From March 10th to March 13th, CEG's Executive Director, A. Toni Young, and WV Policy Coordinator, Marcus J. Hopkins, attended the first HEPConnect Grantee Convening of 2020 in Raleigh, NC. This event, hosted by the Harm Reduction Coalition and Gilead Sciences, brought together HEPConnect grant recipients and partner organizations from Indiana, Kentucky, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia to discuss organizing strategies, best practices, and other issues related to Harm Reduction efforts and coalition building.

This meeting allowed CEG to meeting with some of its partnering organizations to begin preparing for some of the exciting work we'll be doing in 2020 and beyond, as well as allowing us to introduce ourselves to other states' grantees to see how they are working to effect positive change and outreach in their home states.