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"When I train candidates I always say start with Freud, learn the interpersonalist, learn the object relations folks, know from what you come, even if you want to be a radical interpersonalist, a radical relationalist, because having that stuff in your back pocket is organizing and creates an ideal to which you can aspire or choose not to follow, but at least you'll know what you're not following. My perspective on this stuff really comes from the idea that before we are free to break the rules, we need to know what the rules are and we need to be well grounded in them." Episode Description: We begin by appreciating the evolution of some fundamental practices in psychoanalysis. We consider the meanings of 'rules' and 'guidelines'. Joyce shares with us her current thinking on answering patients' questions – for some, it's helpful, for others, not. We discuss the use of the word 'fantasy' with patients as contrasted with 'guesses' or 'imaginings'. Joyce considers the many ways that patients terminate their treatments and how frequently it does not accord with traditional models of ending. We consider reluctance to leave the treatment relationship from both sides of the couch – analysts, too, have needs satisfied in this work and can play a part in the nature of the ending. Joyce relates how some former patients remain in contact with their analysts, and that isn't necessarily problematic.  For others, "being able to 'go it alone' represents an extraordinary achievement." She concludes that "termination remains an ideal worth holding onto. But loosely."   Our Guests: Joyce Slochower, Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Hunter College & the Graduate Center, CUNY.  Joyce is faculty and supervisor at the NYU Postdoctoral Program, the Steven Mitchell Center, the National Training Program of NIP (all in New York), the Philadelphia Center for Relational Studies in Philadelphia, and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California in San Francisco. She has written Holding and Psychoanalysis: A Relational Perspective (1996) and Psychoanalytic Collisions (2006). She is co-Editor, with Lew Aron and Sue Grand, De-idealizing relational theory: a Critique from within and Decentering Relational Theory: A Comparative Critique (2018), both of which received the Gradiva award in 2019. Her latest book, Psychoanalysis and the Unspoken, was published in 2024. She is in private practice in Manhattan.    Recommended Readings:  Grand, S. (2009). Termination as necessary madness. Psychoanal. Dialogues, 19: 723–733.   Kantrowitz, J. (2025). A Personal View of Terminations and Endings. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly 94:361-379   Levine, H. B. & Yanoff, J. A. (2004). Boundaries and postanalytic contacts in institutes. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 52:873–901.   Loewald  (1988). Termination analyzable and unanalyzable. Psychoanal. Study Child, 43:155–166.   Peddler, J. R. (1988). Termination reconsidered. Int. J. Psychoanal., 69:495–505.   Schachter, J. (1992). Concepts of termination and post-termination patient analyst contact. Int. J. Psychoanal., 73:137–154.   Slochower, J. (2022). Sequels. J. Amer. Psychoanal. Assn., 70:845–873.   Slochower, J.  (2024). Psychoanalysis and the Unspoken. NY, London: Routledge.

