HIV & AIDS Awareness
HIV & AIDS continues to be a challenge in the African American community. Our goal is to use BLUE EYE SHADOW as a tool increase awareness of HIV & AIDS and it's impact on our community.
Our award-winning short film BLUE EYE SHADOW was screened during the symposium HIV THEN AND NOW – SEX, LIES & HIV in Dallas, TX. Varner PR, in partnership with the Dallas-Fort Worth Association of Black Journalists and the Dallas County Health and Human Services Department held the symposium on November 16th, 2024. The symposium was sponsored by GILEAD SCIENCES. Journalists, health professionals, and members of the community convened to have an open and frank discussion about the high rates of new HIV infections for African Americans in the Southern United States.
Our award-winning short film BLUE EYE SHADOW was screened during the symposium HIV THEN AND NOW – THE POWER of INNOVATION in Jackson, MS. Varner PR, in partnership with The Jackson Association of Black Journalists, The Jackson Advocate Newspaper and the Mississippi State Department of Health held the impactful symposium on October 26th, 2024. The event was sponsored by GILEAD SCIENCES and held at the HBCU Tougaloo College. The purpose was to gather journalists, community advocates, public health professionals, and students to have an open and frank dialogue to address the high rate of new HIV infections for African Americans in the Southern United States. Our film continues to be used as a tool to highlight the problem of HIV in our community.
NBLCH Panel Discussion
National Black Leadership Commission on Health (NBLCH) presents a panel discussion on the short film Blue Eye Shadow. Panelists include C. Virginia Fields, President and Executive Director of NBLCH. Lamont Young, Actor & Producer and Eddrick Jerome, Writer/Producer
World AIDS Day - KOFY TV
Chris Bollini, host of KOFY House on TV 20 in San Francisco, and Eddrick Jerome discuss the World AIDS Day broadcast of Blue Eye Shadow.
LifeLong Medical Panel Discussion
Panel discussion with Chris Bollini, KOFY House host, in conversation with the film's screenwriter, Eddrick Jerome, joined by LifeLong staff: Keshia Lynch, HIV Care and Prevention Program Manager along with Alton Lou, Health Center Supervisor of our Glen Burke Wellness Clinic.