Speak Up! News, Statements and Press Releases

500+ Constituents of All 52 Republican Senators to Occupy Capitol Hill Offices to Tell Them: "Kill the Bill, Don't Kill Us!"

2017-07-17T08:44:17-04:00July 17th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Contact: Jennifer Flynn, Center for Popular Democracy, 917 517-5202  •  jflynn@populardemocracy.org Paul Davis, Housing Works, 202 817 0129 • p.davis@housingworks.org **MEDIA ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 19** 500+ CONSTITUENTS OF ALL 52 REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO OCCUPY CAPITOL HILL OFFICES TO TELL [...]

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“Kill the Bill, Don’t Kill Us!”: On Capitol Hill and at Home, PWN Members and Allies Take Action to Stop Trumpcare

2017-11-29T21:29:45-05:00July 12th, 2017|Uncategorized|

July 12, 2017: This Monday, July 10, four PWN-USA members as well as a number of allies joined over 100 other constituents from 21 states in descending on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with a very clear, explicit message for their [...]

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100+ Constituents Occupy D.C. Congressional Offices, Demand "Don’t Kill Us, Kill the Bill!"

2017-11-29T21:41:37-05:00July 12th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Patients with pre-existing conditions and health providers from at least 21 states to occupy numerous Republican offices in acts of civil disobedience to unwelcome elected officials on their first day back from recess July 10, 2017: WASHINGTON D.C. – Constituents afraid [...]

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Your Help Is Needed Immediately to #KillTheBill.

2017-11-29T21:34:13-05:00June 22nd, 2017|Uncategorized|

URGENT: The U.S. Senate is likely to vote next week to decimate healthcare for people living with HIV. The result will be unnecessary death and suffering. That is why today, Thursday, June 22, we, the undersigned, are issuing this urgent [...]

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Celebrating 9 Years of Fierce Leadership of Women Living with HIV

2017-11-29T21:50:01-05:00June 15th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Special Message from the Executive Director Dear PWN Community, This month, Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA) celebrates our ninth year of fierce leadership by and for women living with HIV. As PWN-USA’s executive director and a woman living with [...]

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Your voice counts! Complete the survey today for a chance to win a $100 gift card. Deadline May 24!

2017-11-29T21:46:07-05:00May 19th, 2017|Uncategorized|

Your voice matters! Positive Women's Network - USA is about to embark on a strategic planning process, including updates to our policy agenda in light of the new challenges we face in today's political climate. As the premier national voice [...]

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PWN-USA and SERO Project Announce 2018 HIV Is Not a Crime National Training Academy in Indianapolis

2017-11-29T21:59:39-05:00May 15th, 2017|Criminalization, Organizing Tools, Uncategorized|

         FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ken Pinkela: ken.pinkela@seroproject.com or Jennie Smith-Camejo: jsmithcamejo@pwn-usa.org May 15, 2017:  Building on the amazing success of the HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy last year, the SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network-USA are pleased [...]

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This #MothersDay, Help #FreeMichaelJohnson and Bring Him Home to His Mom

2017-11-29T21:58:34-05:00May 11th, 2017|Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Stigma, Uncategorized|

May 11, 2017: This Sunday will mark the fourth Mother’s Day that Tracy Johnson has had to spend separated from Michael, her youngest son. That’s how long he has been incarcerated under Missouri’s archaic and draconian HIV criminalization laws, following a [...]

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We Love You. We Will Keep Fighting for You.

2017-11-29T21:56:41-05:00May 4th, 2017|Uncategorized|

May 4, 2017 Dear PWN Community, We love you. We promise to keep fighting for, and alongside, you. Today, 217 members of the House knowingly voted to strip over 24 million people of their health care, and make insurance more [...]

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

2017-11-29T22:08:47-05:00May 1st, 2017|human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Intersectionality, resistance, Trans Justice, Uncategorized|

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 [...]

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Stop Zombie Trumpcare!

