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Send us a textThis is a very important episode shining light onto a subject a lot of us don't realize our fellow creatives are struggling with and how it may affect their craft - disabilities. Peter Anthony Fields sat in the Playwright's Spotlight and shared his experience fighting Parkinson's and how his diagnosis changes his creative pursuit. We discuss not only the physical afflictions of the disease but also the mental symptoms, his transition from filmmaker to playwright, advice for other creatives whom might be trying to overcome a disease or disability and the tools to help them cope but, also, the gifts having a disability may offer. We talk about self publishing and promotion, facets of playwriting playwright's shouldn't burden themselves with, how minute direction can change a piece, and the ramifications of a character's action. It was certainly an insightful interview that I hope you take something away from to encourage other artists who might be holding themselves back from the creativity brewing inside. Peter Anthony Fields has written numerous stage plays that have been read or performed in Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, Missouri, and London, U.K. The self-published edition of his full-length stage play, That Guy, was awarded the top prize in the Performing Arts category of the 2020 Best Book Awards, sponsored by American Book Fest. The Invited, a whodunit mystery, was self-published in September of 2022 and is a 2024 Red Ribbon Award winner from The Wishing Shelf Book Awards. His 10 minute play, See, Invisible, was performed at the Columbus Black Theatre Festival in Columbus, Ohio also in 2022. His plays, About Michael, Monster, and The Parking Lot, are published and licensed by Lazy Bee Scripts. He has a BA in Theatre Studies from Kent State University and is a member of the Dramatists Guild.To watch the video format of this episode, visit -            https://youtu.be/Ds5QWyPxf44Links to resources mentioned in this episode -Playwright's Corner -                                     https://www.youtube.com/@PeterFields18Lazy Bee Scripts -                                                            https://www.lazybeescripts.co.ukThe Wishing Shelf Book Awards -                                              https://www.thewsa.co.ukAmazon Self Publishing -                                                             https://kdp.amazon.comWebsite and Socials for Peter Anthony Fields -www.peteranthonyfields.comPeter Anthony Fields' Amazon Page -               https://www.amazon.com/stores/Peter-Anthony-Fields/author/B07SHJG5SG?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=trueLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-anthony-fields-3a188a182/                Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/PeterFields007                                               IG - @peteranthonyfieldsSupport the show

Maha Yahya (PhD, Director, Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Centre) Maysoon Pachachi (Film director) give a talk for the Middle East Studies Centre. Chaired by Professor Eugene Rogan (St. Antony's College, Oxford). Iraq and Lebanon: When the Arab world rose up against failed governance in 2011, Lebanon and Iraq stood out as exceptions to the regional trend. Yet by the end of the decade, massed popular demonstrations would demand the fall of the regime in both countries. With their electoral systems, the Iraqis and Lebanese did not confront deeply entrenched dictators. Rather, protestors rose against sectarian politics and called for a new order based on citizenship without reference to religion. Speaker biographies: Maha Yahya is director of the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where her work focuses broadly on political violence and identity politics, pluralism, development and social justice after the Arab uprisings, the challenges of citizenship, and the political and socio-economic implications of the migration/refugee crisis. Prior to joining Carnegie, Yahya led work on Participatory Development and Social Justice at the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA). She was previously regional adviser on social and urban policies at UN-ESCWA and spearheaded strategic and inter-sectoral initiatives and policies in the Office of the Executive Secretary which addressed the challenges of democratic transitions in the Arab world. Yahya has also worked with the United Nations Development