The group, offered by Being Alive, is open to all who are interested in participating. Five-day mountain retreats continue at Zaca Lake Applications are being accepted for the spring and summer Sacred Mountain Retreats at Zaca Lake offered by Mountains AIDS Foundation. The purpose of the five-day retreat is to assist people with emotional and spiritual challenges accompanying recent advances in treating HIV infection. The next Sacred Mountain Retreat will begin on Monday, May 10. Additional retreats are scheduled to begin on Monday, July 26, Monday, Aug. 30 and Monday, Oct. 18.
Some financial aid is available.
Two organizations offer pen pal support for individuals who are incarcerated. This working conference is designed to achieve consensus on the key research and process questions raised by HIV community planning and will help inform the health policy research agenda in California. Researchers and members of HIV community planning bodies from throughout the state will be attending this event. Community planning has become a cornerstone in our national response to the HIV epidemic. Community planning requires collaboration between all stakeholders and is inherently challenging.