Nov. 3 is Election Day. ANAC offices are closed that day to ensure our staff can vote and to help others get to the polls as needed. Complete information on all aspects, including early voting and local polling places is available at vote.org. Make a plan and vote.

We invite all ANAC members to participate in our annual Learning Needs Assessment Survey. Your responses will help us plan our nursing and inter-professional education programs and CNE focus for 2021. This survey will be open for 30 days through Nov. 23, 2020. Please respond now!

Institute of Nursing Leadership Critical Conversation on Health Equity and Racism

The American Academy of Nursing is hosting a free webinar on health equity and racism Oct. 29 at 3 p.m. ET as part of the 2020 Virtual Policy Conference.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will speak about the ethical issues raised by the erosion of trust in science in a virtual discussion hosted by The Hastings Center on Nov. 19 at 11 a.m.

ANAC and the COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) are cohosting a webinar Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT exploring immunology, vaccinology and COVID-19 trials. CNE is available for attendees.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) created a list of resources, tools and trainings that are useful when coping with the effects of a public health crisis like COVID-19.

The American Nurses Association (ANA) is hosting an on-demand webinar titled The State of COVID-19 Vaccine Development: What You Need to Know. Register by Monday, Oct. 26 to view the webinar. It is free for all nurses.

This year, we will be scheduling virtual committee meetings via Zoom between Nov. 4 and Dec. 18 in lieu of the committee meetings typically held during conference. Stay tuned for more information and registration. These meetings will be open to all interested ANAC members.

Save the date for the annual ANAC business meeting, which will be held Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. ET via Zoom. All ANAC members are welcome to attend. Registration is required.

Congratulations to ANAC member Sheldon Fields, PhD, RN, AACRN, FAANP, FAAN in his new role as the first nursing administrator at the school charged with fostering a culture of inclusivity.

ANAC member Julie Barroso, PhD, RN, FAAN was recently featured in a new faculty spotlight for Vanderbilt University where she discussed her background and her fight to remove the stigma of HIV.

ANAC’s Washington D.C. chapter, GWANAC, held a successful virtual event Oct. 8 featuring a live webinar “Ending the Epidemic: Current Considerations in Treatment Strategies” presented by Dr. Richard Elion of the George Washington University School of Medicine. This was the first of several events planned to revitalize the DC chapter. Interested in planning similar virtual events for your chapter? We can help. Contact Lynda Wileman at Lynda@anacnet.org.

The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) recently announced a significant expansion of its DREAMS program in South Africa, which aims to ensure that the next generation of young women can grow up to be Determined, Resilient, Empowered, AIDS-free, Mentored and Safe. This expansion will increase support for economic strengthening, skills training and job readiness for young women in South Africa.

Harvard is celebrating the launch of it's Global Nursing Leadership Program with a virtual press conference on Thursday, Oct. 29, followed by a panel discussion a few hours later. Click here for more information and links to register to both events.

ANAC is a member of the AIDS United Public Policy Council and has participated in and endorsed the council's recently released statement, Addressing the Urgent Public Health & Racial Justice Challenges of 2020. It addresses racial injustice, the importance of science and the current battle over the Supreme Court appointment.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is holding a virtual meeting, Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America Quarterly Stakeholder Webinar, Thursday, Oct. 29 at 2 p.m. ET.

HRSA/HAB recently released the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Jurisdictional Directory, which was developed by NASTAD. The directory provides a list of local and state points of contact for EHE efforts. It is intended to facilitate community participation on local engagement activities, EHE websites, EHE jurisdictional plans and social media accounts for EHE Phase 1 jurisdictions.

We encourage you to explore the new Latinx and Hispanic collection curated by JANAC. It includes articles from authors around the world that explore aging with HIV, depression and coping, intimate partner violence, stigma and sexual risk taking among different Latinx and Hispanic populations. This collection is available to ANAC members as part of your JANAC subscription. It is available to non-members free of charge from Oct. 15 to Nov. 15, 2020.

Check out this month's featured article, Sex Education in the Mosque: An HIV Prevention Initiative for Muslim Adolescents, and complete the CEU test.

More than 1.8 million patients are cared for by over 1,700 Nurse Corps clinicians. Nurse Corps also added 135 faculty to its rolls. Learn more about the National Health Service Corps and the recently resumed HRSA Virtual Job Fairs, a live interactive platform that provides students and clinicians the opportunity to meet with hundreds of recruiters hiring in underserved communities across the country.