On behalf of your C2PLA Co-Chairs, we’d like to thank you for making this year’s 2013 C2PLA holiday retreat a great success. Those that were present definitely experienced “VIP C2PLA Style.” The Mayme Clayton Library and Museum was the perfect backdrop to host this year’s retreat.  It had a great energy and welcoming spirit.  We encourage all of you to visit there if you get the chance and please tell others about it as well.  It truly is one of LA’s hidden gems.    For more information about the library and museum visit:  http://www.claytonmuseum.org

 A special thank you to our host Kieta Mutepfa and Dale Madison who made us all feel “very special” throughout the day. We were also very fortunate to have James Moran and Sofia Smith introduce us to Council Circles.  They were a big hit at the retreat.   Additionally special congratulations to our 2013 Key Actor Award Winners:

Visionary -  James Moran, Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center

Strategist - Dave Reynolds, Anti-Defamation League 

Actor - Grissel Granados, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles

Facilitator - Sofia Smith, LifeWorks (winner two years in a row) 

Content Expert Paulina Zamudio, Division of HIV/STD Programs

Sustainer - Shane Jenkins, Magic Johnson Foundation

Broker - Dave Reynolds, Anti-Defamation League

Mobilizer -Kieta Mutepfa, UCLA Care Center    

Organizer/Manager- Hector Ornelas, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

Spokesperson - Kieta Mutepfa, UCLA Care Center

 Our next large working group meeting will be on Friday February 28th from 12-3pm at St. John’s Well Child and Family Center. 

We've had a very successful year and your contributions during the year made 2013 one of our coalition’s best years yet. Please note with the exception of the Homeless Subcommittee all subcommittees for the month of December will be held via phone only. 

 Wishing you all the happiest of holiday seasons.

December 1st/World AIDS DAY is a day set aside to remember lives lost, to encourage greater understanding of the disease and to celebrate a way forward in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
Instead of celebrating, commemorating, educating, and fighting for only ONE day...members of the C2PLA Coalition gather together and support each other ALL year in reducing new infections.

We invite you to join us!