Events
Panel Discussion - Reflections on the AIDS Journey in West Michigan: Public Health and Community Care
Date and Time
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
RSVP
You can RSVP for this event until March 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Location
Hager-Lubbers Exhibition Hall & Loosemore Auditorium
Richard M. DeVos Center - Robert C. Pew Grand Rapids Campus
401 W. Fulton Street, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Description
This panel will focus on the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in West Michigan. From the beginning of the disease those affected struggled to find medical care and treatments. This was greatly worsened by the social stigma surrounding AIDS as well as discrimination against the LGBTQ community. This panel brings together West Michigan public health workers and LGBTQ community members from 1980s-early 2000s to discuss their experiences.
Panelists will include:
- Jan Koopman
- Michelle Johnson
- Aaminah Shakur
- Tommy Allen
- Gary Van Harn
Our moderator will be Harold Clarke-Lopez.
This event also appears on the main events calendar tagged as academic, aids, brooks, community, health, history, kutsche, and local.
Contact
Nora Salas
Director, Kutsche Office of Local History
Email: salasn@gvsu.edu
Phone: 616-331-8099
Ryan Moore
Office Coordinator, Kutsche Office of Local History
Email: moorer4@gvsu.edu
Phone: 616-331-8099