2017-11-29T22:02:00-05:00April 27th, 2017|Uncategorized|

April 27, 2017: The House Freedom Caucus has officially endorsed a revised Republican plan to repeal and replace Obamacare, delivering a fresh burst of momentum to the GOP's efforts to revive its stalled health care effort. Read more here. This new [...]

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Announcing the 2017 PWN Policy Fellows!

2017-11-29T22:14:53-05:00March 31st, 2017|policy fellows|

March 31, 2017: We are thrilled to be launching the PWN-USA Policy Fellows, an inaugural program to build the policy leadership bench for women, including women of trans experience, directly impacted by the epidemic and historically underrepresented in the [...]

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PWN-USA Rocks AIDSWatch 2017!

2019-01-24T17:01:47-05:00March 31st, 2017|Uncategorized|

March 31: Earlier this week, over 600 advocates from 34 states and the District of Columbia descended upon Capitol Hill for the largest AIDSWatch yet; Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA) still made its mark. About 50 PWN-USA members participated in [...]

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On #NWGHAAD, PWNers Assert and Celebrate #BodilyAutonomy

2017-11-29T22:25:38-05:00March 16th, 2017|Access to Care, Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice, racism, reproductive justice, resistance, Stigma, Trans Justice, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|

March 16, 2017: For National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (#NWGHAAD), PWNers from coast to coast hosted and participated in events, in person and online, raising awareness and educating our communities about HIV and its impact on women and girls and [...]

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On #NWGHAAD, We Celebrate #BodilyAutonomy

2017-11-29T22:32:01-05:00March 10th, 2017|Access to Care, Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice, racism, reproductive justice, resistance, Stigma, Trans Justice, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|

March 10, 2017: Today is National Women & Girls HIV Awareness Day. In honor of the approximately 300,000 women living with HIV in the United States, please join Positive Women's Network - USA in asserting and celebrating the bodily autonomy of [...]

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Bodily Autonomy: A Framework to Guide Our Future

2017-11-29T22:28:52-05:00February 17th, 2017|Uncategorized|

  Feb. 17: In honor of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), Positive Women's Network - USA invites you to join us in asserting and celebrating the bodily autonomy of all women and girls, including women of trans experience, living with [...]

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I Am My Sisters’ and Brothers’ Keeper

2017-11-29T22:38:31-05:00February 7th, 2017|Black Lives Matter, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, racism, resistance, Uncategorized|

An Open Letter from Positive Women’s Network – USA in Observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) February 7, 2017: From the moment the winner of the 2016 U.S. presidential election was announced, many of us of African descent have [...]

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California Lawmakers Announce Bill to Modernize Discriminatory HIV Criminalization Laws

2017-11-29T22:43:08-05:00February 6th, 2017|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Uncategorized|

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** February 6, 2017 CONTACT: Jason Howe, Equality California PHONE: 323-848-9801 MOBILE: 415-595-9245 EMAIL: jason@eqca.org Senator Wiener and Assemblymember Gloria Announce Bill to Modernize Discriminatory HIV Criminalization Laws Equality California, Positive Women’s Network – USA, ACLU and others join in [...]

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#WhyWeMarch: Toward Liberation and Justice

2017-11-29T22:44:07-05:00January 20th, 2017|Count Me In, Criminalization, human rights, Intersectionality, racism, reproductive justice, resistance, Trans Justice, Uncategorized|

Art by Jennifer Maravillas January 20, 2017: Today, a thin-skinned, authoritarian narcissist who lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes is being sworn into the highest office in the United States, and arguably the most powerful position [...]

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PWN-USA Launches Inaugural Class of Policy Fellowship!

2017-11-29T22:46:17-05:00January 18th, 2017|HIV epidemic, reproductive justice, Stigma, Uncategorized|

January 19, 2017: Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) is proud to launch applications for our inaugural 2017-2018 Policy Fellowship for women living with HIV (WLHIV). The yearlong Policy Fellowship will advance our organizational mission to prepare and involve WLHIV in all [...]

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A Price Too High – Speak Out Now!

2017-11-30T23:04:49-05:00December 16th, 2016|Access to Care, human rights, Uncategorized|

December 16, 2016: Last month, the president-elect announced his decision to nominate ardent opponent of women’s health and the Affordable Care Act (ACA; a.k.a. "Obamacare") Representative Tom Price (R-GA) to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) [...]

