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Organizing Spotlight: LaTrischa Miles

July 29, 2021: Missouri recently modernized the state's HIV exposure laws--an effort that took over 10 years on the part of local advocates, legislators and other stakeholders. PWN Board Co-Chair LaTrischa Miles began her organizing efforts to reform Missouri's HIV [...]

2021-07-30T14:47:09-04:00July 29th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: LaTrischa Miles

Organizing Spotlight: Nevada Advisory Task Force on HIV Exposure Modernization

June 30, 2021: What do you do when you know the laws target a specific group of people? How do you amplify the concerns of the people who are impacted by those laws? What if you are a part of [...]

2021-06-30T23:40:22-04:00June 30th, 2021|Criminalization, HIV Is Not a Crime, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: Nevada Advisory Task Force on HIV Exposure Modernization

PWN Remembers the Brilliant, Indomitable Loren Jones

June 23, 2021: PWN is deeply saddened by the passing of our brilliant, well-respected, and loved founding member Loren Jones earlier this month. Loren was a long-standing member of PWN’s board of directors, a pioneer in HIV advocacy, a prison [...]

2021-07-28T14:04:34-04:00June 23rd, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN Remembers the Brilliant, Indomitable Loren Jones

AIDS United’s Position on Using Molecular HIV Surveillance to Track HIV Transmission Networks

Many HIV activists have expressed concern about molecular HIV surveillance (MHS), a practice that utilizes and shares data from people living with HIV without our consent. In June 2020, the AIDS United Public Policy Committee adopted this position statement calling [...]

2021-06-12T00:17:10-04:00June 12th, 2021|molecular HIV surveillance, Uncategorized|Comments Off on AIDS United’s Position on Using Molecular HIV Surveillance to Track HIV Transmission Networks

Organizing Spotlight: The HIV Caucus Unifies the Voices of HIV

June 2, 2021Are you a person living with HIV who wants to improve the quality of life for other people living with HIV? Do you want to get involved with like-minded advocates and networks of people living with HIV? Do [...]

2021-06-02T21:45:17-04:00June 2nd, 2021|advocacy|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: The HIV Caucus Unifies the Voices of HIV

Organizing Spotlight: Thanks to the PWN Texas Strike Force, Low-Income Texans Living with HIV Will Still Get Their Meds

People living with HIV know that one step in leading a healthy life is having access to life-saving medication. What do you do when access to those medications is taken away from the people who most need them? If you [...]

2021-09-16T14:39:10-04:00April 28th, 2021|Access to Care, ADAP, health care, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: Thanks to the PWN Texas Strike Force, Low-Income Texans Living with HIV Will Still Get Their Meds

PWN Calls for Cisgender Allies in the HIV Movement to Create a Safer and Just World for Trans and Gender Diverse Communities

March 31, 2021Dear PWN community,Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility, and building a world where it’s safe for transgender and gender non-conforming people to live their truth has never been more important. None of us are free until [...]

2021-04-01T18:46:52-04:00March 31st, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN Calls for Cisgender Allies in the HIV Movement to Create a Safer and Just World for Trans and Gender Diverse Communities

PWN’s Public Comment to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

In March 2021, the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) held a hearing requesting stakeholders provide public comment answering two questions:What are the most meaningful actions that can be taken to implement the HIV National Strategy Plan and improve implementation [...]

2021-04-05T15:06:13-04:00March 19th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN’s Public Comment to the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

Celebrate and Honor Black Women with PWN and Our Partners

PWN is thrilled to host the first-ever Celebrate and Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement Day this March 12, 2021! There is still time to sign on to the pledge to commit to celebrating and honoring Black women in [...]

2021-03-08T23:10:58-05:00March 3rd, 2021|Celebrate and Honor Black Women, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Celebrate and Honor Black Women with PWN and Our Partners

Support Texans with HIV Through the Winter Storm

Like you, we have been horrified by the devastation wrought by the winter storm in Texas and the Gulf region, and the failure of Texas political leadership to respond. We are not confused about the root causes here - climate [...]

