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You're Invited! HIV PJA to Host Discussion of Housing as a Prevention Justice Issue on February 24 CHAMP Strategy Lab
by Jim Merrell
Mon, 02/01/2010 - 3:16pm  Please join CHAMP and the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance for the next Strategy Lab teleconference on February 24 from 3:30-5:30 PM Eastern.
Click here to register for the call. During the second hour of the call, the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance will host the first of series of panel discussions focusing on key social drivers of the HIV/AIDS. Housing advocates and researchers will help us to understand how structural issues like housing drive the epidemic and what we can do about it. The call's first hour will explore advocacy opportunities and a refinement of thinking on "Test-and-Treat," an experimental intervention and service delivery strategy that seeks to drastically scale up access to testing in a geographic area and facilitate rapid connection to care, with the goal of decreasing community viral load and, subsequently, HIV incidence. Monthly throughout the year, CHAMP's Strategy Lab on HIV Prevention Policy hosts teleconferences that bring together activists, researchers and policy analysts and makers for discussion, dialogue and debate on current HIV prevention programs and research. Strategy Lab seeks to cultivate national discussion that considers the HIV prevention justice issues that must be addressed to ensure comprehensive and effective HIV prevention research and programs. Save the date! In addition to February 24, mark your calendars for the March 24 Strategy Lab teleconference - agenda details to follow in coming weeks. Click here to register for the call. Arrests of HIV+ Continue, CDC Must Act! Sign On!
by Julie Davids
Thu, 12/17/2009 - 3:52pm
Do you know that HIV isn't spread by spitting, and that condoms are an effective HIV prevention tool?
TAKE ACTION: Endorse the letter to CDC asking them to keep their own promises to address HIV criminalization. Long Overdue, Ban on Syringe Exchange Funding to be Lifted. Thanks, and No Thanks.
by Julie Davids
Mon, 12/14/2009 - 8:28am Bill Clinton said NOT lifting the federal funding ban on syringe exchange was one of the biggest regrets in his presidency. But he didn't fess up to that till he was safely out of the White House. Barack Obama pledged to lift the ban. Then pointedly didn't publicly work to do so, even when his imprimatur could have given a much-needed margin of safety for congressional efforts. But who really did work to lift the ban? People with HIV, drug users, harm reduction leaders and their allies. Long-time and brand new AIDS activists who took to the streets and the halls of Congress and the plaza of HHS and the UN for decades at this point, including those who got arrested in the Capitol Rotunda in one of the first acts of civil disobedience against the Obama Adminstration. Organizers and policy wonks who counted the votes and worked hand in hand with grassroots activists to persuade and convert legislators. Religous people who spoke up about what faith and redemption and compassion really means. AIDS service and prevention providers and drug treatment people and harm reduction counselors and people in recovery, and people in and out of recovery, who spoke up about their lives and their work. And because of all this - not because of the political cowardice of those who knew they were doing the wrong thing by allowing the ban to persist but who time and again shrank in the face of ideological opposition - the ban will now be lifted. This weekend, the Senate joined the House in approving the final 2010 appopriations bill that will lift the ban, without the deadly not-near-1000-feet-of-anything amendment that would have rendered it virtually meaningless. read more » For Our Communities - We Are Present: The Latino Community and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
by David Ernesto Munar
Wed, 11/11/2009 - 11:42pm  The Latino Commission on AIDS invites anyone involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS to participate in an English and Spanish language National Conference Call to ensure Latino voices are included in the development of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy led by the Office of National AIDS Policy of the White House.Friday, November 13, 2009 3:30 P.M. EST | 4:30 P.M. in Puerto Rico CALL-IN NUMBER: 1-888-387-8686 PARTICIPANT CODE: 1883577# The Office of National AIDS Policy is inviting community input to shape the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The Latino community in the U.S. must be present at these meetings to ensure our voices are heard when federal officials draft the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, designed to reduce new infections, increase the number of people in care, and lower HIV-related