COMPASS at USCHA 2026

2026 COMPASS USCHA Presentations

The COMPASS Initiative® and its partners will bring a dynamic lineup of presentations, workshops, institutes, and iPosters to USCHA 2026. Explore sessions highlighting community-driven strategies, innovative partnerships, capacity building, advocacy, leadership development, and sustainable approaches to strengthening the HIV response across the U.S. South.

Be sure to stop by the exhibit hall and visit the Southern AIDS Coordinating Center’s booth!

Cross-Collaborative Presentations

Title: State of the South: Political Power as HIV Prevention
Date & Time: Sept. 17, 8:00am-11:00am
Location: Catalina 2- Catalina/Lower Level 

Title: Beyond Tokenism: How Community Advisory Boards Strengthened Grantmaking and Capacity Building
Date & Time: Sept. 17, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Catalina 3 – Catalina/Lower Level

Title: Tracing Transformation: A Story of How the COMPASS Initiative Changed the South
Date & Time: Sept. 18, 3:45pm -5:15pm
Location: Huntington – Concourse Level/4th Floor

Title: Reimagining HIV Investment through a Multi-Sector Partnership Model
Date & Time: Sept.19, 10:15am – 11:45am
Location: Laguna – Concourse Level/4th Floor

Emory COMPASS Coordinating Center Presentations

Title: Building Unbreakable Foundations: A Transformative Capacity Development Model for HIV-Serving Community Organizations
Date & Time: Sept. 17, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Carmel – Concourse Level/4th Floor

Title: The 5 Senses of Advocacy: Building the Next Generation of HIV Leaders
Date & Time: Sept. 17,  3:45pm-5:15pm
Location: Palos Verdes – Concourse Level/4th Floor

Title: From Data to Decision-Making: A PoWER (Partners Working for Enhanced Results) Evaluation Training by Emory COMPASS
Date & Time: Sept. 18, 8:00am -11:00am
Location: San Simeon – Concourse Level/4th Floor

iPoster: The Pinocchio Effect: Organizational Transformation as a Strategy for Sustainable HIV Services
Date & Time: Sept. 19, 2:00pm – 2:15pm
Location:  4th Floor Registration Desk

Title: Transportation as Access: Using Geospatial Mapping to Visualize Service Deserts
Date & Time: Sept. 20, 9:00am – 10:30am
Location: Carmel – Concourse Level/4th Floor

iPoster: Lights, Camera, Advocacy: Using Film to Build Future HIV Leaders at Southern HBCUs

Emory, AIDS United, Black Public Health Academy, & Nat’l Pharmaceutical Association Presentation

Title: Rx for Change: Mobilizing Pharmacies and Communities to Expand PrEP Access
Date & Time: Sept. 19, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Location: Avalon A & B- Lobby Level/1st Floor * Live Stream

Faith COMPASS Center

Title: Shifting the Paradigm: Deconstructing and Re-Storying HIV Narratives in Faith Communities
Date & Time: Sept. 17, 3:45pm-5:15pm
Location: Santa Monica – Concourse Level/4th Floor

SUSTAIN COMPASS Coordinating Center

Title: Black Trans Women As Healing-Centered Researchers: Doing Research With Community, Rather Than On Community
Date & Time: Thursday, Sept. 17, 3:45pm – 5:15pm
Location: San Simeon – Concourse Level/4th Floor

Title: From Attendees to Change Agents: Cultivating HIV Convenings Into Catalysts for Action
Date & Time: Friday, Sept. 18, 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Laguna – Concourse Level/4th Floor

Title: Before the Next 45 Years: Reimagining HIV Leadership Through Healing, Equity, and Anti-Oppressive Practice
Date & Time: Saturday, Sept. 19, 2:30pm – 4:00pm
Location: Catalina 3 – Catalina/Lower Level