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I hate traveling. I just simply hate being away from home and away from my dogs. I always love and am grateful for the opportunity and experience, but I'm an introvert and "homegirl" deep down. So virtual conferences are great...

I feel truly blessed to have made it this far. The start of this year was a very hard year. I lost some friends that I hope to see in the light when my mission is complete, but I am...

I feel truly blessed to have made it this far. The start of this year was a very hard year. I lost some friends that I hope to see in the light when my mission is complete, but I am...

Being a Black woman and wearing the badge of honor of being strong is exhausting to say the least. It's now embedded in us to keep showing up, pushing through so much that we don't even know any other way...

Register today for Iris House's 19th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS Summit taking place on Monday, May 6th from 11am - 6pm EST. The Iris House Women as the Face of AIDS Summit is the only public education forum in New York City and one of few nationally that focuses exclusively on Women and HIV/AIDS.

Hi, my name is Amanda, and I am 33 years old and a mother of three. I always like to start my story from when I was young. I was brought into this world by two children, my mother was...

Hola, mi nombre es Amanda, tengo 33 años y soy madre de tres. Siempre me gusta empezar mi historia desde cuando era joven. Me trajeron a este mundo dos niños, mi madre tenía 14 años y mi papá 18. Poco...

The team at the Potocsnak Family Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at Lurie Children's Hospital is working on a project called HerPrEP which is designed to increase use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among Black cisgender women in 6 counties in the United States (Bronx County, NYC, Chatham County, GA, Cook County, IL, Jefferson County, AL, New York County, NYC, and Orleans Parish, LA). As part of the project, we are forming a national community advisory board (CAB). CAB members will participate in approximately one virtual meeting each quarter for 4 years (approximately 15 meetings total) and will receive $250 for each meeting attended (up to $3,750)...

#IamRed announces the 25th Annual Grace Project Conference for Women Living with HIV May 17-19, 2024 at the Westin Park Central Hotel in Dallas, TX.

As long as I can remember I have been an advocate. In my senior year of high school (Class of '88), I attended a boarding school. For the first time in my life, I was in a popular crew, but after many years of being on the other side of the fence, I wanted to help those who could not help themselves.