AIDS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 10, 2009
11:12 AM

CONTACT: US HIV/AIDS Groups

Serra Sippel, President Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) +1 202.393.5930 (Office) +1 202.631.8808 (Mobile) ssippel@genderhealth.org
Beri Hull, Global Advocacy Officer International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS (ICW) +1 202-361-9383 (Office) beri@icw.org
Naina Khanna, Director of Policy & Community Organizing WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Disease) Coordinator, U.S. Positive Women's Network + 1 510 986 0340 (Office) + 1 510 681 1169 (Mobile) nkhanna@womenhiv.org
Catherine Hanssens, Executive Director Center for HIV Law and Policy +1 212-430-6733 (Office) chanssens@hivlawandpolicy.org

US Organizations Speak Out on Women and HIV to Inform Health Policy and National AIDS Strategy

WASHINGTON - July 10 - Fourteen U.S.

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Posted in AIDS, healthcare, inequality, women's rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 9, 2009
10:15 AM

CONTACT: Health GAP

Christine Campbell, 202.409.9786 campbell@housingworks.org
Asia Russell, 267.475.2645 asia@healthgap.org

AIDS Activists Take Over Capitol Rotunda to Demand Action on AIDS From Obama and Congress

AIDS Activists Risk Arrest in Capitol Building Demanding Promised Funding & Policy Changes

With a new HIV infection every 9 ½ minutes in the US, why are we bailing out the bankers and leaving people with HIV without?

WASHINGTON - July 9 - Dozens of AIDS activists from across the Northeast U.S. risked arrest today, staging a loud demonstration inside the Capitol Rotunda on the eve of key Congressional votes on appropriations for life-saving programs and one day before President Obama’s first trip to Africa since his election.

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Posted in AIDS, direct action, healthcare

AIDS: A Stigma Endures

For two months, ostracized and alone, 19-year-old Marvelyn Brown slept on the gray vinyl seats of her 1996 Nissan Sentra in the parking lot of a Nashville Wal-Mart. When she visited her family, she used paper plates and plastic forks to eat so she wouldn't share dishes; all surfaces that she touched were wiped down with bleach. Her newly pregnant friend told her that she did not want Marvelyn around her child. In a matter of a few weeks, Marvelyn had lost the support of her friends and family - all because she had been diagnosed as HIV positive.