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PLHIV Networks Responds to the NHAS Federal Implementation Plan

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!On World AIDS Day (December 1st), the U.S. PLHIV Caucus released our response to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy FederalImplementation Plan, Filling the Gaps: A PLHIV Networks response [...]

2022-12-15T06:28:31-08:00December 15th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PLHIV Networks Responds to the NHAS Federal Implementation Plan

#HIVResists December Monthly Policy Update

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!🔥December’s Hot Topic🔥:PWN-USA Post-Midterm UpdatesPWN-USA members and volunteers threw down this election season with nonpartisan Get Out the Vote campaigns in Colorado, Pennsylvania, and Texas, reaching close [...]

2022-12-02T13:33:10-08:00December 2nd, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIVResists December Monthly Policy Update

PWN Honors Transgender Day of Rememberance 2022

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inboxJoin us in observing Transgender Day of Rememberance, November 20th, as we honor the lives and contributions of our siblings of trans experience we lost too [...]

2022-11-20T05:32:32-08:00November 18th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN Honors Transgender Day of Rememberance 2022

Today is National Get Out the HIV Vote Day!

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!Happy National Get Out the HIV Vote Day! There are more 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States, and millions more connected to [...]

2022-10-24T17:30:55-07:00October 24th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Today is National Get Out the HIV Vote Day!

20 days till polls close… Are you ready?

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!Early voting has started in Georgia, Pennsylvania, and many other states. We don’t know about you but we’re anxiously watching. 👀We’re not just watching though, we’re [...]

2022-10-19T11:43:27-07:00October 19th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on 20 days till polls close… Are you ready?

WE WON! PACHA Unanimously Approves Resolution to Create Safeguards for People Living with HIV

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**PACHA UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES RESOLUTION TO CREATE SAFEGUARDS FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIVDirects CDC to Adapt Surveillance Activities to Better Protect Human Rights for Vulnerable CommunitiesOctober 18, 2022–PWN commends and applauds the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) for [...]

2022-10-18T08:19:30-07:00October 18th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on WE WON! PACHA Unanimously Approves Resolution to Create Safeguards for People Living with HIV

#HIVResists September Monthly Policy Update

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!🔥September’s Hot Topic🔥:Access to Healthcare: Another terrible ruling out of Texas...In September 2022, a Texas federal district court judge, Reed O’Connor, ruled that the federal requirement [...]

2022-09-28T12:21:47-07:00September 28th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIVResists September Monthly Policy Update

Positive Women’s Newsletter – September 2022

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!It's National Voter Registration Day!PWN-USA is the only PLHIV led organization running an on-the-ground, data-driven “Get Out The Vote” campaign in this critical election cycle. Our [...]

2022-09-20T12:06:44-07:00September 20th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Positive Women’s Newsletter – September 2022

#HIVResists August Monthly Policy Update

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!Reproductive Justice Teach-In: Join us on Sept. 8!On June 24th, the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to abortion. States across the U.S. have already [...]

2022-08-31T12:21:05-07:00August 31st, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIVResists August Monthly Policy Update

Positive Women’s Newsletter – August 2022

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!Ready, Set, REPEAL: Ending HIV Criminalization Cannot WaitThe Health Not Prisons Collective kicked off our Ready, Set, REPEAL campaign last week! The REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act (H.R. 6111) [...]

2022-08-25T08:03:23-07:00August 25th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Positive Women’s Newsletter – August 2022

Organizing Spotlight, August 2022: PWN-GHA Chapter

We recently caught up with PWN Greater Houston Area (GHA) chapter members Deborah Somoye and Selena Harbor to learn about their chapter’s mission, function, current projects, and how allies can support it. This month, we shine the Organizing Spotlight on [...]

2022-08-23T08:33:16-07:00August 23rd, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight, August 2022: PWN-GHA Chapter

PWN Honors Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

August 20, 2022(Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up to receive updates from Positive Women's Network!)Positive Women’s Network - USA (PWN) commemorates the annual Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (SHAAD). Launched by the Southern AIDS Coalition in 2019, SHAAD is [...]

2022-08-19T08:17:15-07:00August 19th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN Honors Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Abortion and HIV criminalization: The right to bodily autonomy

The views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA.by: Mira LernerAugust 12, 2022HIV decriminalization and reproductive justice are both grounded in the right to bodily [...]

