At the 2012 International AIDS Conference, Women With A Vision joined with SisteLove in Atlanta and our allies across the US deep South to demand significant government investment in the health and well-being of women living in the deep South. Currently, women in the deep South are subjected to resource-poor health systems and do not […]
June 27th is National HIV Counseling and Testing Day!
June 27, 2012, National Counseling and Testing Day. The Office of Public Health STD/HIV Program (SHP), in conjunction with St. John Baptist Church # 5 Camp ACE will have a workshop for women only, “Handle Your Business”. This workshop will engage Black Women to get Take Control and take care of themselves, by finding out […]
National Day of Action for Syringe Exchange Programs
March 21st is the National Day of Action for Syringe Exchange Programs, and advocacy work is needed now more than ever! No more federal dollars for syringe exchange: that was the message from Congress less than 3 months ago. The funding ban is back, and the timing couldn’t be worse — with tight state budgets, […]
New Orleans Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
On March 10th, WWAV joined with over 500 people for a the Red Umbrella HIV/AIDS Awareness Second line/March. The purpose of the march was to raise awareness about the alarming and rising rate of HIV infections in the New Orleans’ African American community.
What Really Fuels the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Black America?
WWAV is proud to be featured for our gender analysis in a 2012 TheBody.com slideshow on the structural drivers that are REALLY fueling the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black America. For the past 15 years, we have been bombarded with images and media attention that have blamed the “down-low brotha” — the closeted gay man who […]