Invitation as Key Note Speaker for Charles University's Event Sponsored by the US State Department for Cultural Diplomacy

Dear Mr. Rounds – and To Whom It May Concern,

This letter is to serve as official invitation and confirmation that Mr. Carlton Rounds has been awarded a Small Grant for Democracy by the United States Department of State through its US Embassy to the Czech Republic to visit the Department of American Studies of Charles University in Prague to be a keynote speaker and trainer at the Allen Ginsberg Memorial Freedom Festival, to take place in Prague, the Czech Republic on April 29 through May 7, 2015.

Click Here for Information on the Historic Visit of Allen Ginsberg to Prague 50 Years Ago

Mr. Rounds’ participation is key to the success of the Festival, which celebrates the 50th anniversary of out gay Beat poet and activist Allen Ginsberg’s 1965 visit to Prague, in then Communist Czechoslovakia. The Festival presents to Czech university students and faculty, the general public and activist audiences the history and current state of US artistic freedom of expression, democratic dissent, civil rights and LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism, and trains them in cross-cultural coalition building for social justice. Mr. Rounds’ extensive experience and strong record of leadership in these fields make him a highly desirable citizen diplomat for this cultural exchange program.

Professional Enhancement Webinar: Cultural Competency vs Humility, Emotional Intelligence & Leveraged Vulnerability, & Global Health Practice with Carlton Rounds

Professional Enhancement Webinar:

Cultural Competency vs Humility, Emotional Intelligence & Leveraged Vulnerability, & Global Health Practice with Carlton Rounds

Monday, June 13, 2016

8:00pm-9:00pm EST

Join us for an enlightening discussion addressing emotional intelligence, cultural competency, relationships and vulnerability in the public health workplace. Specifically, as these areas pertain to public health service abroad. This webinar is an opportunity to apply the knowledge and theories you have learned in the classroom to real world situations. Mr. Rounds will also discuss the opportunities to partake in public health work abroad with his organization Cross Cultural Solutions.

Presenter: Carlton Rounds, Director of Campus Engagement and Public Health for Cross-Cultural Solutions

Carlton Rounds is the Director of Campus Engagement and Public Health for Cross-Cultural Solutions the leading international volunteer service organization in the USA. Carlton has been working in the fields of international education, volunteer service, public health, social work, and proactive social inclusion and diversity for nearly 30 years. He has traveled, served, and taught all over the world in areas of democratic transition with the intention of expanding the rights of marginalized people and communities. Carlton is an international education professional having led study abroad offices both public and private, admission offices, and financial aid centers, and in the role of selector and mentor for high level merit scholarship programs.

An expert in his field, Carlton has been honored with numerous awards for his diversity work and was recognized for being one of the top 100 innovators for 2011 through POZ Magazine, and was a first place national award winner that same year with Diversity Abroad Network. Carlton is also a member of the Building Bridges Coalition, and a certified Community Health Worker who focuses on communities affected by HIV both domestically and abroad.

RSVP for Monday, June 13 8-9pm 

Kelley Vargo, MPH, MS, CISSN

Practicum Coordinator |  Academic Advisor |  Part-Time Faculty |  MPH@GW

Milken Institute School of Public Health | The George Washington University 

950 New Hampshire Ave. NW |  2nd floor

Washington, DC 20052

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Relationship Manifesto Podcast- Carlton Rounds for Volunteer Positive

HIV Story Project - Carlton Rounds - HIV and Moments of Levity

Founded in 2009, The HIV Story Project is a San Francisco based non-profit organization focused on bridging HIV/AIDS with film, media and storytelling to fight the spread of the pandemic and the global stigma associated with it. We create our own film and media projects in addition to offering production services and digital media consultation & training to HIV/AIDS nonprofits in San Francisco and beyond.

MISSION
The HIV Story Project uses multi-platform media and personal stories to advance HIV/AIDS education and awareness, support HIV/AIDS nonprofit organizations, fight the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS, and give a voice to the HIV positive community.

