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HIV 2020: Community Reclaiming the Global Response

Joint Statement from the United States People Living with HIV Caucus and HIVenas Abiertas, Positive Women’s Network-USA, Positively Trans, Sero Project, The Reunion Project and Thrive SSContact: Devin Hursey, US People Living with HIV Caucus: [email protected]  816.872.2051Octavia Lewis, Positively [...]

2018-12-10T23:50:37-05:00December 10th, 2018|AIDS 2020, human rights, immigrant rights, Uncategorized|Comments Off on HIV 2020: Community Reclaiming the Global Response

Sanctuary and Solidarity: A Vision for the HIV Movement.

Sanctuary (n): a place of refuge and protectionNovember 30, 2018: The AIDS legacy is built on creating sanctuary. When a mysterious epidemic that researchers did not yet understand and politicians did not yet dare name aloud claimed the lives of [...]

2018-11-30T02:39:15-05:00November 30th, 2018|HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Intersectionality, racial justice, World AIDS Day|Comments Off on Sanctuary and Solidarity: A Vision for the HIV Movement.

Birthright Citizenship Is Guaranteed by the 14th Amendment

October 30, 2018: Today we heard some shocking news. Trump announced plans to issue an executive order that would purport to revoke the right to citizenship for children born on US soil to non-US citizens, often called “birthright citizenship,” in [...]

2018-10-30T23:14:01-04:00October 30th, 2018|human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Intersectionality, resistance, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Birthright Citizenship Is Guaranteed by the 14th Amendment

Trump’s Hateful Public Charge Proposal Will Be Deadly for Immigrants Living with HIV and Other Chronic Health Conditions

September 28, 2018: Last weekend, in its latest attack on the most vulnerable Americans, the Trump administration announced a proposal that, if implemented, would intimidate and seek to punish immigrants for accessing--or even being perceived as potentially needing--nutrition, housing, and medical [...]

2018-12-04T16:10:17-05:00September 28th, 2018|Access to Care, Economic Justice, health care, human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Violence|Comments Off on Trump’s Hateful Public Charge Proposal Will Be Deadly for Immigrants Living with HIV and Other Chronic Health Conditions

#AIDS2020ForAll Call to Action

Take the pledge! No #AIDS2020 in Trump's USA! #AIDS2020ForAll AIDS2020ForAll.org Sign on and let IAS know that if all are not welcome, then none of us are. We must stand with those of us living with and impacted by [...]

2018-08-02T20:36:15-04:00August 2nd, 2018|AIDS 2018, AIDS 2020, HIV epidemic, human rights, immigrant rights, Intersectionality, Research, sex work, Trans Justice|Comments Off on #AIDS2020ForAll Call to Action

Bay Area, U.S. & Global Human Rights Advocates Demand 2020 International AIDS Conference Be Removed from U.S.

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Cecilia Chung +1.415.902.0216, [email protected] Naina Khanna +1.510.681.1169, [email protected] George Ayala +1.213.268.1777, [email protected] AREA, U.S. AND GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES DEMAND 2020 INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE BE REMOVED FROM U.S. They cite danger for potential participants and human rights violations in the U.S. [...]

2018-07-23T14:13:12-04:00July 23rd, 2018|AIDS 2018, AIDS 2020, Criminalization, human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Intersectionality, racism, sex work, Trans Justice|Comments Off on Bay Area, U.S. & Global Human Rights Advocates Demand 2020 International AIDS Conference Be Removed from U.S.

PWN-USA Releases Policy Agenda Updated to Protect & Advance Human Rights in 2018 and Beyond

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 347.553.5174POSITIVE WOMEN’S NETWORK – USA RELEASES POLICY AGENDA UPDATED TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS IN 2018 AND BEYONDThe updated policy agenda, over a year in the making, is responsive to the current political [...]

2018-07-18T20:15:41-04:00July 18th, 2018|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, immigrant rights, Intersectionality, policy agenda, Trans Justice, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on PWN-USA Releases Policy Agenda Updated to Protect & Advance Human Rights in 2018 and Beyond

PWN-USA Texas Heads to the Border to Protest Immigrant Detention

July 14, 2018: What does immigration have to do with women living with HIV? According to PWN-USA Texas members—everything.Tana Pradia and Jessi Mona Cartwright-Biggs hopped on a bus to Brownsville, Texas, June 28 to protest the administration’s immigration policy of [...]

2018-07-17T18:08:30-04:00July 14th, 2018|human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Intersectionality|Comments Off on PWN-USA Texas Heads to the Border to Protest Immigrant Detention

If Silence=Death, Where Is the HIV Community’s Voice Resisting the War Against Immigrants in the United States?

This statement is also available in Spanish. A call to marshal our full resources, voice and political power in support of immigrants targeted by hateful policies and dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric. Borders are imaginary political lines drawn to consolidate power and resources. [...]

2018-05-01T21:19:49-04:00May 1st, 2018|Access to Care, health care, human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, racial justice, racism, reproductive justice|Comments Off on If Silence=Death, Where Is the HIV Community’s Voice Resisting the War Against Immigrants in the United States?

HIV Racial Justice Now Announces Interim Steering Committee

photo credit: Johnnie Kornegay Leer en español aquí**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Leaders of Color in the HIV Movement Form A Strategic Working Group To Advance the Movement Towards Racial JusticeCONTACT: Naina Khanna, (510) 681-1169, [email protected] orCharles Stephens, (404) 550-4697, [email protected] 21, 2018: In July 2017, [...]

2018-02-21T19:38:37-05:00February 21st, 2018|Black Lives Matter, human rights, immigrant rights, Intersectionality, Prevention Justice, racial justice, racism, Uncategorized|Comments Off on HIV Racial Justice Now Announces Interim Steering Committee

PWN-USA Releases Two New HIV Criminalization Resources

December 15, 2017: PWN-USA is excited to announce the launch of two new resources for 2018 as part of our continued efforts to reform HIV criminalization laws nationwide and to support people living with HIV targeted by those laws.The first resource [...]

2017-12-16T00:29:07-05:00December 15th, 2017|Criminalization, human rights, immigrant rights, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-USA Releases Two New HIV Criminalization Resources

HIV Leaders of Color Announce Their Declaration of Liberation

The Framework to Build a Racially Just and Strategic HIV Movement Addresses Root Causes of the Epidemic and Lights a New Way Forward **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contacts: Naina Khanna, (510) 681-1169; [email protected] Charles Stephens, (404) 550-4697; [email protected] November 9, 2017: What could radical leadership look like [...]

Our Resistance Recess Toolkit Has Lots of Ideas and Resources to Take Action This August Recess!

August 8: We did it! Through people power, we killed the efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act! At least for now, and just by one vote. We have lots of work ahead of us. All members of Congress are home for the August [...]

This May Day, Join the HIV Community Movement for Expanded Sanctuary

A Joint Statement from Counter Narrative Project, HIV Prevention Justice Alliance, Positive Women’s Network – USA, TransLatin@ Coalition, Treatment Action Group, the US People Living with HIV Caucus and Venas Abiertas Leer en español aquí you have to understand, that [...]

2017-11-29T22:08:47-05:00May 1st, 2017|human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Intersectionality, resistance, Trans Justice, Uncategorized|Comments Off on This May Day, Join the HIV Community Movement for Expanded Sanctuary
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