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Honoring the Legacy of the Obama Administration on HIV

2017-11-30T23:11:28-05:00December 1st, 2016|Access to Care, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, Research, Stigma, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care, World AIDS Day|

December 1, 2016: This #WorldAIDSDay, Positive Women’s Network - USA honors President Obama’s legacy in addressing the domestic HIV epidemic. Over the past eight years, the Obama Administration has advanced essential human rights protections for people living with HIV while ensuring [...]

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Trans Resilience & Resistance in Changing Times

2017-11-30T23:06:50-05:00November 18th, 2016|Access to Care, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, Stigma, Trans Justice, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|

November 18, 2016: Transgender Day of Remembrance—or Transgender Day of Resilience, to give full credit to the power, strength, creativity and determination our brothers and sisters of trans experience have shown in the face of relentless persecution—is observed November 20 of [...]

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I (Still) Believe that We Will Win.

2017-11-30T23:09:41-05:00November 15th, 2016|Access to Care, Criminalization, Economic Justice, human rights, Intersectionality, Trans Justice, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence|

November 15, 2016: Today, we grieve. Tomorrow, we fight. Resistance in the face of terror is nothing new for our communities. Our bodies are transgressive: Black, brown, and otherwise pigmented; queer; HIV-containing; border-crossing. Our bodies and those of our ancestors have [...]

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Rest in Power, Patricia Williams

2017-11-30T23:13:16-05:00November 7th, 2016|Uncategorized|

November 7, 2016: Positive Women's Network - USA is devastated by the sudden loss of our sister, PWN-USA Philadelphia co-chair Patricia Williams, who passed away unexpectedly Friday, November 4. Patricia, better known to many of her friends as Pattie, is mourned by [...]

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Women Around the Nation Speak Up for the Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV

2017-11-30T23:16:06-05:00October 24th, 2016|Uncategorized|

October 24, 2016: With community events around the country happening from last week through the first week of November; a vibrant radio show on the theme hosted by PWN-USA Colorado member Pozitively Dee on Saturday; a Twitter chat scheduled for 2 PM ET [...]

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On Third Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV, PWN-USA Demands End to Criminalization & Other Forms of Structural Violence

2017-11-30T23:14:37-05:00October 21st, 2016|Access to Care, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women with HIV, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence|

OCTOBER 21: Women with HIV simultaneously live with the effects of trauma resulting from interpersonal, community, and institutional violence. Studies have shown that the lifelong and compounding effects of these different forms of violence may have consequences far deadlier than the [...]

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SPEAK UP! 2016 Unites, Energizes & Mobilizes New & Seasoned Advocates

2017-11-30T23:19:27-05:00October 12th, 2016|HIV epidemic, SPEAK UP!, Stigma, Summit 2016, Uncategorized|

Months of planning and preparation from PWN-USA's Summit Planning Committee, Board, staff and presenters paid off last month, as 250 women living with HIV from 29 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Canada came together in Fort Walton [...]

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250 Women from 29 States, DC, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico & Canada SPEAK UP!

2017-11-30T23:22:38-05:00September 28th, 2016|SPEAK UP!, Stigma, Summit 2016, Uncategorized|

Regional Organizing Institute, Tuesday, September 27 September 28, 2016: After many months and countless hours of planning, organizing and collaborating on a common vision by our Summit Planning Committee of over 20 women living with HIV, SPEAK UP! 2016--the only [...]

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PWN-USA Seeks Experienced Facilitators for Butterfly Rising Program

2017-11-17T20:56:16-05:00September 8th, 2016|Intersectionality, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|

  September 8, 2016 - We are seeking experienced facilitators and trainers in the San Francisco Bay Area who want to become certified on Butterfly Rising, a trauma-informed peer leadership development curriculum for women living with HIV, including women of trans [...]

