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Racism has affected our people in many different ways. 2020 has made it very clear just how much it affects us in the criminal justice system. And the outbreak of this new strand of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has made it...

According to the CDC, in 2018, Black/African American people accounted for 13% of the US population but 42% (16,002) of the 37,968 new HIV diagnoses in the United States and dependent areas. If 2020 has taught us anything it's that...

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via Youth Tech Health Initiative (YTH) Youth Tech Health Initiative (YTH), an initiative of ETR, has introduced LIYT NEXT (Leadership Innovation Youth and Technology), a funding opportunity though which 10 cohorts of three to five youth aged 18-29 will be selected to participate in a national competition...

via The AIDS Institute The Women Informing Now (WIN) Micro-Grant Funding Opportunity, made possible through grant funding provided to The AIDS Institute (TAI) by ViiV Healthcare, is a micro-grant opportunity that supports grassroots community organizations and leaders...

Those who have been following The Well Project know that it was founded by a woman, run by a team of women, for women worldwide. Its motto also reads: "Together, we can change the course of epidemic - one woman...

CROI invites community leaders who engage in communications and educational activities focused on HIV and—new to virtual CROI 2021—COVID-19 prevention, treatment, or cure research to apply for a CROI Community Scholarship.

Back in New York. So grateful to be home in New York. I tried to move in the middle of the pandemic. Which wasn't a bright idea. So am back in New York in yet another Shelter, Third one in...

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Today begins with a dance, a delicious duet between my anxious twinges and relatively dark depression. The audience on the edge of their seats... who will take the lead? Will she weep on the ground or work diligently to steady...