Storytelling to Bridge Generations and Cultivate Cultural Awareness
July 17 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT
Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025
Start time: 10 AM Pacific | 1 PM Eastern
End time: 11 AM Pacific | 2 PM Eastern
Join us for a screening and discussion of “Enduring Voices: Supporting Intersectional Aging,” a project by UCSF’s Training and Health Equity Collaborative. This initiative highlights diverse elders and their experiences with ageism, caregiving, and managing chronic HIV. Discover how storytelling enhances training for service providers and drives improvements in aging services by using innovative qualitative data.
Presenters:
JB Del Rosario, MPH, is a training manager at the Training and Health Equity Collaborative (THE Collaborative), where he uplifts voices from fellow communities impacted by health disparities and believes in building a more just world through community care and collective action. He has dedicated his growing career to community-driven health equity work, beginning his advocacy through the California Planning Group and later as an HIV test counselor and researcher focused on under-resourced populations. While earning his graduate degree at UC Berkeley, he deepened his expertise in program design and implementation research.
JaDawn Wright-Morgan, MA, brings more than 20 years’ experience in HIV healthcare, with a focus on technical assistance, training, project management, and quality improvement. Her work is rooted in health equity and culturally affirming practices, centering the voices of communities most impacted by HIV/AIDS. As deputy director of the Training and Health Equity Collaborative (THE Collaborative), she supports initiatives across multiple programs including Pacific AETC and the HIV Age Positively West Region Care & Wellbeing Center. She leads program implementation and evaluation teams with a deep commitment to advancing equitable care.