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DESCRIPTION:SPEAKERS Joelle Espeut\, BA\, Advocacy Director\, The Normal A
 nomaly Initiative\, Inc. Joelle Bayaa-Uzuri Espeut (she/her/hers) current
 ly serves as Advocacy Director for The Normal Anomaly Initiative\, Inc\, 
 and has worked with NASTAD\, Yale\, AIDS United\, GLAAD\, Gilead/Compass 
 Initiative\, Transgender Law Center\, SUSTAIN\, and CDC\, and has appeare
 d in Houston Chronicle\, Time Magazine\, Pink News\, and Fox26 Houston’s 
 “Isiah Factor Uncensored”. She currently serves on the Yale CIRA communit
 y advisory board. In 2023\, she became a graduate of the American Express
  Leadership Academy\, as well as a graduate of the Victory Empowerment Fe
 llowship program of the LGBT Victory Fund. She has been awarded the ‘Carr
 ying The Torch’ Award at 2022’s Houston Trans Pride and the 2022 Monica R
 oberts Award from The Houston LGBTQ Political Caucus. She currently serve
 s on the Board for allgoPOC. In 2024\, she became the first Black Trans W
 oman to be voted female-identifying Grand Marshal for Pride Houston. In J
 anuary 2026\, she was voted onto the Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus boar
 d as Vice President. Bec Sokha Keo\, PhD\, MSW\, SUSTAIN Wellbeing COMPAS
 S Coordinating Center\, University of Houston Graduate College of Social 
 Work Bec Sokha is a Research Associate at the SUSTAIN Center\, a funding\
 , training and coaching center that partners with Community Based and HIV
 /AIDS Service Organizations in the US South to enhance trauma informed\, 
 harm reduction\, mental health\, and community wellness services in the c
 ontext of HIV. Their focus areas are Community-Based Participatory Action
  Research\, Public Impact Scholarship and Language Justice. They currentl
 y work on two research projects: as a co-lead (TAC-SAGES) and research te
 am member (Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV (MIPA) Legacy
  Project). Their research goal is to achieve BIPOC TNB health equity and 
 wellness through community lead research and public impact.\n\nSpeakers:\
 nJoelle Espeut\; Bec Sokha Keo\n\nAdmission:\nFree\n\nDetails URL:\nhttps
 ://medicine.yale.edu/event/ccec-apr-26/\n
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LOCATION:This is a virtual only event via Zoom.\, URL: https://tinyurl.com
 /CCECApr26
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STATUS:Confirmed
SUMMARY:CIRA's Community Capacity and Economics Core Presents: "Transformi
 ng Research and Public Health through the Leadership of Black Trans Women
  in the South: TAC-SAGES"
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