VISION
The HIV Story Project envisions acceptance, support, and empowerment of people living with HIV/AIDS; a reduction in HIV/AIDS health inequalities; and a reduction in new HIV/AIDS infections with the ultimate aim of halting the pandemic.

VALUES
The HIV Story Project believes in the transformational capacity of personal stories, especially to empower those living with HIV/AIDS and enlighten others about the impact of the pandemic.

The HIV Story Project seeks to support underserved communities and those disproportionately affected by the pandemic, including LGBT people, communities of color, women, and youth.

The HIV Story Project fosters collaboration between those infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, media artists, community advocates, health care providers and public health professionals, funders, and other concerned stakeholders.

The HIV Story Project provides affordable and high-quality media services for HIV/AIDS nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as nationally and globally.

The HIV Story Project is committed to the professional development of emerging media artists, filmmakers, and storytellers, particularly those from underrepresented groups.

NON-DISCRIMINATION STATEMENT
The HIV Story Project supports and celebrates diversity in all of its forms and does not discriminate based on sex, gender identity, sexual identity, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, religious creed, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental ability.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The HIV Story Project on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/HIVStoryProject.
The HIV Story Project on Twitter:https://twitter.com/HIVStoryProject.

Volunteer Positive highlighted through World Learning, The School for International Training Graduate Institute.

Volunteer Positive 

 is highlighted through World Learning, 

and The School for International Training Graduate Institute. 

Thank you for your respect, attention, and for making the contributions of people living with HIV visible!

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From Shaming to Reclaiming - AARP -Gay & Grey Event

From Shaming to Reclaiming

90 minute facilitated discussion

Aids Survivor Syndrome

Let’sKickASS - PDX

Carlton Rounds - Trainer and Author

AARP Gay and Grey Event, April 2014

Materials needed:

1. Flip chart and easel
2. Magic Markers
3. Tape for hanging sheets of flip chart on the wall
4. Handouts
5. Name Tags

PART ONE  - 10 Minutes

Introductions and Exercises to Focus the Group

Greet the people coming in into the room, ask them to find a seat and await instructions.  We will be seated dispersed within the group. (If we have nametags, ask people to write their name and put them on.) Leader will introduce the team hosts and go over the group agreements for the discussion: Jim Clay will tend to the late arrivals and welcome them to the group, directing them to sit down. Thank them for coming and let them know that their interest and participation is powerful and appreciated and important!   This will be written up on the flip chart.  

Establish a recorder for the group agreements.

(These can be pre-written with space for any extra points.)

1. What is shared in the room during our discussion is confidential
2. People are coming from different places and experiences, and each person’s story is respected and valued.
3. Use I statements when contributing to the discussion. Avoid generalizations.
4. Step up and step back.  – Means step up if you are quiet, step back if you are very verbal.
5. Listen to understand, not to respond.
6. Self-Care: Share what is comfortable for you.
7. Add anymore?

Facilitate: Who is in the room? (This five-word question is important. I like having it spoken verbatim, with a pause before and after, using these five words.)

Stand up in circle: Please tell us your first name, and in one sentence, what drew you to this discussion today?   - (go around whole circle one time)  

Utilize a timekeeper/monitor to help people move along with the sharing.

PART TWO  - 15 min

Next Exercise:  Cross Over

Directions:

Ask the group to stand up and form a line against the wall. Have them face outward in no special order. Explain to them that they are going to be asked questions, and if they identify or interpret the question as relevant to them, they are to leave the line and walk out 10 feet and stand still. Remind them that they are not obligated to answer a question if they are not comfortable.

Reminder: NO talking during the exercise. Silence is required.