We Talk Weekly News is a news and culture radio show delivering powerful analysis, real conversations, and unfiltered commentary on the biggest stories shaping our world today. On WPPM 106.5 FM Philadelphia every Saturday at 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., hosted by celebrity stylist & radio personality Charles Gregory, journalist and media personality Lauren "Sizzle" Settles and health correspondent "Classy Lady" Sparkle Howell. We feature expert guests, political and public figures, celebrities, and community leaders combined with legal and law enforcement analysis and commentary.Since 2013, we've been up close and personal with public figures such as: Actress Entrepreneur Vivica A. Fox, Rapper Doug E. Fresh, Yandy Smith, Rapper Chubb Rock, Les Twins, Celebrity Boxing CEO Damon Feldman, Mayor Cherelle Parker, Chrisean Rock, Actor Darrin D. Henson, Basketball Wives Jackie Christie, Senator Vincent Hughes, Rapper Roxanne Shaunte, Republican Councilmember David Oh, Reality Stars/Entrepreneurs Angela Simmons, Jo Jo Simmons, and Vanessa Simmons; Actress/Comedian Torrei Hart, Rapper Charlie Baltimore, Actor Robert Ri'chard, Activist Tamika Mallory, District Attorney Larry Krasner and the list goes on!We Talk Weekly News takes you beyond the headlines with breaking news, political analysis, entertainment updates, and trending cultural conversations all through a sharp, informed, and unapologetically urban lens. From U.S. politics and policy to global events, celebrity headlines, music, and the viral moments everyone's talking about — this is where news meets culture and perspective meets truth.In this segment, we interview powerhouse Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting Director Eric Marsh Sr.:Eric Marsh, Sr, is a community leader with nearly 30 years of volunteer and professional experience supporting neighbors and communities across Philadelphia. He is an experienced group facilitator, public speaker, and advocate for various causes including uplifting Black men and boys, healthy fatherhood, gender justice, ending violence, and dismantling systemic racism. He has served as the Chairman of Philadelphia's Mayor's Commission on African-American Males under Mayor Kenney and Board President for the Men's Center for Growth and Change. Eric recently worked as the Manager of WHYY News' Community & Engagement team and the lead Coordinator of N.I.C.E. (News & Information Community Exchange). He is now serving as the new Director of Operations for the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, a journalism support org that helps end harmful reporting and change the narrative around gun violence while supporting the professional development of journalists. He is the co-founder and Executive Director of The Fathering Circle, a peer support organization that helps fathers build better relationships with their families and community. For more information or to contact him, visit https://about.me/ericmarshsrBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/we-talk-weekly-news--2576999/support.Subscribe to We Talk Weekly News' YouTube channel for full podcast video show episodes:https://www.youtube.com/@WeTalkWeeklyTVFollow We Talk Weekly News across all social media platforms for exclusive content, breaking updates, and behind-the-scenes access:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wetalkweeklyTwitter (X): https://twitter.com/WeTalkWeeklyFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wetalkweekly

Eric Marsh is the new Director of Operations at Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting and the founder of the nonprofit Fathering Circle which serves as a form of engagement to men who believe in creating a new vision of parenting that encourages balanced parenting, gender equality and support for fathers and their families.

“I feel so strongly about this [collective commemorative ritual]. I think that early psychoanalytic writing overemphasized the value of separation-individuation and pathologized the opposite. It's been through personal experience that I have come to see that in a different way with regard to Jewish commemorative ritual which takes place a couple of times a year. But also some experiences that I have had outside the realm of religion. The one that pops to mind was what President Biden did about a year after the first onslaught of the Covid epidemic. He had candles put all around the reflecting pool in Washington, one candle for every number of people who had died, and this was broadcast on television.  I sat there and I wept over thousands of deaths, and then I began to think about the power of the experience of mourning with others. Despite the fact that we didn't all lose the same person, we had all lost somebody to this virus that was not as yet being managed. There was something incredibly powerful about that - in the same way for those who lost someone on 9/11 who go down to the Twin Towers and read the list of names every year. But we analysts have not theorized this stuff and I think it's time that we did.”    Episode Description: We begin with Joyce sharing with us her evolution from being a young analyst who was essentially ever available to her struggling patients to now being "more aware of the problematic edge to a kind of responsiveness that once felt simply necessary."  We discuss what she calls analyst's 'secret delinquencies' - when the clinician intentionally withdraws from the patient into personal matters "so that the analyst becomes the single subject in the room." We consider post-treatment friendships between analyst and analysand and the nature of the evolution of the transference. Joyce shares with us her reflections on growing older and the mixed blessings it provides in terms of greater experience and clinical wisdom as well as a tempting "disengagement from an earlier sense of therapeutic discipline." We close with her suggestion that we consider the "dynamic function of commemorative ritual" not as a mere enactment but as a fulsome experience for "reworking old connections."     Our Guest:Joyce Slochower Ph.D., ABPP, is Professor Emerita of Psychology at Hunter College & the Graduate Center, CUNY; faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program, Steven Mitchell Center, National Training Program of NIP, Philadelphia Center for Relational Studies & and PINC in San Francisco.  She is the author of Holding and Psychoanalysis: A Relational Perspective (1996; & 2014) and Psychoanalytic Collisions (2006 & 2014), and co-Editor, with Lew Aron and Sue Grand, of “De-idealizing relational theory: a Critique from Within” and “Decentering Relational Theory: a Comparative Critique” (2018).  Her new book, Psychoanalysis and the Unspoken, was released by Routledge in June 2024. She is in private practice in New York City.    Recommended Readings: 2024 Psychoanalysis and the Unspoken.  NY, London: Routledge.    2024 Factions are Back. Journal of the American Psychoanal.  Assn., 72(4): 561-582.   2018 Deidealizing Relational Theory: A Critique from Within.  L. Aron, S. Grand, & J. Slochower, Eds. London: Routledge.   2017 Don't tell anyone.  Psychoanalytic Psychology, 34: 195-200.   2014 Holding and Psychoanalysis: A Relational Perspective (2nd Edition). New York: Routledge.   2014 Psychoanalytic Collisions: (2nd Edition), New York: Routledge. 

