Archive for April, 2012

Info for 5/10 Webinar: Defending Sex Worker Rights – Stories from the Ground

| April 30, 2012 | 0 Comments

Stories from the Ground: Innovations, Collaborations & Victories in Defending the Rights of Sex Workers Join the HIV PJA Mass Imprisonment & Criminalization Work Group on Thursday May 10 at 3:30 p.m. ET for a unique and powerful community webinar with advocates nationwide sharing their on-the-ground perspective on efforts to defend the rights of sex workers [...]

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25 Years Later… Still Acting Up

25 Years Later… Still Acting Up

| April 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

After 14 years as a member of ACT UP Philadelphia, HIV PJA Staff Member Julie Davids, was among many who commemorated the 25th Anniversary of ACT UP with a march on Wall Street in New York City last week on April 25. Activists, current and former ACT UP members, PJA allies, PWLHAs, and others – converged upon [...]

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July 20th: Pre-IAC Conference on HIV & Drug Policy

| April 24, 2012 | 0 Comments

The Twin Epidemics of HIV and Drug Use: Innovative Strategies for Healthy Communities AIDS 2012 Pre-conference 20th July 2012 Washington, D.C. Please join amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research and the International AIDS Society (IAS) for a day-long conference on HIV and drug policy prior to the XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington D.C. [...]

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On 25 Years of ACT UP: Jim Eigo’s Powerful Speech at the “AIDS Activism Now” Panel Presentation

On 25 Years of ACT UP: Jim Eigo’s Powerful Speech at the “AIDS Activism Now” Panel Presentation

| April 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

Recently, HIV PJA steering committee member Che Gossett and HIV PJA staff member Julie Davids spoke at panel presentation entitled AIDS Activism Now at the Village Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center in New York City. One of their fellow presenters, Jim Eigo of ACT UP and the Treatment & Data Committee, shares powerful reflections in remarks [...]

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Under Surveillance by Medicaid

Under Surveillance by Medicaid

| April 20, 2012 | 0 Comments

This article has been cross-posted from the U.S. Positive Women’s Network (U.S. PWN) blog, a partner and ally of HIV PJA. To access the original posting and learn more about U.S. PWN, please click here. By Kat Griffith in Peoria, IL I have to go into the Medicaid office every year to get reapproved and [...]

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