The mission of the Nassau-Suffolk HIV Health Services Planning Council is to provide effective planning for the Nassau-Suffolk EMA and promote development of HIV/AIDS health services, personnel, and facilities which meet identified health needs in a cost effective manner, reduce inefficiencies, and address the needs of uninsured and underinsured HIV infected individuals.
Nancy Duncan –
Nancy joined the Council in 2007 to get more involved as an advocate for HIV/AIDS. She has been HIV+ for 25 years and uses her story and voice to speak for others who can’t or chose not to come forward. Since 1998 she has been involved with PWAC, LIAAC, Planned Parenthood of Nassau County and many of the Council subcommittees.You can find her mentoring peers through the LTI program and making her way up to Albany for legislative visits. This modern day super woman tries her hardest to change the world and when she’s relaxing she enjoys standup comedy. If you ever get a chance to hear Nancy laugh, you will instantly be cheered up by her contagious giggles. In 2011, Nancy graciously donated her story to UWLI and became the poster child for United Way’s health initiative! Now her smile is brightening up the world for more people than ever before.
“The fight against AIDS is important to me because I believe in self-empowerment, and if we don’t see a cure in my lifetime, I hope and pray other generations will not have to live and experience the stigma and pain of this horrible pandemic. I will be involved in the fight until I can’t do it anymore or better yet until there is a cure.”
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