I adopted by son Christopher in 1992 and I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it's been being an adoptive mom. I was able to manage the extensive costs but there are countless potential parents who simply can't afford adoption. We'll tell you about  wonderful nonprofit called Help us Adopt. First HelpUsAdopt.org, founded in 2007, is a national 501(c)(3) adoption grant program. HelpUsAdopt.org was founded by Becky and Kipp Fawcett as a response to their own personal adoption experience. I speak to Rebecca Snyder Fawcett about the organization that's made adoption more feasible for all families. ​https://www.helpusadopt.org/     You see it every morning on the news. the overnight shooting. The police tape, the bullets encircled by chalk on the ground. New studies show coverage of gun violence can re-traumatize survivors. Two new studies published in Preventive Medicine Reports and BMC Public Health led by corresponding author Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and Director of Trauma Research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, more closely examine how reports of community firearm violence are framed on local television news in Philadelphia and the downstream effects of that coverage on the general public's perception of the issue. The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting has created  “Better Gun Violence Reporting: A Toolkit for minimizing Harm. 

You see it every morning on the news. the overnight shooting. The police tape, the bullets encircled by chalk on the ground. New studies show coverage of gun violence can re-traumatize survivors. Two new studies published in Preventive Medicine Reports and BMC Public Health led by corresponding author Jessica H. Beard, MD, MPH, FACS, Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care and Director of Trauma Research at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, more closely examine how reports of community firearm violence are framed on local television news in Philadelphia and the downstream effects of that coverage on the general public's perception of the issue.The Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting has created  “Better Gun Violence Reporting: A Toolkit for minimizing Harm. 

Dr. Jessica Beard, director of research for the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, discusses a new report that offers firearm-injured peoples' perspectives on how the news media covers firearm violence.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Dr. Jessica Beard, director of research for the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, discusses a new report that offers firearm-injured peoples' perspectives on how the news media covers firearm violence. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Flashpoint is recapping the best of our segments from earlier this year. The podcast dives into a deep discussion on the community relationship with and trust in media. Many news outlets' have been criticized for how reporters report on crime, and specifically on gun violence. With local news outlets reporting the 400th homicide this year, we wanted to discuss ways media can improve their reporting on crime while maintaining their mission to serve the public with facts. We hear from a community leader and founder of the Young Chances Foundation, KYW Newsradio's Brand Manager and Program Director, and lastly, Jessica Beard, a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital and Director of the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. The newsmaker of the week is Angela Anderson, a Master's level Therapist with a background in Child psychology who now works in Philadelphia public schools helping students cope with the pressures of school, home, and peers. The Philly Rising Changemaker of the week presented by Patriot Homecare is Crystal Evans, founder of Money Talks, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting urban issues, hosting financial discussions, provide resources and personal finance tips to Philadelphia youth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Flashpoint dives into a deep discussion on the community relationship with and trust in media. Many news outlets' have been criticized for how reporters report on crime, and specifically on gun violence. With local news outlets reporting the 400th homicide this year, we wanted to discuss ways media can improve their reporting on crime while maintaining their mission to serve the public with facts. We hear from a community leader and founder of the Young Chances Foundation, KYW Newsradio's Brand Manager and Program Director, and lastly, Jessica Beard, a trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital and Director of the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting. Our Flashpoint Newsmaker of the week is Earnest Owens, an award-winning journalist. He was nationally recognized and known for his work in print news and his advocacy work in bringing change in his community and the news industry. The Philly Rising Changemaker is Steven CW Taylor, the owner and curator of the recently opened Ubuntu Fine Art Gallery in Germantown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today we are speaking with Dr. Jessica Beard.A  trauma surgeon at Temple University Hospital and the Director of research at the Philadelphia Center for gun violence reporting.  She just became a Stoneleigh Foundation fellow,  giving her more opportunity to do research on gun violence prevention. Dr. Beard has a background in public health and has been devoted to trying to reduce the amount of gun violence in Philadelphia. She talks today about her path to medicine, her passion for public health, and how she responds to the emotional challenges of seeing such suffering every day.  She also discusses some of the causes and solutions of gun violence in our cities.(Note: this episode was recorded on July 28, 2021)Instagram: @narrativesofnorthbroadTwitter: @NarrativesofNB

