Tools

• How to Write a Blog: PWN Blog Tips and Blog Cheat Sheet

• Press releases: How to adapt a national press release into a local press release
• “Will you lead? A Guide to Grassroots Advocacy for Women Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS,” HIV Law Project, March 10, 2011
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• “Media Relations Strategy and Tools for HIV/AIDS,” WithInSight
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Raising Our Voices: An Advocacy Summit for HIV+ Women in the South

On March 6-8, 2012, PWN held an Advocacy Summit for HIV+ women in the Southern U.S. that brought together 50 women! Participants discussed health care reform, leadership of women in the South, sexual and reproductive rights, and how to use the media. Click here for a comprehensive list of presentations, work sheets, fact sheets, and blogs!

Presentations

Living the American Dream? A Reality of Poverty for HIV+ Women. Count HIV+ Women in the American Dream! (April 2012)

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• Presentations:
• What is Economic Justice? – a presentation by Julie Davids
• At the Crossroads of Health and Money: Policies, Practices, and Realities – a presentation by Ethel Long-Scott
• Advocating for Economic Mobility – a presentation by Juanita Williams
• Tools & Resources including National Working Positive Coalition, HIV Prevention Justice Alliance, Women’s Economic Agenda Project and More!
• American Dream blogs and advocacy talking points [PDF]
• HIV+ Women are a Valuable Asset for Economic Growth by Precious Jackson in Los Angeles, Calif. [Read more ...]
• Pushing the Glass Ceiling: Life, Liberty, and Justice for HIV+ Women by Nicole Seguin in Detroit, Mich. [Read more ...]
• Under Surveillance by Medicaid by Kat Griffith in Peoria, Ill. [Read more ...]
• Bridging the Wage Gap: Don’t Hesitate to Tell the Truth That Is Within Us by Teresa Sullivan in Philadelphia, Pa. [Read more ...]
• In Our Own House: HIV Volunteerism by Barb Cardell in Boulder, Col. [Read more...]
• Advancing Economic Opportunities for Women Living with HIV by Vanessa Johnson in Washington, D.C. [forthcoming]
• Can I Reach for the American Dream? by Sonia Rastogi in Oakland, Calif. [Read more...]
• Resources:
• Advocacy Talking Points: take these to your planning council, state capitol, and legislators!

PACHA meeting on women and HIV (February 2012)

• Disparities for Women Living with Trauma and HIV: A National Priority, Dr. Gail Wyatt
• Access to Care for Women and Girls with HIV/AIDS: Voices from the South, Dr. Laurie Dill
• Caring for Women Through the Life Course, Dr. Mardge Cohen
• Where We Enter: The Community & HIV Prevention Research, Dazon Dixon Diallo

Safe Poz Love: An expression of love for women living with HIV is supporting our right to our sexuality! Count HIV+ Women In on Valentine’s Day 2012!

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• Presentations:
• Human Rights and Positive Women’s Advocacy – a presentation by Aziza Ahmed, JD
• Sex and Science: HPTN 052 and Treatment as Prevention – a presentation by Dr. Monica Gandhi
• Positive Sex! Moving from Knowledge to Action! – a presentation by Shari Margolese
• Safe Poz Love blogs and talking points
• The intersection between violence and HIV by Kat Griffith in Peoria, IL
• Sexual Rights of HIV+ Trans women by Dee Borrego in Boston, MA
• Resources: Positive Justice Project (HIV Criminalization)

HIV Law Project/PWN Advocacy Webinar Series:

• Legislative Advocacy 101, November 2011
• How a Bill Becomes Law at a National Level Presentation by Christine Campbell
• State Level Advocacy Presentation by Courtney Mulhern-Pearson
• Webinar recording: Click here to stream the webinar or download the webinar recording
• Supporting Documents:
• Second Chance Act
• Community Organizing 101, June 2011
  • Community Organizing 101 Presentation by Waheedah Shabazz-El
  • Community Organizing Case Study at African Services Committee Presentation by Amanda Lugg
• Government Bodies and Decision-making 101, August 2011
  • Federal Government 101 Presentation by Kali Lindsay
  • Policy, Advocacy, and Data Presentation by Vanessa Johnson, JD
  • Webinar recording: Click here to stream the webinar!

National HIV/AIDS Strategy:

• Gender and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, a presentation by Brook Kelly, May 2010
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• A Human Rights Approach to Monitoring the U.S. HIV/AIDS Strategy, by Brook Kelly, September 2010
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Human Rights:

• Women, HIV, & Your Human Rights, PWN Human Rights Training
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Criminalization:

• Making Sex a Crime and Spit a Deadly Weapon: Kansas City, MO Positive Justice Project Criminalization Community Forum, December 2011
• Missouri and Kansas’ Criminal HIV Laws & Prosecutions presentation by Beirne Roose-Snyder [PDF]
• Real Life Impact of HIV Specific Criminal Exposure and Transmission Laws by Brook Kelly [PPT]
• Guidance for PLWH who are at risk of, or are facing, criminal prosecution for HIV nondisclosure or exposure
• Criminalization palm card
• H.R. 3053 REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act fact sheet [PDF]
• PWN Criminalization Fact Sheet [PDF]
• Positive Justice Project interest/involvement: Sophia Sadinsky, programassociate@hivlawandpolicy.org, 212.430.6733
• Women, HIV and Criminal HIV Exposure and Transmission Laws: American Bar Association Testimony, by Brook Kelly, October 2010
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• Why Should HIV Criminalization Matter to You?
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Economic Justice:

• Gender, Race, Poverty, and HIV, by Liz Conyers, Ph.D
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Sexual and Reproductive Justice:

• Ten Down and 43 to Go: Shackling During Labor Tantamount to Torture, by Waheedah Shabazz-El
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• Exporting Harm: The Impact of U.S. Foreign Policy on Comprehensive Reproductive Health Care for HIV Positive Women, by Jamila Taylor, PhD, MPA
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Prevention Justice:

• TLC+: What does it mean? Can it help women and families? What do we need to watch out for?, by Walt Senterfitt
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