VIDEO: HIV Excuse Busters
**Change Point is no longer a service of Northern Nevada HOPES. Though getting a rapid HIV test at Northern Nevada HOPES is easy, confidential, fast and free our friendly Outreach Staff still hears a lot of excuses why people don’t think they should get tested. So for World AIDS Day 2015, we had our Outreach Excuse […]
OutWest Film Fest Winners
Northern Nevada HOPES would like to thank everyone who participated in OutWest Film Fest. For every film block, audience members voted for their favorite films. Here are the audience selected winners from each block: Documentary Block: In The Turn (Official Website) Transgender Block: Schleierhaft (Official Website) Youth Block: Pebble Moon (Trailer) Lesbian Film Block: Spare Parts […]
The Business Of Recovery
Northern Nevada Outreach Team (NNOT) is bringing the documentary “The Business of Recovery” to Reno, along with its producer, Greg Horvath. NNOT will host two free screenings on Sept. 12 & 13 along with panel discussions and a Q&A session with Horvath. The film is meant to start a discussion about the largely unregulated, billion-dollar […]
OutWest Film Fest Calls For LGBTQ-Themed Movie Submissions
Northern Nevada HOPES is calling for submissions for its first annual “OutWest Film Fest,” which will take place October 16 – 18. The three-day festival will celebrate LGBTQ films with screenings, discussions and parties held across downtown Reno. A wide range of movies will be screened during the festival, including shorts, documentaries and feature-length films. […]
Come Celebrate Long-Term HIV Survivors
HIV Long-Term Survivors Tribute When: June 5. 3p.m. to 5p.m. Where: Northern Nevada HOPES. 467 Ralston St. Reno, NV What: An event to celebrate long-term survivors of HIV. Light refreshments will be served and participants will release biodegradable balloons to honor those who live with HIV and pay tribute to those who have passed from […]
HOPES Hosts Biggest Fundraiser Of The Year–Dining Out For Life On April 30
(Reno, Nev.) April 28, 2015 – Dining Out For Life comes back to Reno on April 30. The event is the biggest fundraiser of the year for local non-profit community health center, Northern Nevada HOPES. Dining Out For Life (DOFL) is an international fundraiser with big local impact. Participating restaurants automatically donate part of their […]
HOPES’ World AIDS Day Art Exhibition
We’re inviting local artists to participate in Northern Nevada HOPES’ World AIDS Day Exhibit of Art on December 1 from 5pm – 8pm at Mckinley Arts & Culture Center, 925 Riverside Dr in Reno. The art show and silent auction is designed to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and show off the wonderful artists we have here […]
Sovaldi: a cure and controversy
The new hepatitis C cure, Sovaldi, is a huge breakthrough in fighting the liver-destroying disease. It has made a big splash for those fighting the hepatitis C virus (HCV), not only for its high cure rate and low side effects, but the pill’s high cost has also raised controversy. Hepatitis C is a liver disease […]
Highlights from the 2014 Northern Nevada Pride parade
The HOPES staff had a lot of fun at the Northern Nevada Pride festival, Saturday. Click through the gallery bellow to check out the highlights of the parade:
AIDS 2014 conference wrap up
The AIDS 2014 conference in Melbourne, Australia ended today. Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from the National Institutes of Health provided a final wrap up of the weeklong convention: Dr. Dieffenback reflected on the theme of the conference “stepping up the pace” as HIV/AIDS researches focused on preventative efforts to stop the spread of the infection with […]
