Archive for March, 2012
NLAAN Announces the Launch of Two New Program Opportunities for AIDS 2012
The National Latino AIDS Action Network (NLAAN), in collaboration with several partner organizations, is proud to announce the launch of several activities aimed at increasing the participation and visibility of Latino/Hispanic leaders at the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012), including: Embajadores [Ambassadors] Program This professional and leadership development activity is designed to identify, [...]
Dozens of Activists Arrested Protesting The Ban on US Federal Funding Syringe Exchange Programs
Dozens of Activists Arrested Protesting The Ban on US Federal Funding Syringe Exchange Programs As Part of a National Day of Action, AIDS Activists Demand Congress Lifts Federal Funding Ban on Syringe Exchange (Again) Contact: Kenyon Farrow, k.farrow@housingworks.org, 347.949.1974 Dozens of AIDS and harm reduction activists were arrested this morning after holding in sit-in protests [...]
National Day of Action on Syringe Exchange: Let’s Do This (Again)!
Today, all across the country, activists are taking action to demand the federal government support life-saving syringe access programs. We need your help. Last year, Congress re-imposed the anti-scientific ban on using federal dollars to fund syringe exchange programs. These programs are among the most powerful public health programs ever developed and are extremely effective [...]
HIV PJA Co-Chair Che Gossett on AIDS Activism & Art
HIV PJA Queer & Transgender working group co-chair, writer, and activist Che Gossett describes and shares an intrinsic perspective on the emotional connection to AIDS activism work in a blog-post by Visual AIDS intern Eliza Sprague, at the recent QuORUM (Queers Organizing for Radical Unity & Mobilization) Forum in New York City. Through a simple quote, [...]