Program in Lebanon, where she was the director and principal author of The National Human Development Report 2008–2009: Toward a Citizen’s State. She was also the founder and editor of the MIT Electronic Journal of Middle East Studies. Yahya has worked with international organizations and in the private sector as a consultant on projects related to socioeconomic policy analysis, development policies, cultural heritage, poverty reduction, housing and community development, and postconflict reconstruction in various countries including Lebanon, Pakistan, Oman, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. She has served on a number of advisory boards including the MIT Enterprise Forum of the Pan Arab Region and the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies. Yahya is the author of numerous publications, including most recently Unheard Voices: What Syrian Refugees Need to Return Home (April 2018); The Summer of Our Discontent: Sects and Citizens in Lebanon and Iraq (June 2017); Great Expectations in Tunisia (March 2016); Refugees and the Making of an Arab Regional Disorder (November 2015); Towards Integrated Social Development Policies: A Conceptual Analysis (UN-ESCWA, 2004), co-editor of Secular Publicities: Visual practices and the Transformation of National Publics in the Middle East and South Asia (University of Michigan Press, 2010) and co-author of Promises of Spring: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in Democratic Transitions (UN-ESCWA, 2013). MAYSOON PACHACHI is a London-based filmmaker of Iraqi origin, who was educated in Iraq, the USA and the UK. She studied Philosophy at University College London (BA Hons) and Filmmaking at the London Film School (MA) and worked for many years as a documentary film, TV drama and feature film editor in the UK. Since 1994 she has worked as an independent documentary film director and has just completed a fiction feature film, ‘Our River…Our Sky’ (Arabic title: Kulshi Makoo), which was shot in Iraq in 2019. The project was awarded the IWC Gulf Filmmaker Award for the script, at the Dubai International Film Festival in December 2012. Maysoon has also taught film directing and editing in Britain and Palestine (Jerusalem, Gaza and Ramallah). In 2004, with Londonbased Iraqi director and cameraman, Kasim Abid, she co-founded INDEPENDENT FILM & TELEVISION COLLEGE, a free-of-charge film-training centre in Baghdad, which ran for 10 years and whose students produced 18 short documentary films, which were shown internationally and received 14 festival prizes. Documentary Films VOICES FROM GAZA (52 mins) Channel 4 (UK) 1990 (producer/editor) Red Ribbon Award, American Film and Video Festival, San Francisco IRAQI WOMEN - VOICES FROM EXILE (52 mins) Channel 4 (UK) 1994 (director/producer) A broad range of Iraqi women, of different ages, religions and political backgrounds, living in London recount their experiences – creating a sense of the modern history of Iraq as experienced by the country’s women. SMOKE 1997 (director/producer/editor) Part of an art installation by prize-winning artist, UK/Brazilian artist Lucia Nogueira. The film is now in the permanent collection of the Tate Modern Gallery, London IRANIAN JOURNEY (83 mins) ZDF/Arte 2000 (director) (First Prize, Kalamata International Documentary Festival, 2000) A documentary road-movie about a 24-hour bus trip with the only woman longdistance bus driver in the Islamic world. LIVING WITH THE PAST: People and Monuments in Medieval Cairo, (52 mins) ECHO Productions (USA) 2001 (director) A portrait of Cairo’s Darb Al Ahmar, a neighborhood in the heart of the old city facing a process of radical change. BITTER WATER, (76 mins) (Legend Productions/Oxymoron Films) 2003 (co-director/producer) Feature-length documentary about 4 generations of refugees in a Palestinian camp in Beirut. RETURN TO THE LAND OF WONDERS (88 mins) 2004 ZDF/Arte (director/producer/camera/editor) Made in 2004 on the first trip back to Baghdad in more than 35 years. OUR FEELINGS TOOK THE PICTURES OPEN SHUTTERS IRAQ (102 mins) (2008) (director/producer/camera/editor) (Jury Special Mention, Arab Film Festival Rotterdam, 2009) 12 women and a 6 year-old girl, travel to Damascus from 5 cities in Iraq. They live together for a month, during which they tell their life stories and learn to take photographs. The remarkable photo-stories they produced about their lives at a difficult and dangerous time in Iraq, were exhibited internationally and were also the subject of a book.

