NEWS FLASH: health care services are changing for people living with HIV

January 17, 2011: Healthcare reform may have unintended consequences for HIV/AIDS patients by Mary Flynn on HealthyCal.org
Featuring PWNer Loren Jones and Sonia Rastogi – “Loren Jones was diagnosed with HIV 28 years ago. A relatively low viral load meant that for a long time, Jones, a 59-year-old African American woman, didn’t feel sick at all. “I ignored it completely,” she says of the first few years of her illness.” Read more.

January 20, 2011: Medicalizing HIV: Will Social Services Get Squeezed Out? by Zaineb Mohammed on New American Medi
Featuring PWNer Loren Jones and allies Dr. Monica Gandhi – “Major medical breakthroughs over the past year in the treatment of HIV/AIDS are setting off some surprising alarm bells. While praised for their life-saving potential, they are causing a change in the dynamics of HIV/AIDS care – a shift that may squeeze out social services needed to support patients while they’re in treatment.” Read more.

Job Opening:: Project Coordinator – Local and State Advocacy, applications due Jan. 31

Calling all advocates! WORLD/PWN are hiring a part-time (20-30hrs) Project Coordinator for local and state level advocacy! This position will coordinate Bay Area and California advocacy including cultivating relationships with local government officials and cultivating the leadership of HIV+ women. Circulate widely!

Download Job Description here. Send cover letter, resume, and brief writing sample to pwnhire@gmail.com.

Applications Open:: Raising Our Voices for Change- A Positive Women’s Summit in the South, March 7-8, 2012, Fort Walton Beach, FL

WORLD/PWN is hosting a Summit for HIV+ women in the South as a pre-conference to the Positive Living Conference! The goal of the Summit is to prepare and support HIV+ women advocates to improve funding, services, laws, and the quality of life for HIV+ women in the Southern U.S. Check out the flyer.

Are you based in AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC SC, TN, TX? APPLY FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY by Jan. 25th! Click here for the application.

Circulate widely! Share the flyer and application with your networks!

“Washington Warrior”: A Champion for the Rights of People Living with HIV

“Few people have fought as long, as hard and as effectively for people with HIV as Congresswoman Barbara Lee. There has not been a single piece of HIV-related legislation taken to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives that has not carried her signature. In fact, she coauthored or cosponsored many of the bills, including the three bills currently garnering attention in the House and in the media.” Read about Congresswoman Lee in this edition of POZ. [PDF here].

Hot off the press: PWN’s Newsletter

AIDS 2012

Hubs Call for Proposals due Jan. 31, 2012
Call  for proposals for an organization with a focus on people who use drugs and/or harm reduction programs that would be interested in organizing and hosting one large or five or six smaller conference hubs during July 2012 and sit on the AIDS 2012 Hub Working Group. Click here for more info [PDF].

PWN launches the “Getting to AIDS 2012: Fundraising Toolkit”
Everything you need to reach your fundraising goals so you can participate in AIDS 2012! Video tutorials, handouts and worksheets include:

  • a budget template you can use to set a fundraising goal
  • tips on how to stay motivated throughout your fundraising journey
  • how to craft an effective appeal that inspires people to support you
  • step-by-step instructions on setting up an online fundraising page
  • strategies for how to reach a wide pool of potential donors
  • guidelines on creating an action plan to implement offline, in-person fundraising ideas to reach your goal
    ….and much more!

Click here for the Fundraising Toolkit!

More Breaking News.

Count HIV+ Women in! Can We Count on You? Sign the petition…

Advocates speak up at Count Us In! campaign launch on the steps of City Hall in Oakland, CA. Photo credit: Nana Kofi Nti

On World AIDS Day 2011, PWN launched the Count Us In! campaign, a national campaign focused on ensuring the rights of women living with HIV by upholding high quality health care. Show your support for women’s rights and sign the petition today!

Black AIDS Institute, Countdown to AIDS 2012, and the U.S. Positive Women’s Network invite you to:

AIDS 2012 U.S. Outreach & Mobilization Monthly Calls: Jan. 13th!

Positive Women’s Network and Black AIDS Institute are the two U.S. community partners for the International AIDS Conference taking place in July 2012 in Washington, D.C. After 23 years, the conference returns to the U.S.! Be a part of the movement to mobilize people living with HIV and community members to the conference. Join our monthly call series to get involved.

Next Call: Friday Jan 13th 9:30-11am PT/ 10:30-12pm MT/ 11:30-1pm CT/ 12:30-2pm ET

Join AIDS 2012 U.S. Outreach listserv, email aids2012mobilization@gmail.com

Detroit Dental Employee Banned From Touching Doorknobs Because He’s HIV Positive

December 22, 2011, Detroit, MI – After disclosing his HIV-positive status to his manager at Great Expressions Dental, James White was banned from touching doorknobs [and]  subjected to sudden and abrupt schedule changes. After complying with the schedule changes, he was written up for “unexcused absences” [after falling] ill [...] White reports that Great Expressions Dental called to terminate his employment the day before he was scheduled to return back to work following his prolonged illness.

Read PWN’s Press Release and call for action | Read POZ’s article

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