2021-02-19T18:53:02-05:00February 19th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Support Texans with HIV Through the Winter Storm

Deadline Extension: Sunday, 2/21! Apply for the PWN Policy Fellowship

Deadline Extension: Sunday, 2/21! Apply for the PWN Policy Fellowship Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN) is still accepting applications for the fifth year of our PWN Policy Fellowship, a year-long program designed to prepare and support women and trans [...]

2021-02-17T20:45:44-05:00February 17th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Deadline Extension: Sunday, 2/21! Apply for the PWN Policy Fellowship

A Huge Salute to our PWN Volunteers

January 29, 2021: When you could have been doing anything else after a very, stressful election, you chose to take up the mantle and continue to educate, engage, and mobilize voters in Georgia. Alongside our partners from Women Engaged in [...]

2021-01-29T19:44:29-05:00January 29th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on A Huge Salute to our PWN Volunteers

Calling All Black Women Artists in the HIV Movement: Express Your Vision in PWN’s Celebrate & Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement Art Contest!

January 22, 2021: Are you a Black woman or person of trans experience living with HIV or involved in the HIV community? Get your creative juices flowing and enter an original piece of artwork for PWN’s inaugural Celebrate & Honor [...]

2021-01-27T19:53:33-05:00January 27th, 2021|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Calling All Black Women Artists in the HIV Movement: Express Your Vision in PWN’s Celebrate & Honor Black Women in the HIV Movement Art Contest!

PWN’s Memo to the Biden-Harris Administration

Positive Women's Network - USA sent the following letter to the Biden-Harris administration.Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN) is the only national organization truly led by and for women living with HIV (WLHIV), inclusive of women of transgender experience. Our mission is [...]

2021-01-25T21:06:55-05:00January 25th, 2021|election, human rights, policy agenda, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN’s Memo to the Biden-Harris Administration

PWN Honors Resilience on Transgender Day of Remembrance

Art by Glori Tuitt + @fwdtogether We Read Their NamesWe read the names of precious lives lostTo open our eyes to the enormous costOf bigotry, religion, ignorance, and hate,And honor those who too soon met their fate.Sisters [...]

2020-11-20T15:20:40-05:00November 20th, 2020|Trans Justice, Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN Honors Resilience on Transgender Day of Remembrance

Organizing Spotlight: NC “Queens for Change” Won’t Be Stopped

September 30, 2020: With so much going on in our country today, it can be easy to forget that the most crucial election of our lifetime is only a little over a month away. Civil uprisings are continuing to happen [...]

2020-10-01T00:32:36-04:00September 30th, 2020|coronavirus, covid-19, election, electoral organizing|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: NC “Queens for Change” Won’t Be Stopped

PWN Condemns the Trump Administration’s Latest Attacks on Reproductive Justice

PWN Condemns the Trump Administration's Latest Attacks on Reproductive Justice Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN) unequivocally condemns the Trump administration’s newly reported campaign of terror against immigrants in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). September 18, 2020: On [...]

2020-09-18T16:05:08-04:00September 18th, 2020|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN Condemns the Trump Administration’s Latest Attacks on Reproductive Justice

Organizing Spotlight: Digital Organizing to Get Out the Vote for Houston Runoff Elections

July 27, 2020: The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things in our day-to-day lives. The response to the pandemic by many elected officials in America, from state houses to the White House, has been dismal. But elections are [...]

2020-07-27T21:58:27-04:00July 27th, 2020|covid-19, election, electoral organizing, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: Digital Organizing to Get Out the Vote for Houston Runoff Elections

Organizing Spotlight: PWNers in Atlanta Ensure Voter Access for Georgians, Despite Voter Suppression

July 1, 2020: You stand in the rain. You stand in the heat. The line is long. You are hungry and thirsty. You are frustrated. You are standing too close for comfort to someone in the midst of the COVID-19 [...]

2020-07-01T19:24:39-04:00July 1st, 2020|coronavirus, electoral organizing, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: PWNers in Atlanta Ensure Voter Access for Georgians, Despite Voter Suppression

Organizing Spotlight: PWN-USA Soars High with R.I.S.E. Training Academy

April 30, 2020: How are you centering the voices of women of trans experience of color living with HIV? How does your organization support the leadership of folks of trans experience? What is currently underway to ensure that women of [...]

