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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

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MAY 17** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 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 [...]

2017-11-30T23:38:19-05:00May 17th, 2016|Criminalization, Stigma, Uncategorized|2 Comments

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

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR TUESDAY, MAY 17** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 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 [...]

2017-11-30T23:42:38-05:00May 17th, 2016|Criminalization, Stigma, Uncategorized|2 Comments

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

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, [...]

2017-11-30T23:39:34-05:00May 13th, 2016|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-USA Colorado Leads Successful Effort to Repeal HIV Criminalization Statutes

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

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

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 [...]

2017-11-30T23:46:45-05:00April 11th, 2016|Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Organizing Tools, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Five Weeks Until Huntsville! Register NOW for the HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy

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

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

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, [...]

PWN-USA Launches 2 New Training Series

March 17, 2016 PWN-USA is excited to announce our launch of two new web-based training series this month: a 4-part communications training series and a 3-part policy training series, open to all women living with HIV and HIV advocates. Click [...]

2017-11-17T20:56:19-05:00March 17th, 2016|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, PWN-USA Communications, PWN-USA regional organizing, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-USA Launches 2 New Training Series

Groundbreaking Report Identifies Unique Needs of Women Living with HIV, Challenges to Engagement in Care

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Jennie Smith-Camejo, [email protected], 347-553-5174  March 10, 2016 - “What would improve your ability to stay in care?” That is the fundamental question 14 researchers, all women living with HIV, asked 180 participants from seven different geographic areas [...]

2021-06-29T17:44:34-04:00March 9th, 2016|Access to Care, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, PWN-USA Communications, Research, Ryan White Part D, Trauma, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Groundbreaking Report Identifies Unique Needs of Women Living with HIV, Challenges to Engagement in Care

Due Feb. 26: Share Your Expertise; Build the Movement to End HIV Criminalization!

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 submit an abstract between now and Friday, February 26! Positive Women’s Network [...]

2017-12-01T15:31:58-05:00February 23rd, 2016|Criminalization, human rights, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Due Feb. 26: Share Your Expertise; Build the Movement to End HIV Criminalization!

Open Letter to the Entertainment Industry from the HIV/AIDS Community

February 11, 2016 Dear Entertainment Industry Leaders: The undersigned organizations committed to addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic are writing to call upon you, as entertainment industry leaders, to continue to defend and support the rights and dignity of entertainment industry workers [...]

2017-12-01T15:32:50-05:00February 16th, 2016|HIV epidemic, Media Justice, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Open Letter to the Entertainment Industry from the HIV/AIDS Community

The Epidemic Among Black Women Requires More than Rhetoric

PWN-USA Statement for National Black HIV Awareness Day by Vanessa Johnson and Waheedah Shabazz-El Black Americans have endured an exceptionally brutal history which complicates our present and challenges our future. Torn from our native land--the continent that gave birth to humankind--we have [...]

2017-12-01T15:36:00-05:00February 5th, 2016|Access to Care, Black Lives Matter, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, PLHIV Sexuality, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on The Epidemic Among Black Women Requires More than Rhetoric

Save the Date! HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy, May 17-20, 2016, Huntsville, Alabama

 **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE** Contact: Tami Haught, [email protected] January 4, 2016:  After a very successful inaugural HIV Is Not a Crime National Conference last year, the SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network - USA are pleased to announce that the HIV is [...]

2017-12-01T15:48:11-05:00January 13th, 2016|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Save the Date! HIV Is Not a Crime II National Training Academy, May 17-20, 2016, Huntsville, Alabama

PWN-USA Members Represent on World AIDS Day 2015!

PWN-USA members were on the move this World AIDS Day, representing at events from coast to coast! (Don't see your event and/or photos here? Please contact Jennie at [email protected] with relevant info and/or photos and she will add them!) [...]

2021-09-10T17:20:29-04:00December 15th, 2015|HIV epidemic, human rights, Leadership stories, PWN-USA regional organizing, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-USA Members Represent on World AIDS Day 2015!

National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Federal Action Plan Are Inadequate!

Both documents represent missed opportunities to fully address the HIV epidemic in the U.S. As researchers, government officials, policy experts and advocates gather for the National HIV Prevention Conference, a diverse coalition of networks of people living with HIV (PLHIV), [...]

2017-12-01T15:44:02-05:00December 7th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on National HIV/AIDS Strategy and Federal Action Plan Are Inadequate!

Key Constituencies Impacted by the HIV Epidemic Hold Counter Conference to Raise Issues Inadequately Addressed by National HIV Prevention Conference & National HIV/AIDS Strategy

**MEDIA ADVISORY FOR MON. 12/7 & TUES. 12/8** Contact: Suraj Madoori,  708-590-9806, [email protected] or Jennie Smith-Camejo, 347-553-5174, [email protected] ATLANTA: This week, as representatives of multiple federal agencies and organizations working in HIV prevention and care convene in Atlanta for the [...]

