California: Sixth Annual HIV/AIDS Action Summit to Feature Project Runway Winner Mondo Guerra

Experts and activists will come together on Sept. 12 at City of Hope for the sixth annual HIV/AIDS Action Summit. Organized by the medical center and Assembly member Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena), this year's meeting will feature "Project Runway All-Stars" winner and HIV awareness spokesperson Mondo Guerra. "The San Gabriel Valley HIV/AIDS Action Summit raises awareness about HIV and AIDS and efforts to prevent new infections and keep HIV-positive patients healthy," Portantino said in a statement. "This year we are especially pleased to have Mondo Guerra talk about getting young people involved in the fight against AIDS." Dr. Alexandra Levine, City of Hope's chief medical officer and former research chair for the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, will speak at the conference. The summit will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at City of Hope's Cooper Auditorium, 1500 E. Duarte Rd. in Duarte. The public is invited.

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