2020-04-30T19:46:01-04:00April 30th, 2020|Economic Justice, racial justice, reproductive justice, Trans Justice|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: PWN-USA Soars High with R.I.S.E. Training Academy

Organizational Letter Urging Congress to Stop the Criminalization of COVID-19

April 10, 2020 The Honorable Jerrold NadlerChairmanHouse Committee on the JudiciaryU.S. House of RepresentativesWashington, D.C. 20515The Honorable Lindsey GrahamChairmanSenate Committee on the JudiciaryU.S. SenateWashington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Jim JordanRanking MemberHouse Committee on the JudiciaryU.S. House [...]

2020-04-15T18:46:53-04:00April 13th, 2020|coronavirus, covid-19, Criminalization, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizational Letter Urging Congress to Stop the Criminalization of COVID-19

Organizing Spotlight: JD Davids Organizes People with Chronic Conditions to Beat the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 23, 2020: It is almost impossible to have a conversation these days without COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, creeping in. Before so many people around the world really understood the seriousness of the new disease, JD [...]

2020-03-27T17:38:34-04:00March 27th, 2020|coronavirus, covid-19, health care|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: JD Davids Organizes People with Chronic Conditions to Beat the Coronavirus Pandemic

Organizing Spotlight: Black AIDS Institute’s We The People: A Black Plan to End HIV in America

February 28, 2020: A year after President Trump gave his State of the Union Address where he announced the initiative Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America (EtE), Black AIDS Institute (BAI) published its response to the call from [...]

2020-03-02T17:59:40-05:00March 2nd, 2020|Access to Care, racial justice|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: Black AIDS Institute’s We The People: A Black Plan to End HIV in America

Organizing Spotlight: PWN Policy Fellow Sparks Statewide Conversation on U=U Campaign

January 29, 2020: Imagine being a woman living with HIV, truly apprehensive or extremely cautious when it comes to sexual intimacy. After all, you've been hearing for years that you have to use condoms every single time. Imagine the spark [...]

2020-01-29T22:09:33-05:00January 29th, 2020|PLHIV Sexuality, policy fellows, U=U, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Take Your Advocacy to the Next Level! Apply for the 2020 PWN Policy Fellowship

January 13, 2020: Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN) is proud to launch applications for the fourth year of our PWN Policy Fellowship, a year-long program designed to prepare and support women and trans and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people to [...]

2020-01-14T00:05:37-05:00January 13th, 2020|policy fellows, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Take Your Advocacy to the Next Level! Apply for the 2020 PWN Policy Fellowship

Congratulations 2019-2020 PWN-USA Policy Fellow Graduates

PWN-USA is pleased to announce the third graduating class of our Policy Fellowship. These 2019-2020 Fellows successfully completed a 9-month-long fellowship to build the policy leadership bench for women, including women of trans experience, directly impacted by the epidemic and [...]

2019-12-18T17:48:20-05:00December 16th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Congratulations 2019-2020 PWN-USA Policy Fellow Graduates

Organizing Spotlight: Women Engaged

November 22, 2019: Women Engaged is a pioneer in the reproductive justice movement as one of the very few organizations in Atlanta, Georgia to use an integrated voter engagement model to not only increase civic engagement but to build power [...]

2019-11-22T18:02:51-05:00November 22nd, 2019|electoral organizing, human rights|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: Women Engaged

Organizing Spotlight: Organizing for Power Teams Head to Atlanta for Electoral Organizing Bootcamp

October 24, 2019: This is really happening! PWN-USA is going on the road to Atlanta, Georgia, for our in-person electoral organizing bootcamp starting this Sunday, October 27! Teams from 11 key geographic locations who are part of PWN’s cutting-edge new [...]

2019-10-23T21:07:44-04:00October 24th, 2019|electoral organizing, Organizing Tools, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: Organizing for Power Teams Head to Atlanta for Electoral Organizing Bootcamp

Organizing Spotlight: Florida PWNers Are Committed to Changing Policies and Electoral Organizing

September 30, 2019: HIV has long been misunderstood by the legal system. There are currently laws in 33 states criminalizing people living with HIV for exposure to HIV, nondisclosure of HIV and/or transmission. PWNers in Florida understand how these draconian [...]