2022-08-12T14:23:41-07:00August 12th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Abortion and HIV criminalization: The right to bodily autonomy

HIV Criminalization: An Overview

 Laws criminalizing HIV are harmful and increase risk of violence for people living with HIV – especially for communities most impacted by the epidemic and discriminatorily targeted by law enforcement.HIV criminalization (see “Key phrases” for definition) is a racial, gender, [...]

2022-08-12T14:19:05-07:00August 12th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on HIV Criminalization: An Overview

Reproductive Justice and Roe v. Wade

The views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA.by: Lisa Johnson-LettAugust 10, 2022Introduction: (Disclaimer)  The words I speak are my words reflecting the opinions and [...]

2022-08-10T08:33:31-07:00August 10th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Reproductive Justice and Roe v. Wade

#HIVResists July Monthly Policy Update

🔥July’s Hot Topic🔥:In Light of Dobbs - Reproductive Health, Rights and JusticeJust weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson, we are seeing and feeling the devastating consequences of a 40-year battle to limit reproductive freedom. As of August 1, abortion [...]

2022-08-03T13:37:25-07:00August 3rd, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIVResists July Monthly Policy Update

Health Not Prisons Dispatch: Summer 2022

(Was this message forwarded to you? Sign up to receive quarterly updates from the HNP Collective!)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), [...]

2022-08-03T14:13:35-07:00August 3rd, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Health Not Prisons Dispatch: Summer 2022

Positive Women’s Newsletter – July 2022

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!Concerns about Molecular HIV Surveillance are heating upPWN is fighting to #endMHS (Molecular HIV Surveillance) and one crucial way to do that is to spread awareness [...]

2022-07-20T11:19:01-07:00July 20th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Positive Women’s Newsletter – July 2022

PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Halt Scientific Study Over Ethics Concerns Around Use of Molecular HIV Surveillance Data

Press Contact: Positive Women’s Network-USAVictoria Siciliano, Communications [email protected]**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**RESEARCHERS HALT SCIENTIFIC STUDY OVER ETHICS CONCERNS AROUND USE OF MOLECULAR HIV SURVEILLANCE DATAHIV advocacy organizations to host fireside chat with authors 14 July, 2022–A group of researchers (Diana M. Tordoff, Brian Minalga, [...]

2022-07-14T09:12:54-07:00July 14th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PRESS RELEASE: Researchers Halt Scientific Study Over Ethics Concerns Around Use of Molecular HIV Surveillance Data

#HIVResists June Monthly Policy Update

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!🔥June’s Hot Topic🔥:Reproductive Health, Rights, and JusticeThe U.S. Supreme Court has done exactly what we expected: overturned the landmark case of Roe v Wade, which had solidified abortion [...]

2022-06-29T10:17:41-07:00June 29th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIVResists June Monthly Policy Update

Positive Women’s Newsletter: June 2022

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox! Celebrating 14 Years of PWN! We can't believe Positive Women's Network is already fourteen years old! Time flies when you're building community, training leaders, [...]

2022-07-12T08:35:27-07:00June 15th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Positive Women’s Newsletter: June 2022

#HIV Resists May 2022 Monthly Policy Update

Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox!🔥May’s Hot Topic🔥:More than "thoughts and prayers."We demand policy change for the victims of mass shootings.When tragedy strikes, thoughts and prayers are not enough. We sorrowfully [...]

2022-06-02T09:39:58-07:00June 2nd, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIV Resists May 2022 Monthly Policy Update

Health Not Prisons Launches State Advocate Program

As part of our commitment to elevate racial justice in the HIV decriminalization movement, the Health Not Prisons Collective (HNP) is launching an initiative to support legislative advocacy and coalition involvement in HIV decriminalization efforts by Black, Indigenous, and other [...]

2022-05-25T13:12:50-07:00May 25th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Health Not Prisons Launches State Advocate Program

Georgia on Our Minds: Congratulations on a Major Victory!

Georgia on Our MindsCongratulations on a Major Victory!The Health Not Prisons (HNP) Collective congratulates our partners, allies, and accomplices in Georgia on a momentous victory. This month, Governor Kemp signed SB 164 into law, making Georgia the 10th state to modernize its [...]

2022-05-25T12:53:43-07:00May 25th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Georgia on Our Minds: Congratulations on a Major Victory!

Health Not Prisons Dispatch – Spring 2022

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, [...]

2022-05-19T08:53:08-07:00May 19th, 2022|HIV Is Not a Crime, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Health Not Prisons Dispatch – Spring 2022

Organizing Spotlight: PWN Colorado Chapter

PWN is recognizing our very own Colorado Chapter as May 2022 Organizing Spotlight. The CO Chapter is committed to Get Out the Vote, and educate their neighbors about what’s on their ballot. In partnership with the Colorado Organizations Responding to [...]