1. Crossover if you have lost a person to HIV. (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not.
2. Crossover if you have ever felt that the loss of these people to be overwhelming. (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not.
3. Crossover if you feel if you have ever felt stigmatized or singled out. (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not
4. Crossover if you think HIV negative people can be impacted by HIV in some ways that are similar to how HIV+ people are impacted. (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not.
5. Cross over If you know a Long Term Survivor of HIV. (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not.
6. Crossover if you know of any programs run by or specifically catering to Long Term Survivors. (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not.
7. Crossover if you know or can imagine what AIDS Survivor Syndrome is? (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not.
8. Crossover if you consider yourself a Long Term Survivor. (After they move, state this phrase: Notice who is with you, notice who is not.

HAVE THEM RETURN TO THEIR SEATS

Processing Questions after the group returns to their chairs in the one large circle.

Questions Posed In Sequence

1. How did it feel to crossover?
2. What do you know or imagine about the group that you did not know before?

PART THREE  - 20 Minutes

Next Exercise:

LEAD FACILITATOR will give the instructions on group breakdown:

(Break Into groups depending on size. Either 4, one with each facilitator, or smaller groups depending on the number.  If the group is small, we can still use 4 small groups. If the group is less than 8, then we will decide at the time.) Best not to sit with a bunch of people you already know.

They can bring their chairs to form the groups we choose.

The groups will get a piece of Flipchart Paper. (Will they need to sit near a wall, so paper can be taped to the wall?? It’s a big room.) They will decide on who will play the recorder, the reporter, the facilitator, and the time keeper. LEAD FACILITATOR will go over the roles with the groups. If the group is small, we will just have a recorder and reporter and one of the hosts will facilitate.

In the small groups, we will ask each small group to brainstorm ideas related to definition of AIDS Survivor Syndrome. Each Group will answer one question:

(Facilitators do not contribute but draw out what others are thinking.)

1. What is a Long Term Survivor? Define long–term.
2. What contribute to AIDS Survivor Syndrome?
3. Who is affected by AIDS Survivor Syndrome?
4. What kind of behaviors might be a sign that someone may be experiencing AIDS Survivor Syndrome?

The reporter from each group will present for the group and HE/SHE will be writing the responses on the Flip Chart, so that we can see the collective contribution of knowledge.

FACILITATOR will congratulate the groups and will reveal the established definition that will be written on a poster on the wall. He will compare the findings.

Definition: ASS

AIDS Survivor Syndrome (ASS) describes the collection of signs & symptoms affecting long-term survivors of HIV. The signs & symptoms of ASS include combinations of depression, survivor guilt, lack of future orientation; personality changes; anger; anxiety; emotional numbness; insomnia; social withdrawal & isolation; hopelessness; substance abuse; sexual risk-taking; and/or emotional numbness.

PART FOUR  - 15 Minutes

Facilitator presents the origin of LKA.org, reads its mission statement, and hands out the information flyer with the website. He then talks about LKA-PDX and the movement. He invites the good ideas he has heard to contribute to the group.

PART FIVE  - 30 minutes

Finally, the head trainer facilitates the final closing sharing circle.

1. What will you take away from this discussion?
2. Can you say one word that sums up how you are feeling?
3. Facilitators thank the group.

Let them know we are here after if they want to talk.

Cascade AIDS Project Reference from Supervisor

February, 2015

To whom it may concern,

This letter serves to share my experience of working with Carlton Rounds at the Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) over the past two years. During that time I have worked as a supervisor to Mr.Rounds in his position as a CareLink Service Navigator. Carlton has impressed me since the first day that I met him in his job interview, and he has continued to impress and inspire me for as long as I've known him. Carlton's performance in his role as a service navigator, and his contributions to our work environment at CAP, have been paramount to the impact and success we've had in supporting the efforts of our clients to reach their healthcare and other life goals.

Sharing his combined personal and professional experiences, Carlton has been an exceptional advocate and case manager for his clients. Carlton sees the bigger picture in terms of how a multitude of factors impact a client's ability to improve engagement with medical care. He examines all aspects of a client's life and interests to help empower them to make positive and healthy decisions in their lives. He relates well and builds rapport with our diverse range of clients, and he encourages them to identify and utilize their strengths to achieve their goals.Through empathy, compassion, honesty and trust, Carlton connects with his clients no matter what their background or circumstance may be.They find common ground and work together to help the clients improve their own lives.