Rabbi Alan R. Sherman, D.D.  Chosen by the Jewish Journal Newspaper as one of the most influential Jewish leaders in South Florida.  April 2010 CURRENT POSITIONS Director of Chaplain Services 1983 – Present Executive Director, Chaplaincy; 1979-2012; Director of Community Relations (1979-1995) Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Inc. Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) Retired,  June 1999. United States Army, 3220th US Army Reserve Garrison, West Palm Beach, FL Veteran of Operation Shield/Storm. Mobilized for active duty, August 1990 – May 1991 Palm Beach County Board of Rabbis: Executive Vice President, 1997 –2012; President, 1994 – 1996; Secretary, 1991; Vice President, 1992 – 1994; appointed Vice President, 1997. RELIGIOUS AND SECULAR EDUCATION  1954 – 1961          Yeshiva of Central Queens. Jamaica, New York. Diploma. 1963 – 1965          Long Beach High School. Long Beach, New York. NY State Regents Diploma. 1965 – 1969          Long Island University. CW Post Campus. B.A., Sociology, Minor: Education       1969                Elected to Pi Gamma Mu – National Social Science Honor Society. 1969 – 1974          Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion. B.A., B.H.L., M.A.H.L.,   Ordained Rabbi 1972 – 1973          Tel Aviv University. Ramat Aviv, Israel. 1973 – 1974          Elected President of the HUC - JIR Rabbinic Student Association       1984                Command and General Staff College, U.S. Army. Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas: Graduate.       1999                Doctor of Divinity, Honorary – HUC - JIR POST-GRADUATE CERTIFICATION AND EDUCATION Certified Jewish Chaplain – National Association of Jewish Chaplains, 1995. Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. Residency in Hospital Ministry and Clinical Pastoral Education. Certificate, 1978. Jefferson County Comprehensive Mental Health Center. Steubenville, Ohio. Initiated and completed course in Pastoral Counseling. Certificate. RECENT PAST AND PRESENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Guardianship Committee – Jewish Family and Children’s Service - Member, 2005 – 2012. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center – Board Member, 2005 - 2012. Vice President-2011-2012. Leadership Palm Beach County - Alumni Toward a More Perfect Union – Board Member, 2007 Vitas Advisory Committee (Hospice), 2008- present. United Jewish Communities Rabbinic Cabinet. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line – On Board Clergy Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Jail Ministry Advisory Committee – Chairman, 2006 – Rabbinic Advisor to Jewish War Veterans, Post 501. S.A. Friends of Beit Halochem: Helping disabled Israeli Veterans, Honorary Board. Emergency Shelter Grants Program, Advisory Board: appointed by the Palm Beach County Commission, 1994 – 1997, President 1990; Board Member Member, Amerian Legion, Present AWARDS 1995 Red Ribbon Award presented by the Partnership for a Drug-Free Community for outstanding efforts and achievement in the Palm Beach County “ War Against Drugs”. 1993 Defender Cup presented by Palm Beach County Public Defender Richard Jorandby for Outstanding Service to the indigent of Palm Beach County. 1986 Man of the Year Brotherhood Award presented by the Brotherhood Committee of the Palm Beaches & Environs for Leadership in promoting dialogue and interaction among people of different races and religions. Dr. Theodore Norley Community Service Award for Outstanding Community Services to Disadvantaged Citizens of Palm Beach County, presented by the Urban League of Palm Beach County, March 1983. William J. Shroder Award, from the Council of Jewish Federations, for building a Coalition of Human Services, in response to projected government budget cuts affecting human services, November 1982. The Hadassah Myrtle Wreath Achievement Award for 1984, in recognition of Outstanding Community Service to the people of Palm Beach County. Recognition of 10 years of service to the viewers of CBS affiliate WPEC – TV 12, as co-host of “Perspectives in Faith”, a public affairs program. Public Relations Award for “Prayer Book for the Elderly”, presented by the Council of Jewish Federations, November 1982. Meritorious Service Medal, Washington, D.C., June 1999 for career service in the Army Chaplaincy. Army Commendation Metal, Oak Leaf Cluster, Washington, D.C., August 1991, for outstanding service in Operation Desert Shield Storm. Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1995. Commander’s Award for Excellence- 1999; 3220 US Army Garrison, West Palm Beach, FL Recipient of the B’Nai Avraham Award, American Jewish Committee, for theservice in the area of intergroup relations, May 1992. Liberty Bell Award, Palm Beach County Bar Association for Community Service that has strengthened the American System of Freedom under law, May 1992. Bethel House, Inc. (African – American) Community Service Award for making a difference to people of all communities, September 1992. Service Award, Jefferson County Mental Health Center, Steubenville, Ohio, January 1979. Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office- Exemplary Volunteer Award- 2012. DISTANT PAST COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES Temple Beth El, Steubenville, Ohio, Rabbi - 1974 – 1979. Community Relations Board of Palm Beach County; appointed by the Palm Beach County Commission, 1980; elected Chairman, 1980 – 1982; resigned chairmanship and elected Vice-Chairman, September 1982; re-elected Chairman, 1984 – 1985 and 1988 – 1990. Holocaust Survivors of the Palm Beaches: Co-Founder. Urban League of Palm Beach County: board member. Director of Chaplain Services 1983 – Present MorseLife, Inc. Commission on Equal Opportunity and International Concerns: appointed by the JCPA, May 1983; the Church – State Commission, May 1984; appointed to the Commission on Israel and Task Force on Women, May 1988. The Palm Beach Post Newspaper: columnist on religion. Palm Beach County Public Defender’s Office: Board of the Alternative Sentencing Project. United Cerebral Palsy of the Treasure Coast: Telethon VIP, 1983 – 1986. Children’s Place in West Palm Beach: Board of Directors, 1979 – 1980. Central Conference of American Rabbis: Committee on Judaism and Health, executive board; Committee on Pastoral Care and Training, member; Committee on Synagogue-Federation Relations, member. WXEL-TV, Public Broadcasting: Community Advisory Board. Jupiter Courier Journal: religion contributor. “Directions 88” in Planning for the Future of Palm Beach County, May 5-7, 1988. “Directions 94” in Planning for the future of Palm Beach County, June 2-4, 1994. Dialogues with the Methodist, Catholic and African American Communities. Instrumental in establishing a Coalition of Human Service Agencies to respond to the impact of Federal, State and local budget cuts in Palm Beach County; elected Treasurer, March 1992. Junior League of Palm Beach County: advisory board, 1993 – 1995. “Perspectives in Faith”, a monthly public affairs program produced by CBS affiliate WPEC-TV 12, West Palm Beach, 1984 - 1995. Temple Beit Hayam, Stuart, Florida: founding and interim Rabbi, 1993 – 1995. Airport 88 Celebration Committee: member and participant in Dedication Ceremony for Palm Beach International Airport. Ministerial Fellowship of the Palm Beaches: President, 1986 – 1989; Vice-President, 1982; Secretary, 1981. Chaplain Unit of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office; President, 1997 National Association of Jewish Chaplains: elected to the executive board, February 1993 – 1998. Accredited as a Certified Jewish Chaplain, May 1994; Convention Chairman, 1997. Clergy Advisory Committee: Clinical Pastoral Education Program, Intercoastal Health Systems, West Palm Beach, Florida; 1993 – 2007. Partnership for a Drug Free Community; United Way of Palm Beach Co.; 1994 – 2007. Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County: Board of Directors; 1994 – 2007. Hanley Hazeldon Center: spiritual counselor. Leadership Palm Beach County: graduate, 1991 – 1992. Jack Cole Show on WJNO radio: regular guest. Palm Beach County School System: Human Sexuality Curriculum Review Committee, 1992. Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County: Board Member. Hospice of Palm Beach County: Board of Directors; Personnel Chair, 1979 – 1984; Ethics Committee, member, 1994 – 1995. HIV Pastoral Care Network of Palm Beach County: Secretary – Treasurer. Palm Beach County Human Relations Camp for Inter-racial and Inter-cultural Understanding – Office of Equal Opportunity, Palm Beach County Commission: Founder Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County: Compeer Program Advisory Board. Planned Parenthood of Palm Beach County: Clergy Advisory Board. Committee to Stamp Out Hate, American Jewish Committee, Founding Board of Directors, 1993. Citizens for Quality Education, a political action committee: Co-Founder. Concerned Citizens for the Palm Beach County Home and General Care Facility: Board Member, 1995. Committee on Hospital Chaplaincy of the Central Conference of American Rabbis: appointed 1995. Veteran’s Hospital Research Foundation: Chairman of Audit Committee; 1997. Palm Beach Jewish Times Newspaper: columnist; 1996 – 1999. Forum Club – Board of Directors. Palm Beach County Alliance, Treasurer and Board Member, 2002 – 2007. Rotary Club – Steubenville, Ohio. Family Planning Association of Jefferson County - Board Member. Interfaith Clergy Association of Steubenville, Ohio, President, 1978. Mayor’s Human Relations Commission of Steubenville Ohio, Board Member. Jefferson County Comprehensive Mental Health Services Personnel, Chairman, 1975 – 1977. Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, September 1973 – Conducted High HolyDay Service and Ministered to patients and staff. Gracie Square Psychiatric Hospital – N.Y., N.Y. September 1970 – Conducted High HolyDay Services and ministered to patients and staff Lecturer for Jewish Chatauqua Society, Bethany College, Bethany West Virginia. Montefiore Temple, Cairo, IL - Student Pulpit. NorthHills Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh, PA - Student Pulpit, 1972 – 1973. Temple Ahavath Shalom, Bluefield, W. VA – Student Pulpit, 1973 – 1974.

Micheal Vonn is a lawyer and has been the Policy Director of the BCCLA since 2004. She has been an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in the Faculty of Law and in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies where she has taught civil liberties and information ethics. She is a regular guest instructor for UBC’s College of Health Disciplines Interdisciplinary Elective in HIV/AIDS Care. She has been honoured for her work in HIV/AIDS with both an AccolAIDS Award and a Red Ribbon Award, and she is the recipient of the 2015 Keith Sacré Library Champion Award for support, guidance and assistance given to the BC library community. Her publication credits include the Birkbeck Law Review, Surveillance and Society, Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, and Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law. Ms. Vonn is a frequent speaker on a variety of civil liberties topics including privacy, national security, policing, surveillance and free speech. She is currently a collaborator on Big Data Surveillance, a multi-year research projected lead by Queens University. She is an Advisory Board Member of Ryerson University’s Centre for Free Expression and an Advisory Board Member of Privacy International. Web: www.bccla.org Web: www.markhughescomedy.com Twitter: @PTT604 Facebook: www.facebook.com/PTT604 Patreon: www.patreon.com/markhughescomic

Kimberley Locke gained fame with her participation in the 2003 American Idol® television series where she was second runner up to Ruben Studdard, and in 2007 she garnered media attention for her participation in VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club.” Locke is excited to release her new dance single, “Strobe Light,” a collaboration with “Idol” judge and producer Randy Jackson’s Dream Merchant 21 label and Ingrooves with Cutfather (Christina Aguilera, Santana, cat Dolls) producing the track. “Strobe Light” is slated for release April 6, 2010. For the past six years, Locke has been actively involved with Camp Heartland, a national non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of children and their families impacted by HIV/AIDS. She has also worked with several HIV/AIDS related charities, including the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, YouthAIDS, and the Davy Foundation. In November 2007, Locke was presented with the Red Ribbon Award in recognition for her extensive charitable efforts as an HIV/AIDS activist. In addition to various tour dates and performances, Locke has branched out as a television personality and host, and oftentimes provides hosting duties at red carpet events for “E!,” “Extra,” and “The Insider.” She has hosted GSN’s “World Slam,” MTV’s “Little Talent Show” and co-hosted several episodes of ABC’s “The View.” Locke is currently attached to host and executive produce “Making the Curve,” a developmental reality show competition that will put together a supergroup of plus-sized women, which has garnered major interest from several networks. get Kimberly's music and new single at www.kimberleylockeofficial.com

WE HAD to RESCHEDULE KIMBERLEY LOCKE FOR A FUTURE SHOW.. STAY TUNED Kimberley Locke gained fame with her participation in the 2003 American Idol® television series where she was second runner up to Ruben Studdard, and in 2007 she garnered media attention for her participation in VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club.” Locke is excited to release her new dance single, “Strobe Light,” a collaboration with “Idol” judge and producer Randy Jackson’s Dream Merchant 21 label and Ingrooves with Cutfather (Christina Aguilera, Santana, cat Dolls) producing the track. “Strobe Light” is slated for release April 6, 2010. For the past six years, Locke has been actively involved with Camp Heartland, a national non-profit organization committed to improving the lives of children and