Our students are on summer break, but I recently caught up with one alumnus of Martin Luther King High to chat about his heading to college in the fall. He talks FAFSA Community College of Philadelphia Center for Male Engagement Time management Schooling v. education Teachers at King and more

Host and KYW Newsradio Community Affairs Reporter Cherri Gregg asks the burning questions about the Philadelphia’s recent response to rising gun violence. Anti-Violence Activist Anton Moore, founder of Unity in the Community and Jim MacMillian of the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting are guests.  The newsmaker of the week is the Diana Cortes, the first Latina to serve as Philadelphia City Solicitor.  The Patriot Homecare Changemaker of the week is Philadelphia OIC. President and CEO, Judge Renee Cardwell Hughes is guest. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Corinne Masur, PsyD, is a child and adult psychoanalyst who has been in practice for over thirty-five years treating children, adolescents and adults.  She is also the co-founder of The Parent Child Center of Philadelphia,The Philadelphia Center for Psychoanalytic Education, and The Philadelphia Declaration of Play. She is on the faculty of The Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia (PCOP) and The Institute for Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis (IRPP). She is the editor of Flirting With Death: Psychoanalysts Consider Mortality (Routledge, 2019), “Finding the Piggle: Reconsidering DW Winnicott’s Most Famous Child Case (Phoenix, 2021) and the author of When a Child Grieves (in Press) and the parenting blog, www.thoughtfulparenting.org.  Sign up for 10% off of Shrink Rap Radio CE credits at the Zur Institute

In this 31 minute episode, Roberta and Patrick Coue chat with Piotr Szyhalski, the artist behind instagram account @laborcamp, which documents the Covid-19 pandemic through 225 politically charged black and white drawings (later turned into posters and installed in major cities)

In this 31 minute episode, Roberta and Patrick Coue chat with Piotr Szyhalski, the artist behind instagram account @laborcamp, which documents the Covid-19 pandemic through 225 politically charged black and white drawings (later turned into posters and installed in major cities)

Thomas De Raedt, MSE, Ph.D., is a leading cancer researcher and an Investigator at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Childhood Cancer Research . Dr. De Raedt joined CHOP from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where he was a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He earned his Master’s degree in Engineering of Cell and Gene Biotechnology from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in Leuven, Belgium and his Ph.D. in Medical Sciences at the same institution in the Lab of Dr. Eric Legius, working on Neurofibromatosis type I. In this conversation, we discuss the state of cancer research in America, controversies over the direction of that research and the specific work he is doing in his lab. It was an honor to have the conversation with someone at the cutting edge of cancer research.