Carlton has been a tremendous asset in terms of cultivating relationships with community

partners that support our work and the needs of our clients. He cooperates effectively with

other service providers and has initiated new contacts with agencies and resources that help us serve our mission. Carlton is quick to lend support to colleagues inside and outside of CAP,whether it be related to a specific client concern, or any other issue. This is only one example of the many ways that Carlton devotes his time and energy to helping others, both here locally and in other parts of the world as well.

Carlton is exceptionally intelligent, compassionate, focused and driven. He is a thoughtful

observer and communicator, a strategic forward-thinker and a fair and caring leader. Carlton is an unwavering and relentless advocate for our clients and community, and he does everything in his power to strengthen the integrity of and dedication to our agency's mission.

I am very fortunate to have had the opportunity to know and work with Carlton Rounds. I have learned so much from him both personally and professionally, and I am grateful for the positive impact that he's had on me and on so many others. Carlton has performed incredibly well throughout the time we've worked together and I am completely confident that he will continue to bring the same skill and energy to all of his future endeavors. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of service in any way.

Sincerely,

Adam Kutrumbos

Manager of Service Navigation

Cascade AIDS Project

kutrumboa@gmail.com

503-310-5053

No Shame - Rise Up to HIV

Simon's Rock Outstanding Alumnus - 2013

for achievement in HIV 

and 

human rights service and activism

AIDS Survivor Summit - Importance of Meaning and Purpose

Strategies for Longer-Term Survival: Importance of Meaning & Purpose in Our Lives with Carlton Rounds, Volunteer Positive; Alyssa Nickel, Shanti; and Marc Smolowitz, HIV Story Project moderated by Tez Anderson

Tez Anderson, Founder of the AIDS Survivor Movement,
 and  LetsKickAss.org

The Chorus - Follow Up Film from Singing Positive - 10 Years Later - San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus

Gary Fallardo, in this film, is the man whose first tenor seat I occupied a week after his death. The SFGMC later gave out a yearly award in his honor for Most Professional Talent in the ensemble. I was the first to be chosen, and proud that Gary's talents had been remembered and celebrated. I wish, he, like me, could have survived. Gary, as well as many, many others are now part of what is affectionately referred to as:

Carlton and Jim Interviewed on Portland's KBOO Radio for LetsKickAss - Portland

Carlton Rounds and Jim Clay will tell us about Let's Kick ASS (AIDS Survivor Syndrome) Portland. "We are the Portland Metro Chapter of a national grassroots movement of HIV/AIDS long-term survivors, positive and negative, men and women, honoring the unique and profound experience of living through the AIDS epidemic. We’re dedicated to reclaiming our lives, ending isolation, and envisioning a future we never dreamed of.

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Article by Carlton Rounds

Carlton Writes Article Featured in Portland Business Journal

I am a 47 year old gay white man who has been living with HIV for nearly 15 years. I have built a professional career in the field of international education, human rights, and performing arts.

National Long Term Survivors Awareness Day - First Proclamation of its kind in the country. - Carlton Rounds - Testifies

BEFORE THE BOARD OF MULTNOMAH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

FOR MULTNOMAH COUNTY, OREGON

PROCLAMATION NO. _________

Proclaiming  June 5, 2014 as National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day in Multnomah County

The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners finds:

a.       Thirty three years ago, on June 5, 1981, the Federal Centers for Disease Control published a brief account of five young gay men, diagnosed with a rare form of pneumonia indicating severely compromised immune systems. This exploded into an immensely significant epidemic, and came to be known as HIV/AIDS.

b.      The long delayed and ineffective early institutional response in the early 1980s has been characterized by historians as an example of monumental injustice; and the grassroots response to that injustice has been described as a groundbreaking model for all community organizing to come.