LaDawn Tate lived her life fearlessly.Not because life was easy, but because she refused to let pain, stigma, loss, or silence define her story. Instead, she turned every challenge into purpose and every struggle into a testimony that could light [...]
Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox!Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. Hot Topic Voter SuppressionVoting will not solve all political problems or [...]
Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! 🤩 PWN-USA at NaLa Conference 🤩PWN-USA presents at the NaLa Conference in partnership with the National Network to End Domestic Violence celebrating a 15 year collaboration between our two organizations.Presenting to an enthusiastic [...]
I have learned over the years, “No one is going to save us, we have to save ourselves” (statement from Waheedah Shabazze- El, The Legend in our HIV community).We as in, the HIV Community; We as in, We-the people; We [...]
Each year, HIV activists from around the U.S. travel to D.C. for AIDSWatch: the nation’s largest community-driven HIV federal advocacy event. During this time, advocates like Bee Velasquez (OR) speak with legislators about issues that affect HIV funding, treatment, and [...]
Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox!Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. BREAKING NEWS: Trump released his FY 2027 budget request on April 3, [...]
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! PWN-USA Rolls Deep at AIDSWatch 2026 AIDSWatch 2026 succeeded in bringing the voices of people living with HIV to our lawmakers in D.C. with greater potency [...]
The views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA. IntroductionThis pre-obituary, also known as a prayer obituary, is an act of remembrance, resistance, [...]
The views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA. Nearly 30 years of living with HIV This is a living obituary written while [...]
Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! 💯 PWN-USA & The Well Project Honor... 💯Each year on March 10, US organizations and groups come together for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (#NWGHAAD) to show support for women across [...]
Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox!Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. Hot Topic Stop The Attack On Voting Access TodayThe Trump administration [...]
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! PWN-USA & The Well Project Honor National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness DayEach year on March 10, US organizations and groups come together for National Women and [...]
On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan, along with 9 other members of Congress, introduced the HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day Resolution, which would formally recognize February 28 as HIV Is Not A Crime (HINAC) Awareness Day. This awareness [...]
Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! FL ADAP Crisis Updates The Florida AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), which provides people with low income who have limited or no prescription drug coverage access to HIV medication, has proposed radical, [...]
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! PWN-USA is excited to announce two new appointments in our leadership. Please join us is welcoming Evany Turk as our new Co-Executive Director and Grissel Granados [...]
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! The Fight Against Devastating Florida ADAP Changes What’s going on in Florida? The Florida AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), which provides people with low income who [...]
Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks. 🔥 Hot Topic 🔥FLORIDA IS A TEST CASE: PROTECT ACCESS TO HIV MEDICATION & CARE The Florida [...]
*Content warning for discussion of state violence and murder and racial profiling.*As Co-Executive Directors of Positive Women’s Network–USA (PWN-USA), an organization rooted in the dignity, safety, and rights of all people, especially those living with HIV and other marginalized communities, [...]
Want messages like this directly in your inbox? Subscribe for emails from PWN here!Giving Tuesday & End-of-Year CampaignBecause Every Woman Deserves Power launched strongly this Giving Tuesday. Our Wellness Is Political livestream reached new audiences across Facebook and Zoom — with 41% [...]
Positive Women’s Network-USA held another successful voter engagement campaign season that saw our local power grow exponentially. We are living in a moment that calls for real, meaningful relationships with our friends, families, neighbors, and communities. Connection is how we build [...]
Want messages like this directly in your inbox? Subscribe for emails from PWN here!Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folks.Hot Topic: Time is Ticking, and [...]
Want messages like this directly in your inbox? Subscribe for emails from PWN today! ✊🏾 2025 National Day of Action ✊🏾 This National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV, Positive Women’s Network - USA [...]
By: Elena FergusonThis week, the Trump regime began deploying the national guard to Chicago and threatened the arrest of the Mayor of Chicago and Governor of Illinois. This comes in light of ramped-up violent immigration enforcement (ICE) operations that have [...]
Want messages like this directly in your inbox? Sign up for email from PWN here! Today, on the National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV, Positive Women’s Network - USA affirms: HIV is a [...]
#HIVResists September Monthly Policy Update Want messages like this directly in your inbox? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN here!Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ [...]
The views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA.“Preserving our Health and PrEParing for our Future.” AIDS Watch 2025 was from March 31 – April [...]
This newsletter is available on our website here. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! 🤓 Apply Now to Be Our Development Specialist! 🤓 PWN-USA is excited to announce that we are [...]