Not all clients that come to counseling want to save or fix their relationships. Being able to help these couples break up with dignity, and have a sense of clarity and acceptance as they move through that process is also very important. This video will help therapists practicing Emotionally Focused Therapy help guide couples through this process in a way that helps them break up in a healthy and civil way. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and special guest Ting Liu, PhD, EFT Trainer/Supervisor and director of the Philadelphia Center for EFT as well as the Asia Center for EFT as we discuss how to help couples break up with dignity using Emotionally Focused Therapy. To learn more about Emotionally Focused Therapy, pioneered by Sue Johnson, please visit http://www.ICEEFT.com or https://www.drsuejohnson.comFor more information about our special guest or to contact EFT Trainer Ting Liu PhD, click: http://www.philadelphiacenterforeft.orgOr visit your host Anabelle Bugatti PhD, LMFT at http://www.wehearttherapy.com and http://www.LasVegasMarriageCounseling...

We all have clients that have a variety of ways of expression emotions, even when they don't appear to be emoting outwardly. Silence can become a little but of a shaky area for therapists to understand what do with the silence, how long to allow the silence to continue, and how to delve into it. Similarly, some cultures and people emote much less obviously than others. Understanding micro-expressions, especially as they pertain to diverse cultural expressions for emotions can be extremely helpful for therapists. Dr. Ting Liu specializes in bringing EFT to diverse cultures, the discussions in this video are applicable to being able to pick up on and attune to micro expressions of emotion. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and special guest Ting Liu, PhD EFT Trainer/Supervisor and director of the Philadelphia Center for EFT as well as the Asia Center for EFT as we discuss diving into silence and micro-expressions in Emotionally Focused Therapy.For more information about our special guest or to contact EFT Trainer Ting Liu PhD, click: http://www.philadelphiacenterforeft.orgFor more information about EFT and pioneer Dr. Sue Johnson, visit: http://www.iceeft.com or http://www.drsuejohnson.comFor more information about your host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, visit: https://www.lasvegasmarriagecounseling.com or https://www.wehearttherapy.com

We all have clients from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Understanding differences in cultural expressions of emotion and attachment needs is extremely important if we are to be effective therapists. While Dr. Ting Liu specializes in bringing EFT to the Asian culture, the discussions in this video are applicable to a variety of cultures and clients, especially when it comes to being able to pick up on and attune to micro expressions of emotion. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and special guest Ting Liu, PhD EFT Trainer/Supervisor and director of the Philadelphia Center for EFT as well as the Asia Center for EFT as we discuss our Emotionally Focused Therapy spotlight on diversity. For more information about our special guest or to contact EFT Trainer Ting Liu PhD, click: http://www.philadelphiacenterforeft.orgFor more information about EFT and pioneer Dr. Sue Johnson, visit: http://www.iceeft.com or http://www.drsuejohnson.comFor more information about your host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, visit: https://www.lasvegasmarriagecounseling.com or https://www.wehearttherapy.com

Do your clients and couples suffer from Depression? Ever wonder how to put their depression into the cycle or how to create and access a secure attachment frame to help treat the depression? Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and special guest Ting Liu, PhD EFT Trainer/Supervisor and director of the Philadelphia Center for EFT as well as the Asia Center for EFT as we discuss how to treat depression using Emotionally Focused Therapy. For more information about our special guest or to contact EFT Trainer Ting Liu PhD, click: http://www.philadelphiacenterforeft.org For more information about EFT and pioneer Dr. Sue Johnson, visit: http://www.iceeft.com or http://www.drsuejohnson.comFor more information about your host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, visit: https://www.lasvegasmarriagecounseling.com or https://www.wehearttherapy.com

Three professors discuss the development of white allies in a wide-ranging conversation with Host Kitty Kelly Epstein: Dr. Diana Waters is at the Philadelphia Center; Dr. Laura Smith is at Columbia University; and Dr Carla Sherrell is at Naropa University in Colorado. The post Discussing the Development of White Allies appeared first on KPFA.

