Background
Sylla, Laurie Novick was born on May 11, 1959 in Queens, New York, United States. Daughter of Abraham Abe and Carol Joan (Rich) Novick.
Sylla, Laurie Novick was born on May 11, 1959 in Queens, New York, United States. Daughter of Abraham Abe and Carol Joan (Rich) Novick.
B. Social Welfare summa cum laude, State University of New York, Albany, 1981. M. Human Service Administration, Antioch/New England, Keene, New Hampshire, 1986.
Hotline coordinator, Project Equinox, Albany, New York, 1981-1983; executive director, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Council of Northeastern New York, Albany, 1984-1986; advocacy manager, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Action Committee Massachusetts, Boston, 1986-1990; constituency development/special projects coordinator, Planned Parenthood Federation American, New York City, 1991-1993; executive director, Greater Hartford (Connecticut) Human Immunodeficiency Virus Action Initiative, since 1993.
Board directors Community Research Initiative of New England, Boston, 1988-1990, Social Justice Center, Albany, 1982-1986. Advisory board Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Clinical Trials Group, Boston, 1988-1990. Director One World Arts Exchange, Hartford, Connecticut, since 1994.
Steering committee member The Living Center, Hartford, 1995. Founder, activist Coalition for Acuired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Addiction Research, Boston, 1987-1989. Activist Albany Women Against Rape, 1980-1985.
Grant writer Lisangua Ya Bato, Woodstock, New York, since 1993. Member American Public Health Association, Woman's International Public Health Network, National council La Raza, Southern Poverty Law Center, Signum Laudis.
Married Abdoulaye Sylla, October 22, 1995.