their families impacted by HIV/AIDS. She has also worked with several HIV/AIDS related charities, including the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, YouthAIDS, and the Davy Foundation. In November 2007, Locke was presented with the Red Ribbon Award in recognition for her extensive charitable efforts as an HIV/AIDS activist. In addition to various tour dates and performances, Locke has branched out as a television personality and host, and oftentimes provides hosting duties at red carpet events for “E!,” “Extra,” and “The Insider.” She has hosted GSN’s “World Slam,” MTV’s “Little Talent Show” and co-hosted several episodes of ABC’s “The View.” Locke is currently attached to host and executive produce “Making the Curve,” a developmental reality show competition that will put together a supergroup of plus-sized women, which has garnered major interest from several networks. get Kimberly's music and new single at www.kimberleylockeofficial.com

Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott is the van Ameringen Chair in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing. Dr. Jemmott also holds secondary appointments in the University’s School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education. In 2004 Dr. Jemmott was named Assistant Provost for Minority & Gender Equity Issues for the University. Dr. Jemmott has been involved in a number of research projects focusing on designing and testing theory-based, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate strategies to reduce HIV risk-associated sexual behaviors among African Americans, the Latino-population and South African youth. She, along with her husband, Dr. John B. Jemmott, III, have been funded by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, The National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute for Nursing Research, for a total of about 86 million research dollars. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention selected her HIV risk-reduction curriculum entitled, “Be Proud! Be Responsible! Strategies to Empower Youth to Reduce Their Risk for AIDS” as a model curriculum which is being disseminated nationally as part of CDC’s program entitled, “Research to Classrooms, Programs That Work!” Dr. Jemmott has received many awards for her research and community efforts, including the Congressional Merit Recognition Award, The Red Ribbon Award for outstanding service in the field of HIV/AIDS, and the Governor of New Jersey’s Nurse Merit Award in Advanced Nurse Practice. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a member of the CDC Division of HIV, STD, & TB Advisory Council, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Jemmott has published extensively in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and adolescent sexual behavior.

r. Loretta Sweet Jemmott is the van Ameringen Chair in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing and Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Nursing. Dr. Jemmott also holds secondary appointments in the University’s School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education. In 2004 Dr. Jemmott was named Assistant Provost for Minority & Gender Equity Issues for the University. Dr. Jemmott has been involved in a number of research projects focusing on designing and testing theory-based, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate strategies to reduce HIV risk-associated sexual behaviors among African Americans, the Latino-population and South African youth. She, along with her husband, Dr. John B. Jemmott, III, have been funded by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, The National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Institute for Nursing Research, for a total of about 86 million research dollars. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention selected her HIV risk-reduction curriculum entitled, “Be Proud! Be Responsible! Strategies to Empower Youth to Reduce Their Risk for AIDS” as a model curriculum which is being disseminated nationally as part of CDC’s program entitled, “Research to Classrooms, Programs That Work!” Dr. Jemmott has received many awards for her research and community efforts, including the Congressional Merit Recognition Award, The Red Ribbon Award for outstanding service in the field of HIV/AIDS, and the Governor of New Jersey’s Nurse Merit Award in Advanced Nurse Practice. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, a member of the CDC Division of HIV, STD, & TB Advisory Council, and a member of the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Jemmott has published extensively in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and adolescent sexual behavior.