Anna Welsh is the Founder and CEO of littlebags.BIGIMPACT, a company that hand makes clutch bags from resourced, vintage materials. littlebags.BIGIMPACT is a social impact business, with 15% of the proceeds donated to Treehouse Books, a giving library and literacy center in Philadelphia. Anna is the 2017 recipient of the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the Philadelphia Center for Advancing Entrepreneurs and the National Association of Women Business Owners Philadelphia Chapter. She was accepted into the 2017 Young Entrepreneurs Academy, an entrepreneurship program for middle and high school students. Anna is the youngest recipient from the YEA Philadelphia chapter to win the “Shark Tank” investor competition and her company received the largest investment in the chapter’s history. Anna went on to complete at the YEA national competition in Rochester, NY.   Anna just completed 6th grade at Welsh Valley Middle School in Gladwyne, PA. This past year, she was selected to participate in the Lower Merion School District Student Leadership Conference. She has achieved Distinguished Honor Roll in all subject areas.   In 2015, Anna participated in the Cradles to Crayons Kids Care Corp program —volunteering to provide everyday essentials to children in the community. She was asked by the Cradles to Crayons leadership team to write a speech about her experience and present it to over 300 corporate volunteers and community members at the Cradles to Crayons 8th Annual Un-Gala.   Anna also volunteers her time to support other organizations including Build On, Special Olympics, and the Jewish Relief Agency.   Twitter: @littlebagIMPACT   Facebook: Littlebags Bigimpact   Instagram: littlebags.bigimpact   We also mentioned Tree House Books

Robert Suttle was convicted under Louisiana’s HIV-specific criminal statute after accepting a plea bargain and served six months in a Louisiana prison for HIV non-disclosure to a former partner, with whom he had a contentious relationship. Upon his release in January 2011, he has become engaged in anti-criminalization advocacy work. Today he is now assistant director of The SERO Project, a network of people living with HIV and allies fighting for freedom from stigma and injustice. He oversees the community outreach and education and coordinates Sero’s HIV Criminalization Survivors Network.  Prior to joining, SERO in March 2012, Suttle was a case manager and prevention specialist at the Philadelphia Center, a local AIDS service organization in Shreveport, Louisiana, working with other positive young African American men who have sex with men. Robert is also featured in the documentary film HIV is Not A Crime, has traveled abroad to Geneva, Switzerland to speak at the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board’s meeting in December, 2011, and Oslo, Norway for UNAIDS High Level Consultation on HIV criminalization in February, 2012, sharing his story. Robert is active with the Positive Justice Project and the HIV Justice Network. 

On this edition of the Jawn Appetit podcast, we'll give you our picks on places to check out during Center City Restaurant Week in Philadelphia. We'll also pass along the 411 on the new brick-and-mortar location for SpotBurgers, and list the restaurants that we'd like to visit in 2016. Restaurants mentioned during the show include: - Barclay Prime - Buddakan - Little Nonna's - Oyster House - Prime Stache - Pumpkin BYOB - South - Vernick Food and Drink

Community College of Philadelphia, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Judith Gay interviews English professor Fay Beauchamp, Ph.D. about her role as the director for the Community College of Philadelphia Center for International Understanding.

Robert Suttle was convicted under Louisiana’s HIV-specific criminal statute after accepting a plea bargain and served six months in a Louisiana prison for HIV non-disclosure to a former partner, with whom he had a contentious relationship. Upon his release in January 2011, he has become engaged in anti-criminalization advocacy work. Today he is now assistant director of The SERO Project, a new nonprofit initiative combating HIV criminalization, stigma, and discrimination, promoting the empowerment of people with HIV, providing support to those charged or at risk of being prosecuted. Prior to joining, SERO in March 2012, Suttle was a case manager and prevention specialist at the Philadelphia Center, a local AIDS service organization in Shreveport, Louisiana, working with other positive young African American men who have sex with men. Robert is also featured in the documentary film HIV is Not A Crime, has traveled abroad to Geneva, Switzerland to speak at the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board’s meeting in December, 2011, and Oslo, Norway for UNAIDS High Level Consultation on HIV criminalization in February, 2012, sharing his story. Robert is active with the Positive Justice Project and the HIV Justice Network.