2017-12-01T15:50:53-05:00December 3rd, 2015|Access to Care, Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice|Comments Off on Key Constituencies Impacted by the HIV Epidemic Hold Counter Conference to Raise Issues Inadequately Addressed by National HIV Prevention Conference & National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Reproductive Rights Must Be Part of Our Battle

Positive Women’s Network - USA Statement on World AIDS Day 2015 Dec 1, 2015 - Just four days ago, an atrocious act of terror was perpetrated against Planned Parenthood, an essential source of healthcare for working and low-income women, men [...]

2017-12-01T16:04:00-05:00November 30th, 2015|Access to Care, Count Me In, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, National Summit 2014, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Reproductive Rights Must Be Part of Our Battle

Separating Science from Stigma Following the Charlie Sheen Disclosure

Charlie Sheen's public disclosure of his HIV status, while producing some of the predictable backlash and stigmatizing comments we have come to expect, has also presented a fantastic opportunity to educate the general public about the current science concerning HIV, [...]

2017-12-01T16:02:42-05:00November 19th, 2015|HIV epidemic, human rights, Leadership stories, Media Justice, Prevention Justice, PWN-USA Communications, Research, Stigma, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on Separating Science from Stigma Following the Charlie Sheen Disclosure

PWN-Philly Awarded $19,000 AIDS United Grant to #StandUptoStigma

The Philadelphia chapter became the first PWN-USA regional chapter to successfully apply for a major grant with the award of $19,000 from the AIDS United Positive Organizing Project to provide a series of workshops and interventions to fight the use [...]

2017-12-01T16:14:54-05:00October 16th, 2015|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-Philly Awarded $19,000 AIDS United Grant to #StandUptoStigma

Join the 2nd Annual Day of Action to End Violence Against Women with HIV, October 23, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Naina Khanna, [email protected] / 510-681-1169 August 31, 2015 – For women living with HIV, trauma and violence are often deadlier than the virus. Join Positive Women's Network - USA (PWN-USA), the premier voice of women leaders with [...]

2017-12-01T16:22:40-05:00August 31st, 2015|HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women with HIV, Trauma, Violence|Comments Off on Join the 2nd Annual Day of Action to End Violence Against Women with HIV, October 23, 2015

"We Gonna Be Alright": An HIV Activist at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening

By Waheedah Shabazz-El, PWN-USA Director of Regional Organizing   Introduction Waheedah Shabazz-El. “Unapologetically Black” was a major theme amongst more than 1,500 Black activists and organizers in attendance at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening, held [...]

“We Gonna Be Alright”: An HIV Activist at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening

By Waheedah Shabazz-El, PWN-USA Director of Regional Organizing   Introduction Waheedah Shabazz-El. “Unapologetically Black” was a major theme amongst more than 1,500 Black activists and organizers in attendance at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening, held [...]

2017-12-01T16:27:47-05:00August 10th, 2015|Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, Organizing Tools, Prevention Justice, Stigma, Trans Justice, Violence|Comments Off on “We Gonna Be Alright”: An HIV Activist at the 1st National Movement for Black Lives Convening

PWN-USA Salutes Progress and Identifies Opportunities for Women in the New National HIV/AIDS Strategy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347-553-5174 July 31, 2015 –Yesterday, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) unveiled the newest version of the US National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS, or Strategy), updated to 2020. Positive Women’s Network – [...]

SERO Project and PWN-USA Co-Host HIV Criminalization Track at Positive Living Conference

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact:           Tami Haught: [email protected]; (641) 715-4182 July 21, 2015, Ft. Walton Beach, FL - The SERO Project and Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) are co-hosting the HIV is Not a Crime criminalization education and advocacy track [...]

2015-07-21T16:37:21-04:00July 21st, 2015|Criminalization, Leadership stories, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on SERO Project and PWN-USA Co-Host HIV Criminalization Track at Positive Living Conference

Organizational Sign-on Statement in Response to Michael Johnson Sentencing

Joint Statement on the Sentencing of Michael L. Johnson Counter Narrative Project, Positive Women’s Network (PWN-USA), HIV Prevention Justice Alliance, National Center for Lesbian Rights On Monday July 13, 2015, Michael L. Johnson was sentenced to 30½ years in prison (a [...]

2015-07-15T12:51:00-04:00July 15th, 2015|Access to Care, Black Lives Matter, Criminalization, human rights, Intersectionality, Media Justice, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizational Sign-on Statement in Response to Michael Johnson Sentencing

Updating the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Vote for the Recommendations Most Vital to Women with HIV!

Can you believe it's been almost FIVE YEARS since the first National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) was released in July 2010? The NHAS is a plan created under President Obama to comprehensively address the domestic HIV epidemic. The first NHAS included [...]

2015-05-18T16:08:00-04:00May 18th, 2015|Access to Care, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, PLHIV Sexuality, Prevention Justice, Research, Stigma, Trans Justice, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Updating the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Vote for the Recommendations Most Vital to Women with HIV!

