Barack Obama

World AIDS Day: We’re still living with AIDS

By Kenyon Farrow

(originally written for the NGLTF Policy Institute)

December 1, 2008

Today, many of us will dust off those red ribbons, and “remember” to remember the people who we’ve lost, and who are currently living with HIV/AIDS.

Some of us may even donate money to an AIDS charity doing work in some far flung place. But red ribbons and prayer services that commemorate only hide the reality that here in America, we are still living with AIDS.  read more »

It was cold like January in DC last Thursday—the atmosphere fittingly freezing for our community inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama as the first true AIDS president, a theatrical enactment to seal the promise of January 20th.   read more »

After a long campaign, we now know that Senator Barack Obama will be our next president. At this historic moment of hope, we celebrate both the power of community organizing and the possibilities the Obama victory represents for this country.

President-Elect Obama's campaign platform (the HIV/AIDS agenda is available in PDF) included a strong stance on HIV and AIDS issues, rooted in the call for a National AIDS Strategy (NAS).

We are badly in need of new and sustained resources in the fight against HIV/AIDS in this country. We also need a comprehensive, measurable strategy against the epidemic that dares to re-envision and recraft our HIV/AIDS response to meet and overcome a new generation of challenges.  read more »