Want messages like this directly in your inbox? Subscribe for emails from PWN today! 🔥 Launching Our 2025-2026 Policy Fellowship! 🔥 The PWN Policy Fellowship, now in its 7th year, is a year–long program designed to support cis & [...]
by Angela Hawkins The views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA.June 13, 2025These days, my “job” is calling social service agencies for help with [...]
Want more content like this directly in your inbox? Subscribe for emails from PWN here! 🤠 PWN State Leads Takeover! 🤠 PWN-USA is excited to share some of the powerful projects developed by PWN's State Leads as part of [...]
This newsletter is available on our website here. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! 📢 PWN-Colorado Rocks Advocacy Day! 📢 Our PWN-Colorado chapter along with other state partners hosted our 8th [...]
Read this email on our website. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! Applications to be a PWN-USA Policy Fellow close soon! Our deadline for the PWN-USA Year 7 Policy Fellowship cohort [...]
This statement is available on our website here. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! Join PWN in Recognizing HIV is Not a Crime Awareness Day As a founding partner of the [...]
This newsletter is available on our website here. Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! 💐 Honoring Our Movement Mothers This Black History Month! 💐 In honor of Black History Month and [...]
This newsletter is available on our website here.Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! 🎉 Celebrating Pat Migliore, Outgoing PWN Board Co-Chair! 🎉PWN's beloved Board of Directors co-chair, Pat Migliore, will be stepping down from [...]
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for bi-monthly emails from PWN in your inbox! Consider a Gift of PWN Sustainability This Holiday SznDear Alex, As the year draws to a close, we reflect on the incredible progress we’ve made together and [...]
Was this email forwarded to you? Subscribe for emails from PWN in your inbox! 😍 Thank You All for an Unforgettable 2024! 😍PWN-USA has fought, celebrated, and advocated our way through another long year. We are so proud of all the accomplishments, [...]
Subscribe to receive emails like this one from PWN directly in your inbox! 🤩 USCHA 2024 Recap! 🤩 PWN-USA showed up and showed at this U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA) 2024! We had over 40 members, staff, and board [...]
Subscribe to receive emails like this one from PWN directly in your inbox! Celebrate & Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement 2024 Was EPIC! PWN-USA recently hosted our 4th annual Celebrate & Honor Black Women in the HIV [...]
Subscribe to receive emails like this one from PWN directly in your inbox! 💜 Celebrate & Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement 2024 is Fast Approaching! 💛 PWN-USA invites everyone to join us for our 4th annual Celebrate [...]
Want updates like this one directly in your inbox? Subscribe for emails from PWN here!Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folx. 🔥 Hot Topic: [...]
🎂 PWN-USA is Turning 16! 🎂 PWN is turning 16! We've come a long way since 2008, when 28 diverse women leaders living with HIV came together to form a network to strengthen the strategic power of all women living [...]
By Lashanda Salinas, HNP Advocate for TNThe views and opinions expressed in this piece are the author’s and do not necessarily represent the position of Positive Women’s Network – USA.June 04, 2024 March has been an amazing month, and a [...]
As advocates around the world celebrated International Women’s Day, it was difficult not to remember that two mothers are killed in Gaza every hour. It was difficult not to remember that of the estimated 25,000 fatalities in Palestine, approximately 70% [...]
🌸 Spring Voter Engagement Season is Back! 🌸 PWN-USA is welcoming spring, and along with it: our voter engagement season! In case you missed it, our voter campaigns for Spring 2024 have launched in TX & CO! PWN-PA's campaign will [...]
Upcoming PWN Member Listening Session! As a member-led organization, PWN is accountable to the needs and concerns of our members. We want your input! We want to hear directly from our members about what matters to you and how PWN [...]
Join us for Naina's Outgoing Celebration!PWN's beloved founding co-director, Naina Khanna, will be stepping down from her position in February after 15 years. We are so grateful to her for envisioning and creating Positive Women's Network USA and her years [...]
Subscribe for monthly policy updates from PWN in your inbox!Content Warning: many of these updates include information about harmful attacks on Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) and LGBTQ+ folx. Hot Topic – National HIV/AIDS Strategy Interim ReportOn [...]
Today marks PWN's 10th annual Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV, and we invite our community, accomplices, and partners to raise their voices in support of women, trans and cis, who face violence and say ENOUGH!!!We demand [...]
Dear PWN community,Let's take a deep breath together; we have some hard stuff to talk about. Content warning for discussion of anti-trans* violence.In recent months, on virtual events that PWN hosted, we failed to interrupt trans-antagonism as it was happening [...]
