PWN Louisiana (PWN LA) is honored to be part of PWN as an official affiliated organization. We mean business and we know that nothing about us without us is for us.  PWN will give us the support, tools, and mentorship to make advocacy for women in the state of Louisiana a reality.

Millicent Foster (she/her), Co-Chair

Millicent is a 64-year-old Black woman thriving with HIV for 23 years. She is a mother of 3 and a grandmother of 4. Although family is important to her, her extended family is just as important. She strives to empower others on their rights to live without fear of judgement from others. She’s a strong advocate, a public speaker and dedicated to fighting for the rights of all women. She sits on the Board of Directors for Baton Rouge AIDS Society (BRASS), she’s co-chair of PWN-USA Louisiana Chapter, and a Steering Committee Member for the Louisiana Coalition for Criminalization and Health (LCCH). She is active in the community and a member of varies organizations and coalitions. Her passion is the lives of Black Women Living with HIV and the fight to end HIV criminalization. She is committed to helping all Black Women live long, healthy, dignified lives. She works hard on helping to end stigma and discrimination towards Black Women Living with HIV. She will not stop until there is a cure.

WE ARE ALL WE’VE GOT, NO SISTER LEFT BEHIND.

Meta Smith-Davis (she/her), Co-Chair

Meta is a daughter, sister, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt, an amazing wife of Black King in heaven, and a Black female living with HIV. Meta is a native of Baton Rouge, LA, and is employed for HAART HIV/AIDS Alliance for Region 2 as the Assistant Director of Prevention in Baton Rouge. She is a member of Positive Women’s Network-USA and a co-chair for PWN-USA Louisiana. She is also the Baton Rouge Stigma Index Project Coordinator. She is actively involved in helping people living with HIV to be empowered to advocate for themselves, but while they are making that transition, she is glad to be their voice. Meta’s husband was by far her biggest cheerleader. She is the mother of three adult children who is running a close second to support her.