Why Have A Community Advisory Board CAB

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Why Have A Community Advisory Board (CAB)?

• Building a bridge between research and practice

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Professonal Background

• AIDS Action Committee intern (Boston, MA) in
  policy department
• Gay Mens Health Crisis (NYC, NY)
• Men of Color Against AIDS (Boston, MA)

• Multi-cultural AIDS Coalition (Boston, MA)
• Gay Men of African Descent (NYC, NY)
• Audre Lorde Project (Brooklyn, NY)

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Educational Background

• EdD, Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Thesis explored the impact of psycho-social and
  attudinal variables on educational attainment for
  Black gay men

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Recruitment as a CAB member

• Rafael Diaz, Dennis Osmond and Susan Kegeles
• Post-Doctoral fellowship
• CAB membership

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Personal benefits of CAB membership

• Validation of graduate school experience
• Post-doctoral fellowship opportunity
• Serving my own community

• Professional network
• Social network (connect with other BMSM to
  discuss issues confronting community and connect
  with others through shared experiences)

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Perceived benefits to fellow CAB members

• Community
• Professional network
• Social network
• Validation of knowledge as practitioner
• Establishing trust in scientific process

• Re-establishing belief in scientific process
• Research becoming less intimidating felt treated
  as an equal