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Our Community Health Is Our Wealth.

Our communities. Our voices. Our solutions. Our power.

From six-city town halls to collective action, we bring communities and partners together to strengthen pathways to HIV care, treatment of choice, and whole-person wellness.

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Treatment Pathways Summits · November 2026

Florida HIV Treatment Pathways: Finding Solutions That Work

Strategy and action sessions linking people with HIV, providers, case managers, navigators, brokers, and community partners. Together we compare options, strengthen handoffs, and identify concrete follow-up actions.

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What to expect

  • Health coverage options
  • Connections to HIV care
  • Enrollment support
  • Community action

Summit themes

Paying for Coverage

Solution Barriers

The summits are for conversation, connection and planning. Attending does not guarantee eligibility, funding, coverage, or medication access. Please talk with your provider, case manager or navigator about your own situation.

Our Story

45 Minutes to Saving Ourselves

The Florida “45 Minutes to Saving Ourselves” Town Hall Tour brought Black communities, people with HIV, faith and civic leaders, advocates, media, healthcare professionals and local partners together around medication access, treatment choice, stigma, referral gaps and community action.

“People take these conversations to Tampa or Orlando, but they never come to Winter Haven...thank you for coming to see about us.”

— Winter Haven town hall participant

Why 45?

At the heart of every town hall was a focused 45-minute discussion — and a call to action. Forty-five minutes to listen, name what gets in the way, and decide what we will do together.

  1. 15 minOpening overview
  2. 45 minFacilitated roundtable
  3. 1 hourFood, fellowship and relationship-building

The Tour · May–June 2026

Six cities. One conversation.

Each stop surfaced what communities need to stay connected to care.

  1. Winter Haven

    May 8, 2026

    Visibility for communities beyond large cities; local investment and broader health coverage.

  2. Gainesville

    May 13, 2026

    Urgency around medication access, resource mapping and stronger local planning.

  3. Jacksonville

    May 15, 2026

    Treatment choice, dignity and trusted access points — music, spoken word, dance and culture can carry HIV education into places where people already gather.

  4. Tallahassee

    May 20, 2026

    Community leadership, nontraditional partners and coordinated referrals.

  5. Eatonville

    June 1, 2026

    Faith, trusted messengers and community accountability.

  6. Fort Lauderdale

    June 3, 2026

    Sonshine Communications media training and Black media strategy; compassionate community support to counter stigma and isolation.

What we heard: community findings

  • 1

    Build multiple pathways to care

  • 2

    Support treatment choice and whole-person wellness

  • 3

    Make warm handoffs with follow-up

  • 4

    Activate faith, media, civic and arts champions

Our next chapter · Proposed

The Underground Movement

Our next-step vision: an action-oriented community planning effort to turn the tour's recommendations into local action and accountability. This is a proposal we're building toward together — not yet an operating program.

Founders

Three co-creators. One movement.

Each founder leads their own organization and co-founded the Florida 45 Movement.

Portrait of Leisha McKinley-Beach

Co-founder, Florida 45 Movement

Leisha McKinley-Beach, MPH

Founder & CEO, Black Public Health Academy

Brings public health leadership, community mobilization, and a focus on building partnerships that move community priorities into action.

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Portrait of Shawn Tinsley

Co-founder, Florida 45 Movement

Shawn Tinsley

Founder & Executive Director, HIV Possible

Co-creator of the Florida tour, bringing community partnership and advocacy to the shared effort.

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Portrait of Tammy Cuyler

Co-founder, Florida 45 Movement

Tammy Cuyler

Founder & CEO, Empower HIV Health

Co-creator of the Florida tour, helping turn community conversations into practical pathways and collective action.

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Summit Partners

Together, we go further.

Sponsored by

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Community Partners

  • Black Public Health Academy logo
  • HIV Possible logo
  • Empower HIV Health logo
  • PositivelyU logo
  • Poverello logo
  • Mayfaire Medical logo
  • Transinclusive Group logo

Resources

Listen, learn, commit.

Podcast: Saving Ourselves — 45 Minute Townhalls

Conversations from the movement.

Listen on Buzzsprout

Make a community commitment

Tell us how you'll help keep our people in care.

Open the commitment form

Treatment Pathways summit flyer

Tampa (Nov 17) and Fort Lauderdale (Nov 19), 2026.

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Florida “45 Minutes to Saving Ourselves” tour presentation

June 2026 tour materials — historical context; program rules may change.

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Get Involved

There's a place for you here.

People with HIV, advocates, faith, civic, arts and media leaders, and providers — this movement is built by all of us.

Attend a summit

Join us in Tampa or Fort Lauderdale this November.

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Make a community commitment

Share the action you'll take in your community.

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Partner with the movement

Bring your organization to the table.

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Contact the organizers

Questions, partnership or transportation requests — links open your email app.

Frequently asked questions

Who are the summits for?

People with HIV, providers, case managers, navigators, insurance brokers, advocates and community partners. If you care about strengthening pathways to HIV care in Florida, you are welcome.

How do I register?

Registration is handled through Whova. Use the Register button on the Tampa or Fort Lauderdale card above to open the official registration page.

Can I get transportation?

Transportation is available upon request. Please contact one of the organizers by email (see Contact) to ask about transportation for the summit you plan to attend.

What does the Florida 45 Movement do?

We focus on education, community action and convening — bringing people and partners together. We do not provide clinical care or medical advice; please talk with your healthcare provider about your own care.