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Announcing Engage, A New Online Learning Platform!

December 16, 2020
 
Dear Advocate,
 
At a time when staying connected and learning from one another at a distance is more important than ever, AVAC is excited to announce a new online platform for peer-to-peer resource sharing, collaborative learning and joint strategy development called Engage.
 
The Engage platform offers:
 
Free Online Courses
A number of courses, both self-guided and facilitated, are available on the site, including:  
Network Spaces 
These online spaces allow you to connect with experts, find and post resources, and contribute to conversations with your peers in forums organized around a central theme. Check out spaces like the Research Literacy Networking Zone for information on the HIV research pipeline. Watch that space for pop-up conversations hosted around the HIV R4P conference in early 2021!
 
Webinars
Group leaders organize pop-up conversations and webinars with experts relevant to the news of the day and emerging themes. Check out two of the recent offerings below:
  • Heidi Larson and Charles Wiysonge discussed the challenges of rolling out a COVID-19 vaccine in the context of growing vaccine hesitancy. In a session moderated by Tian Johnson of the Vaccine Advocacy Resource Group, these experts discussed potential strategies for advocates and community engagement practitioners to respond. 
  • Rena Janamnuaysook led a webinar for the Stakeholder Engagement Community of Practice on the Tangerine Clinic in Thailand, a full service transgender health and HIV prevention clinic. Janamnuaysook discussed how the clinic has shifted services during COVID-19 research and what new models (PrEP home delivery by motorbike) they are considering keeping long-term. 
 
We are always adding new materials and resources, including a suite of new courses planned for release in 2021. If an essential group or resource is missing, let us know. Engage is a platform for all and we welcome your ideas for improvements and leadership on the platform!
 
Register for your free account today!
 
Best,
AVAC
 

Seeking Nominees for the 2021 Omololu Falobi Award in Barcelona, Spain 
Do you know a courageous and inspiring young activist, advocate or community engagement worker who impressed and inspired you in 2020? Someone who innovated to ensure that research continued safely despite COVID-19? Someone who advocated to ensure that HIV treatment, care and prevention did not stop? Someone who shone a light on human rights violations, or who demanded that community voices help shape the response?  Consider nominating them for this award! Submission deadline is January 4. Learn more at www.avac.org/falobi.
 



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