The Health Not Prisons Collective is an intersectional national initiative launched in 2020 by Counter Narrative Project (CNP), Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN), Sero Project, Transgender Law Center (TLC), and the U.S. Caucus of People Living with HIV (the HIV Caucus) — longtime collaborators led by, [...]
June 30, 2021: What do you do when you know the laws target a specific group of people? How do you amplify the concerns of the people who are impacted by those laws? What if you are a part of [...]
April 2, 2021: With Governor Ralph Northam's signature on the dotted line as of March 31, it's official: Virginia's HIV criminalization laws have been modernized and dramatically rolled back. The culmination of over two years of organizing and advocacy led by [...]
PWN is proud of the role our leaders have played in this important step in ending injustice and stigma for people living with HIV in Virginia PWN VA State Lead Deirdre Johnson testifies before the VA Senate Judiciary Committee February [...]
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Naina Khanna, Positive Women’s Network - USA, naina(at)pwn-usa.org As Calls for Justice Echo Around the United States, National Groups Led by Most-Policed Communities Affected by HIV and COVID-19 Join in Partnership The Health Not Prisons Collective Vows to [...]
The training academy, scheduled for May 30 – June 2 in Columbus, OH, will inspire and build the advocacy skills of hundreds of HIV advocates“As a survivor of HIV criminalization, seeing so many people from all across the world wanting [...]
February 27, 2019: PWN-USA Virginia State Lead Deirdre Johnson is one busy advocate. Since the HIV Is Not a Crime III National Training Academy in Indianapolis last June, she has been collaborating with fellow advocates and activists in her home [...]
**For Immediate Release** Contact: Arpita Appannagari, CHLP, (212) 430-6733 HIV Criminal Law Reform: A Call to Action Racial Justice, Criminal Justice and HIV Organizations Call for an HIV Criminal Law Reform Movement Grounded in Principles of [...]
June 19, 2018: The long-anticipated HIV Is Not a Crime III Training Academy, organized by the SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network – USA, took place June 3-6 at IUPUI in Indianapolis. What a remarkable three days it was!Anchored by [...]