2022-05-18T09:15:29-07:00May 17th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: PWN Colorado Chapter

Take the pledge to protect reproductive freedom!

Extremists are trying to dismantle our rights to abortion and reproductive freedom. Take the pledge to fight for reproductive freedom this election cycle and beyond!We created a paper version of the pledge that's also a coloring page. Print it out, [...]

2022-05-13T09:50:14-07:00May 13th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Take the pledge to protect reproductive freedom!

#HIVResists Monthly Policy Update – April 2022

   April’s Hot Topic: Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson will be coming down within the next two months. Let’s talk about what’s at stake! Pro-abortion advocates are bracing for the decision in [...]

2022-04-29T06:35:54-07:00April 29th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIVResists Monthly Policy Update – April 2022

Action Alert! Coloradans demand an end to over-policing and criminalizing people who use drugs

A few weeks ago we asked our friends in Colorado to reach out to your Representatives to demand a stop to a bill that would increase policing and criminal penalties for people who use drugs. This bill has passed the [...]

2022-04-28T08:17:04-07:00April 28th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Action Alert! Coloradans demand an end to over-policing and criminalizing people who use drugs

Reflections on PWN-Alabama’s Policy Training

The views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA.by: Katie WillinghamApril 4, 2022Elation was the first thing I felt when I saw my first face, [...]

2022-04-06T10:58:55-07:00April 6th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Reflections on PWN-Alabama’s Policy Training

Positive Women’s Network USA Reflects on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; Demands Attention to Women Living with HIV in the Federal Response  

On this important annual opportunity to commit to addressing the HIV epidemic among women and girls, we uplift Frances Ashe-Goins, a founder of NWGHAAD and one of PWN’s 20 Black women Movement Mothers, a part of our 2022 Celebrate and Honor Black [...]

2022-03-10T15:08:43-08:00March 10th, 2022|HIV Awareness Days, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NWGHAAD, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Positive Women’s Network USA Reflects on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; Demands Attention to Women Living with HIV in the Federal Response  

Center Black joy & resiliency this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

As we approach another National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) today, we are forced to once again acknowledge the persistent disparities in care, prevention, and treatment for Black people living with or are at risk of HIV. For us, however, [...]

2022-02-04T08:56:59-08:00February 4th, 2022|Celebrate and Honor Black Women, HIV Awareness Days, NBHAAD, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Center Black joy & resiliency this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Organizing Spotlight: R.I.S.E. 2

Positive Women’s Network - USA launched the R.I.S.E. (Resist, Inspire, Sustain Through Education) Gender Justice Training Academy in 2019. Over two years we paid, trained, prepared, and coached 13 transgender women of color living with HIV, most from the southern [...]

2022-02-02T22:13:07-08:00February 2nd, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: R.I.S.E. 2

Organizing Spotlight: The Well Project

PWN's January 2022 Organizing spotlight is with our partner organization, The Well Project (TWP)! TWP is a non-profit organization whose mission is to change the course of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through a unique and comprehensive focus on women and girls. [...]

2022-01-12T12:26:14-08:00January 12th, 2022|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: The Well Project

Organizing Spotlight: The Counter Narrative Project

The Counter Narrative Project This month’s organizing spotlight is on the Counter Narrative Project (CNP)! Founded in 2014 to amplify the voices of Black gay men, CNP works at the intersection of narrative and social justice. PWN is proud [...]

2021-12-07T06:15:16-08:00December 7th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: The Counter Narrative Project

2021 Trans Day of Resilience/Remembrance PWN Statement

Image by Micah Bazant with Forward Together Tomorrow, November 20th, marks the 22nd year of Trans Day of Remembrance/Resilience, where we remember, honor, and uplift the lives of our trans siblings who were taken too soon from us. Globally, [...]

2021-11-19T09:52:16-08:00November 19th, 2021|Trans Justice, Uncategorized|Comments Off on 2021 Trans Day of Resilience/Remembrance PWN Statement

PRESS RELEASE STATEMENT

For immediate release:: Molecular HIV Surveillance “a perfect storm” in the context of HIV-related criminalisationOctober 20, 2021A new briefing paper published today by Positive Women’s Network USA on behalf of the HIV JUSTICE WORLDWIDE coalition aims to support people living [...]

2021-10-20T07:57:55-07:00October 20th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PRESS RELEASE STATEMENT
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