In today’s rundown: It’s National HIV Testing Day. A youth town hall meeting on HIV/AIDS. And tens of thousands of local teens remain out of work this summer.
— Today is National HIV Testing Day and The Washington Post has information on where you can go to get tested.
— The Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) — a Women’s Foundation Grantee Partner — and Metro TeenAIDS are holding a youth town hall meeting on Thursday to discuss needs and concerns that will be addressed at next year’s AIDS 2012 International Conference, which is being held in D.C.
— Caroline Jones, the new executive director of Doorways for Women and Families (a Foundation Grantee Partner), talked to The Washington Post about her leadership style and how she found a place in the nonprofit world.
— Many young people in the District started working today through the D.C. summer jobs program, but thousands are out of work due to cuts to the program. ABC7 reports that there was a 45 percent drop in the number of jobs available this year.