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PWN-USA Colorado Leads Activist Group in Winning Overhaul of Discriminatory, Outdated Laws

2017-11-30T23:33:04-05:00June 8th, 2016|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, Stigma, Uncategorized|

Activists with Senator Steadman, Rep. Daneya Esgar and Governor Hickenlooper at the bill signing Monday, June 6, 2016. Photo credit: Thomas Bogdan  ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** Contact:  Barb Cardell, CO Mod Squad Co-Chair, Barb@barbcardell.com 303-946-2529 June 8, 2016 – Colorado brought [...]

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California Gov. Jerry Brown Signs HIV-Positive Organ Donation Bill

2017-11-30T23:31:38-05:00May 31st, 2016|Access to Care, HIV epidemic, Uncategorized|

May 27, 2016--Sacramento: California Governor Jerry Brown today signed a bill that allows organ transplants between HIV-positive donors and HIV-positive recipients. Senate Bill (SB) 1408 was authored by Sen. Ben Allen (D-Santa Monica) and co-sponsored by Equality California, AIDS Project Los [...]

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Advocates from 34 States & 4 Countries Convene at University of Alabama-Huntsville to Strategize Addressing Discriminatory HIV Laws at 2nd National HIV Is Not a Crime Training Acadmemy

2017-11-30T23:38:19-05:00May 17th, 2016|Criminalization, Stigma, Uncategorized|

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MAY 17** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo@pwn-usa.org, 347-553-5174 Even as a bill repealing Colorado’s HIV criminalization laws awaits the governor’s pen, much work remains to be done to bring laws up to date with current science in [...]

Advocates from 34 States & 4 Countries Convene at University of Alabama-Huntsville to Strategize Addressing Discriminatory HIV Laws at 2nd National HIV Is Not a Crime Training Acadmemy

2017-11-30T23:42:38-05:00May 17th, 2016|Criminalization, Stigma, Uncategorized|

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MAY 17** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, jsmithcamejo@pwn-usa.org, 347-553-5174 Even as a bill repealing Colorado’s HIV criminalization laws awaits the governor’s pen, much work remains to be done to bring laws up to date with current science in [...]

PWN-USA Colorado Leads Successful Effort to Repeal HIV Criminalization Statutes

2017-11-30T23:39:34-05:00May 13th, 2016|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Uncategorized|

Photo credit: Victoria Law; from thebody.com May 13, 2016: A Colorado team known as the "CO Mod Squad," led by PWN-USA Colorado, in partnership with the Colorado Organizations Responding to AIDS (CORA) and the Colorado Department of Public Health, [...]

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10 Days Until Huntsville! Speakers and Program Highlights Announced for the HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy

2017-11-30T23:44:43-05:00May 6th, 2016|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, Uncategorized|

May 6, 2016: In just a little over a week, the HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy will convene at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. There is still time to register to train alongside committed advocates building [...]

Five Weeks Until Huntsville! Register NOW for the HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy

2017-11-30T23:46:45-05:00April 11th, 2016|Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Organizing Tools, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice, Uncategorized|

April 11, 2016: The HIV is Not a Crime II Training Academy will be held at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, May 17 – 20, 2016 – you can still register to be part of this transformative advocacy training experience! Join co-organizers PositiveWomen’s Network [...]

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Young Women Living with HIV Deserve Support and Leadership Roles in HIV Community

2017-11-30T23:50:00-05:00April 8th, 2016|Access to Care, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, PWN-USA Communications, reproductive justice, SPEAK UP!, Stigma, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|

PWN-USA Statement for National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day APRIL 8, 2016: Young women living with HIV have unique needs that often go unaddressed. HIV stigma, discrimination, ageism, complexities of treatment regimens, and economic challenges present a unique set of barriers to [...]

Present a Session at the PWN-USA SPEAK UP! Summit

2017-11-30T23:48:26-05:00March 31st, 2016|Count Me In, Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National Summit 2014, PWN-USA Communications, Uncategorized|

March 31, 2016: Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA) is thrilled to announce our call for session proposals for SPEAK UP! A National Leadership Summit for Women Living with HIV 2016. We invite proposals for various types of sessions (affinity groups, [...]

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