While many four letter words come to mind regarding yesterday's House vote to pass the American Health Care Act (labeled by some as an "act of monstrous cruelty"), the one we need to keep at the forefront is HOPE. In our community, we've seen the transformative change that...
As she's done hundreds of times, Maria Mejia stepped up to the podium, scanned the audience, took a deep breath and shared her story.
At 18, she learned she was HIV positive. By 28, she had AIDS. Those diagnoses eventually launched her on a mission to raise awareness about HIV prevention and the sometimes harsh realities of living with...
"A lot of people don't know me, but I work the room like God knows," says Wanda Brendle-Moss, a relatively new face to HIV activism who got her start six years ago volunteering at the food pantry of AIDS Care Service in her hometown...
The Women's Collective and The Well Project are pleased to announce registration for the upcoming webinar, "PrEP in Practice: Considerations for HIV Prevention among Women of Color." Intended for healthcare providers, this webinar will take place on May 10 from 12:00–1:30 pm ET and will provide an overview of PrEP for women through a multi-disciplinary approach:
No one is in the Hiv closet and every positive HIV person has a Voice. I have attended different programs that are said to be for HIV positive people and what I leave with after the discussions is emptiness I feel more isolated and alone. I feel it is just what can you do for and if you go to truly try to find a voice or a place...
As many of you know, March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), an annual observance highlighting the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls in the United States. It's an important opportunity for all of us to focus on how HIV/AIDS continues to significantly affect women and girls. The theme for this year's NWGHAAD is "The...
Did you know that in the last eight years, social media usage has skyrocketed from 8 percent to 73 percent of all Internet users, and that more than 70% of internet users in the US said they looked online for health information in the past year? Why are these facts and figures important? Because they demonstrate that The Well Project, which has used technology as a platform to disseminate information...
While many four letter words come to mind regarding yesterday's House vote to pass the American Health Care Act (labeled by some as an "act of monstrous cruelty"), the one we need to keep at the forefront is HOPE. In our community, we've seen the transformative change that...
As she's done hundreds of times, Maria Mejia stepped up to the podium, scanned the audience, took a deep breath and shared her story.
At 18, she learned she was HIV positive. By 28, she had AIDS. Those diagnoses eventually launched her on a mission to raise awareness about HIV prevention and the sometimes harsh realities of living with...
"A lot of people don't know me, but I work the room like God knows," says Wanda Brendle-Moss, a relatively new face to HIV activism who got her start six years ago volunteering at the food pantry of AIDS Care Service in her hometown...
The Women's Collective and The Well Project are pleased to announce registration for the upcoming webinar, "PrEP in Practice: Considerations for HIV Prevention among Women of Color." Intended for healthcare providers, this webinar will take place on May 10 from 12:00–1:30 pm ET and will provide an overview of PrEP for women through a multi-disciplinary approach:
No one is in the Hiv closet and every positive HIV person has a Voice. I have attended different programs that are said to be for HIV positive people and what I leave with after the discussions is emptiness I feel more isolated and alone. I feel it is just what can you do for and if you go to truly try to find a voice or a place...
As many of you know, March 10th is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), an annual observance highlighting the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls in the United States. It's an important opportunity for all of us to focus on how HIV/AIDS continues to significantly affect women and girls. The theme for this year's NWGHAAD is "The...
Did you know that in the last eight years, social media usage has skyrocketed from 8 percent to 73 percent of all Internet users, and that more than 70% of internet users in the US said they looked online for health information in the past year? Why are these facts and figures important? Because they demonstrate that The Well Project, which has used technology as a platform to disseminate information...