#HIVisNOTaCrime in Texas or Anywhere: Urgent Help Request

This piece is adapted from a version originally posted on Advocacy Without Borders’ blog. WE NEED YOUR HELP. BADLY. I have written before about HIV criminalization, here and here. Most recently, though, when I have written about it I have [...]

2015-05-18T10:45:19-04:00May 18th, 2015|Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Organizing Tools, PWN-USA regional organizing, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on #HIVisNOTaCrime in Texas or Anywhere: Urgent Help Request

We Stand with Michael Johnson: HIV Is Not a Crime

HIV and Justice Organizations Stand with Michael Johnson and All Black Gay Men, and Condemn Laws Criminalizing HIV-Positive Status As organizations committed to human rights, social justice, and dignity for people living with and vulnerable to HIV, we release this [...]

Meet Mina, a Teen Living with HIV

By Mina Hi! I’m Mina. I’m a teenager and I’m in middle school. I’m adopted and I have a big family. I’m HIV positive. I’m the only one of my family members that has HIV. My brothers and sister didn’t [...]

2015-04-09T05:23:54-04:00April 9th, 2015|Media Justice, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Meet Mina, a Teen Living with HIV

Sister Warriors

By Wanda Brendle-Moss, PWN-USA Member This article originally appeared on March 4, on The Well Project's A Girl Like Me blog. Wanda Brendle-Moss. As we approach National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10, 2015, my [...]

Words Matter: Sharing as Much as I’m Comfortable to Stand Up to HIV Stigma

By Tami Haught, PWN-USA Member Tami Haught. How we introduce ourselves makes a difference; the words we use matter. When asked at a meeting to introduce myself, I will start with: My name is Tami Haught and I [...]

2015-03-08T13:42:42-04:00March 8th, 2015|HIV epidemic, human rights, Leadership stories, Media Justice, NWGHAAD, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Words Matter: Sharing as Much as I’m Comfortable to Stand Up to HIV Stigma

I'm Feelin' Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

By Loren Jones, PWN-USA Board Member Loren Jones. Some of us, due to our chance assignment from birth to certain races, genders, and classes, have pretty much been outlaws all our lives. And now, here we go; another [...]

2015-03-08T13:15:35-04:00March 8th, 2015|Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on I'm Feelin' Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

I’m Feelin’ Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

By Loren Jones, PWN-USA Board Member Loren Jones. Some of us, due to our chance assignment from birth to certain races, genders, and classes, have pretty much been outlaws all our lives. And now, here we go; another [...]

2015-03-08T13:15:35-04:00March 8th, 2015|Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on I’m Feelin’ Like a Criminal: Why the Law Won’t Stop the Spread of HIV

The Red Flags of My Past (and Future): Real Links Between Trauma and HIV

By Heather It wasn’t until February 10, 2015, that I truly realized the profound connection between trauma and HIV. I always knew about a correlation, but what did that really mean to me? It meant everything I had read regarding [...]

2015-03-08T12:52:45-04:00March 8th, 2015|Intersectionality, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Red Flags of My Past (and Future): Real Links Between Trauma and HIV

Bringing Visibility to Same-Gender-Loving Women This National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

By Penny DeNoble, PWN-USA Member Penny DeNoble. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, is the 10th annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. As social, community, and government groups across the nation prepare to bring awareness to the susceptibility that [...]

2015-03-07T12:56:01-05:00March 7th, 2015|Access to Care, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, NWGHAAD, PLHIV Sexuality, Stigma, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Bringing Visibility to Same-Gender-Loving Women This National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

PWN-USA Gives Testimony Against Harmful HIV-Specific Bill in Rhode Island

To: Rhode Island Legislative Committee Members Re: Public Testimony on House Bill 5245 Hearing Date: February 24, 2015 Positive Women’s Network-USA, a national member body of women living with HIV, opposes H5245. This proposed bill stands in stark contrast to [...]

2015-02-24T15:06:50-05:00February 24th, 2015|Criminalization, human rights, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-USA Gives Testimony Against Harmful HIV-Specific Bill in Rhode Island

Services for Women and Youth with HIV Gutted Yet Again!

PWN-USA Responds to the President's Budget Proposal to Eliminate Ryan White Part D FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 February 3, 2015 – Brooklyn, NY – This Groundhog Day, the forecast for women with HIV looks bleak. [...]

2015-02-03T17:56:45-05:00February 3rd, 2015|human rights, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, reproductive justice, Stigma, Trauma, Uncategorized, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Services for Women and Youth with HIV Gutted Yet Again!

When Ignorance Kills, Nobody Wins: Advocates Reflect on an HIV-Related Murder Case

By Morénike Giwa Onaiwu and Venita Ray Elisha Maxine Henson was a Texas mother with a big love for family, especially her two sons. A stay-at-home mom with a bright smile, Elisha enjoyed riding motorcycles and was a member of a [...]

2015-01-20T14:31:31-05:00January 20th, 2015|human rights, PLHIV Sexuality, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on When Ignorance Kills, Nobody Wins: Advocates Reflect on an HIV-Related Murder Case
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