities impacting Native populations. The module highlights culturally responsive, community-led approaches to prevention, including the integration of traditional practices and the importance of trust-building.

Affirming Care for Immigrant Communities: Building Inclusive and Responsive Services

This session equips participants with tools to create affirming, inclusive services for immigrant communities with a focus on respect, access, and trust across Maryland’s service systems.

Sex Work, Health, and Safety: Building Trust Through Community Engagement

This webinar will focus on the intersection of sex work, health access, and community safety. Participants will explore trust-building strategies and engagement approaches that support autonomy, reduce stigma, and promote safer service environments.

Real Talk, Real Impact: HIV Prevention and Sex Work

This webinar explores the intersection of sex work, access to healthcare, and community safety. Participants will learn practical strategies for building trust, engaging respectfully, and supporting autonomy while working to reduce stigma and create safer, more inclusive service environments.

Creating Stigma-Free Services: Community-Based Settings

Designed for outreach and community-based staff, this training explores how stigma shows up in everyday interactions and offers practical tools to foster welcoming, respectful environments that support engagement and retention.

Enhancing Care for Migrant Clients Living with HIV: Strategies for Support and Access

This webinar will provide practical strategies to strengthen care and access for migrant clients affected by HIV, with a primary focus on African migrant communities.

Needs of Returning Citizens with Substance Use Disorders

This module covers the various health and social needs of previously incarcerated individuals with substance use disorders upon returning home to their Washington, D.C. communities.

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Black Women and Girls in Health and Wellness

In this on-demand Virtual Town Hall from the Empower Program, recorded during the International Conference on Stigma, experts provide valuable insights on mental health, reproductive health, sexual health, and access to equitable healthcare services for Black women and girls.

PrEP: Community Engagement and Outreach

This course prepares participants for beginning their work as PrEP educators and outreach workers as well as serve as a refresher for experienced professionals.

National Perspectives on Harm Reduction and Community Health

This session describes the impact of drug use from a national and local perspective, examines the social impact of drug use on communities, and identifies national and local harm reduction activities. Surveillance data will be presented to highlight national and local trends.

All four 2023 Harm Reduction Conference training sessions must be taken to receive a total of 3.25 credit hours.