2019-09-30T20:24:49-04:00September 30th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Organizing Spotlight: Florida PWNers Are Committed to Changing Policies and Electoral Organizing

Will You Be at USCA? PWN Will Be. Here’s Where to Find Us!

August 29, 2019: PWN-USA members and staff will be at USCA in Washington, D.C. representing women living with HIV. We hope you will join us for some of these conversations and presentations. Whether you are at USCA or at home, you [...]

2019-09-03T14:06:16-04:00August 29th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Will You Be at USCA? PWN Will Be. Here’s Where to Find Us!

Organizing Spotlight: PWN Georgia Tackles the Atlanta HOPWA Crisis

PWN member Lisa Britt is interviewed by local news media at the Aug. 1 community meeting August 29, 2019: The federal housing program, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA), was created in recognition that health outcomes for people [...]

2019-08-30T21:02:52-04:00August 29th, 2019|HOPWA, housing|1 Comment

PWN-USA Condemns Public Charge Rule

August 12, 2019: Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA) unequivocally condemns the latest development in the Trump Administration’s campaign of terror against immigrant communities. Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a final rule seeking to further intimidate and punish some [...]

2019-08-12T21:49:16-04:00August 12th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on PWN-USA Condemns Public Charge Rule

Spotlight on Alabama – PWN-Alabama Voices

July 30, 2019: PWN members in Alabama--or PWN Alabama Voices, as they call their group--have been busy supporting the mobilization efforts of organizations such as Alabama Arise around attacks on SNAP benefits.They are advocating against the bill recently signed into law in [...]

2019-07-31T17:31:43-04:00July 30th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spotlight on Alabama – PWN-Alabama Voices

HIV Advocates to Trump Administration: Family Separation Based on HIV, Immigration Status Must End Now

Para leer en español haz clic aquí**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**Contact: Jennifer Johnson-Avril, Housing Works 646-732-1573 [email protected] Khanna, Positive Women’s Network-USA 510-681-1169 [email protected] Strub, Sero Project 646-642-4915 [email protected] 26, 2019: During a Congressional hearing on Thursday July 25, 2019, Chief Brian Hastings [...]

2019-07-30T16:49:48-04:00July 26th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on HIV Advocates to Trump Administration: Family Separation Based on HIV, Immigration Status Must End Now

Spotlight on New York: PWN-New York Shows What Sisterhood Looks Like

June 26, 2019: No matter what we are doing either individually as advocates or whether we are a member of a team or coalition, we all need support. We all need to feel included and valued even when we disagree [...]

2019-06-28T15:02:30-04:00June 26th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spotlight on New York: PWN-New York Shows What Sisterhood Looks Like

Spotlight on Colorado: PWN Colorado Celebrates Huge Victory for Comprehensive Sex Ed

May 31, 2019: We all know that young people deserve comprehensive, LGBTQ-inclusive sexual education in school so that they can make informed decisions about their sexual health and reproductive options. Seeing that the existing 2013 law requiring comprehensive sex ed [...]

2019-05-31T23:04:49-04:00May 30th, 2019|advocacy, comprehensive sex ed, Leadership stories, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spotlight on Colorado: PWN Colorado Celebrates Huge Victory for Comprehensive Sex Ed

Spotlight on Texas: PWN-Texas Organizes to Shape Legislation

April 24, 2019: PWN Texas has been busy this legislative session! They have been leading the Texas Strike Force, a group of concerned community members ready to take action, and a rapid response team tracking both helpful and harmful legislation, [...]

2019-05-01T16:09:12-04:00April 24th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spotlight on Texas: PWN-Texas Organizes to Shape Legislation

Congratulations 2018-19 PWN-USA Policy Fellow Graduates

PWN-USA is pleased to announce the second graduating class of our Policy Fellowship. These 2018-2019 fellows successfully completed a year-long fellowship to build the policy leadership bench for women, including women of trans experience, directly impacted by the epidemic and [...]

