Davina Conner - Pozitively Dee Discussion

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Davina Conner (Dee) was diagnosed with HIV 21 years ago. She’s an advocate, radio host,speaker, a founding steering committee member of Prevention access campaign(UequalsU), Co-Chair of PWN Colorado and a member of the Denver HIV Planning Council, Dee obtained her Associates Degree in Public Health in 2018 and is now working towards her Bachelor’s Degree. She started a non-profit organization called PozHaven Foundation that started out as grassroots advocacy Dee mentors those newly diagnosed and individuals who are struggling mentally by way of telephone or in-home mentoring. She’s one of 4 advocates that is in the first UequalsU campaign in the United States called Positive Series. Davina started advocating because of the stigma that many go through being diagnosed with HIV and is determined to work hard for women of color, trans women and all women with HIV. Davina’s podcast Pozitively Dee Discussion has been running for 4 years and Dee uses her show as a platform to educate individuals who are HIV positive and HIV negative. Dee feels that reaching everyone on all levels in all states will show others that HIV is not a death sentence at all and is very manageable. Standing for the rights of everyone no matter how they choose to live. We have one life to live and Dee wants people to know that they can live their best life regardless of what they feel has hindered them. Dee works to inspire, encourage and motivate others to live their best life and says once you change your way of thinking it gives you a different perspective in life and God then leads you in the way you should go.