health disparities. Join us for this call to understand how you can get involved. People in Mississippi, Florida, New York, and Puerto Rico are especially encouraged to join the call to learn more about providing effective testimony at one of the upcoming community meetings: - Jackson, MS 11/16/09 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 11/20/09 - New York City, NY 12/4/09 - Caguas, Puerto Rico 12/14/09 All other interested parties are invited to participate to learn more about submitting your testimonies online. Download the Spanish language worksheet on preparing effective community testimony. click here read more » White House Announces Tentative Dates for Community Discussions on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
by David Ernesto Munar
Wed, 09/23/2009 - 11:42am White House officials have announced the tentative dates for community discussions to gather recommendations and input for the creation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The tentative dates and communities where these meeting will occur are listed below:
District of Columbia -- Monday, September 21 The HIV Prevention Justice Alliance will continue to update readers about these meetings and any changes as they are announced. Registration Details for the 9/21/09 Washington DC ONAP-Sponsored National HIV/AIDS Strategy town meeting
by Julie Davids
Fri, 09/18/2009 - 4:53am
Dear Planning Committee,
Thank
you for your input concerning selecting a date, location, and meeting
format for the September 21 HIV/AIDS Community Discussion in Washington, D.C. Please note the following confirmed details for your planning purposes:
Location:
The University of the District of Columbia Auditorium (building #46 on campus map)
National HIV/AIDS Strategy Town Meeting: Voices from the Community!
by Ebony Johnson
Wed, 08/26/2009 - 2:54pm Last night at the first town meeting on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (held at the National HIV Prevention Conference), the community spoke out!!! Here's some quotes: read more » Six Months Into New Admin, Fed HIV Prevention Officials Speak More Freely of Science, Marginalized Groups, Need for Funding
by Julie Davids
Wed, 08/26/2009 - 2:39pm Economic recession threatens to relegate bolder talk to merely good intentions as White House Embarks on Development of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy By Julie Davids and David Ernesto Munar ATLANTA (Aug 25)—Speaking at the Obama Administration’s first national HIV summit, top public health leaders and community activists agree that a paradigm shift in HIV prevention approaches is needed to make progress reducing HIV transmission in the U.S. According to advocates and other experts, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) must work with partners to develop and implement a strategic scale-up of comprehensive, combination HIV prevention strategies in order to achieve population-level decreases in HIV transmission. The aims of a new approach must focus on averting as many HIV infections as possible. And it must expand successful interventions, invest in research and evaluation, and address social drivers such as lack of housing, mass imprisonment, poverty and marginalization. There were tantalizing hints at this week’s conference that CDC may be ready to seek significant changes in federal prevention policy and programs, a shift that would require strong leadership to inspire political buy-in and increased resources. Meanwhile, the new leadership at CDC faces steep challenges contending with an unprecedented economic crisis and competing national priorities that could jeopardize progress to slow the spread of HIV in the U.S. read more » Waters Rallies for Health Care Reform
by David Ernesto Munar
Wed, 08/26/2009 - 11:03am
In the closing panel at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) delivered a stirring presentation about the centrality of healthcare reform to achieve better results in the fight against HIV/AIDS, including efforts to reduce new HIV infections. Brief Thoughts on NHPC Tuesday Morning
by Ebony Johnson
Tue, 08/25/2009 - 12:56pm "Women need to have a certain set of ideas, values & belief systems about condoms to use condoms."
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About the HIV PJAThe HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA) is a network of organizations advocating for effective and just HIV prevention policies for the United States. We grew out of the successful 2007 Prevention Justice Mobilization, which united hundreds of groups across the country at the intersection of HIV/AIDS, human rights, and struggles for social, racial, gender, and economic justice. The HIV PJA is coordinated by Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) in collaboration with AIDS Foundation of Chicago, and SisterLove.
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