2019-04-17T17:52:43-04:00April 17th, 2019|Uncategorized|1 Comment

Spotlight on South Carolina: PWN-South Carolina Fights to Modernize HIV Laws

March 27, 2019: In 2015, Pat Kelly, founding member of Positive Women’s Network, held a discussion with the regional chapter of South Carolina about efforts to repeal or modernize HIV criminalization laws in other states in the U.S. That conversation [...]

2019-03-28T17:18:17-04:00March 27th, 2019|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Spotlight on South Carolina: PWN-South Carolina Fights to Modernize HIV Laws

Support Black Power and Black Leadership: Today and Everyday

Venita Ray, Deputy DirectorFebruary 07, 2019: As a Black woman living with HIV, I always approach National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) with a little bit of dread. Each year, we, hear the same numbers: “Black folks represent 12% [...]

2019-02-07T17:14:58-05:00February 7th, 2019|Black Lives Matter, health care, HIV Awareness Days, racial justice, racism, resistance|Comments Off on Support Black Power and Black Leadership: Today and Everyday

SCOTUS Green Lights Discrimination against Trans People in the Military

January 22, 2019: The Supreme Court of the United States has given the Trump administration the green light to discriminate against people of trans experience. Positive Women’s Network-USA (PWN-USA)  strongly condemns this latest assault on the rights and dignity of [...]

2019-01-22T20:55:45-05:00January 22nd, 2019|human rights, policy agenda, Trans Justice|Comments Off on SCOTUS Green Lights Discrimination against Trans People in the Military

Catch PWN at the Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit

November 27, 2018: PWN-USA members and staff will be at the Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit in beautiful Los Angeles, California, representing U.S. women living with HIV. We hope you will join us for some of these discussions and presentations if you [...]

2018-11-27T22:33:08-05:00November 27th, 2018|HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, Prevention Justice, racial justice, reproductive justice, sex work, Stigma, Trans Justice, Trauma, U=U, Violence|Comments Off on Catch PWN at the Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit

Birthright Citizenship Is Guaranteed by the 14th Amendment

October 30, 2018: Today we heard some shocking news. Trump announced plans to issue an executive order that would purport to revoke the right to citizenship for children born on US soil to non-US citizens, often called “birthright citizenship,” in [...]

2018-10-30T23:14:01-04:00October 30th, 2018|human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, Intersectionality, resistance, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Birthright Citizenship Is Guaranteed by the 14th Amendment

Don’t Miss PWN-USA at USCA!!

August 29, 2018: PWN-USA members and staff will be at USCA in beautiful Orlando, Florida, representing U.S. women living with HIV. We hope you will join us for some of these discussions and presentations. Whether you are at USCA or [...]

Venita Ray Joins Positive Women’s Network – USA as Deputy Director

Contact: Naina Khanna, [email protected], 510.681.1169A renowned HIV advocate, attorney and former member of PWN-USA’s Board of Directors, Venita brings her passion and expertise in policy, racial justice and equity to the nation’s premier advocacy organization for women living with HIVOakland, [...]

2018-08-13T16:15:17-04:00August 6th, 2018|Uncategorized|1 Comment

#AIDS2020ForAll Call to Action

Take the pledge! No #AIDS2020 in Trump's USA! #AIDS2020ForAll AIDS2020ForAll.org Sign on and let IAS know that if all are not welcome, then none of us are. We must stand with those of us living with and impacted by [...]

2018-08-02T20:36:15-04:00August 2nd, 2018|AIDS 2018, AIDS 2020, HIV epidemic, human rights, immigrant rights, Intersectionality, Research, sex work, Trans Justice|Comments Off on #AIDS2020ForAll Call to Action

If Silence=Death, Where Is the HIV Community’s Voice Resisting the War Against Immigrants in the United States?

This statement is also available in Spanish. A call to marshal our full resources, voice and political power in support of immigrants targeted by hateful policies and dangerous, dehumanizing rhetoric. Borders are imaginary political lines drawn to consolidate power and resources. [...]

2018-05-01T21:19:49-04:00May 1st, 2018|Access to Care, health care, human rights, immigrant rights, immigration, racial justice, racism, reproductive justice|Comments Off on If Silence=Death, Where Is the HIV Community’s Voice Resisting the War Against Immigrants in the United States?
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