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Today Is Census Day. We Count–Let’s Be Counted!

April 1, 2020: It’s party time, people! We get to see and participate in a rare and wonderful event. Something that only happens once every ten years. Something that could help ensure your community has its fair share of political [...]

2020-04-01T14:39:45-07:00April 1st, 2020|census, Count Me In, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Today Is Census Day. We Count–Let’s Be Counted!

#WhyWeMarch: Toward Liberation and Justice

Art by Jennifer Maravillas January 20, 2017: Today, a thin-skinned, authoritarian narcissist who lost the popular vote by almost 3 million votes is being sworn into the highest office in the United States, and arguably the most powerful position [...]

2017-11-29T22:44:07-08:00January 20th, 2017|Count Me In, Criminalization, human rights, Intersectionality, racism, reproductive justice, resistance, Trans Justice, Uncategorized|Comments Off on #WhyWeMarch: Toward Liberation and Justice

Present a Session at the PWN-USA SPEAK UP! Summit

March 31, 2016: Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA) is thrilled to announce our call for session proposals for SPEAK UP! A National Leadership Summit for Women Living with HIV 2016. We invite proposals for various types of sessions (affinity groups, [...]

Reproductive Rights Must Be Part of Our Battle

Positive Women’s Network - USA Statement on World AIDS Day 2015 Dec 1, 2015 - Just four days ago, an atrocious act of terror was perpetrated against Planned Parenthood, an essential source of healthcare for working and low-income women, men [...]

2017-12-01T16:04:00-08:00November 30th, 2015|Access to Care, Count Me In, Criminalization, Economic Justice, HIV Awareness Days, HIV epidemic, human rights, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, National Summit 2014, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Reproductive Rights Must Be Part of Our Battle

Advancing Collaborative and Shared Leadership and Participation Inclusive of Women Living with HIV

Remarks Delivered at the White House’s National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Event, “Stepping Out of the Shadows: HIV & Violence against Women and Girls” By Vanessa Johnson, PWN-USA National Training and Leadership Director Vanessa Johnson, JD. [...]

2015-03-10T09:08:14-07:00March 10th, 2015|Access to Care, Count Me In, HIV epidemic, human rights, Leadership stories, NWGHAAD, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on Advancing Collaborative and Shared Leadership and Participation Inclusive of Women Living with HIV

Stepping Up Commitment: Women and Girls Living with HIV Must Matter Every Day of the Year

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174  March 10, 2015 – Each year, on March 10, National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is observed in the US. But at Positive Women’s Network – USA (PWN-USA), a [...]

2015-03-10T01:25:10-07:00March 10th, 2015|Access to Care, Count Me In, HIV epidemic, NWGHAAD, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on Stepping Up Commitment: Women and Girls Living with HIV Must Matter Every Day of the Year

Do All Black Lives Matter?

On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Amplifying the Voices of Women, Youth, and Transgender Women FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Ford, [email protected] / 347.553.5174 February 7, 2015 – This National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), Black women remain 20 times [...]

2015-02-07T05:30:08-08:00February 7th, 2015|Access to Care, Black Lives Matter, Count Me In, Intersectionality, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Trauma, Uncategorized, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Do All Black Lives Matter?

PWN-USA’s 2014 – 2016 Strategic Plan

Every day, PWN-USA inspires, informs and mobilizes women living with HIV to advocate for changes that improve our lives and uphold our rights.  In 2013, we went through an extensive strategic planning process and listened to hundreds of stakeholders.  Over [...]

Tyler Perry’s “Temptation” and People Living with HIV

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Waheedah Shabazz-El, Founding Member, [email protected], (267) 231-2647 Sonia Rastogi, Communications Director, [email protected], (408) 306-6805 Tyler Perry's Temptation Sentences People with HIV to a Lifetime of Stigma and Isolation April 16, 2013, New York, NY – “Tyler [...]

2013-04-16T09:40:39-07:00April 16th, 2013|Count Me In, Criminalization, HIV epidemic, human rights, Prevention Justice, PWN-USA Communications, reproductive justice, Uncategorized, Violence|Comments Off on Tyler Perry’s “Temptation” and People Living with HIV

Reflections: Connecting Racist Rhetoric, the Voting Rights Act, and Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

By Susan Mull Don’t you wish pop culture would critique the latest Supreme Court antics surrounding the Voting Rights Act?  After all, aren’t we all more than a little appalled by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia saying that a critical [...]

2013-04-10T11:24:22-07:00April 10th, 2013|Count Me In, Economic Justice, human rights, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Reflections: Connecting Racist Rhetoric, the Voting Rights Act, and Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Getting to Zero for Women: Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT: Sonia Rastogi, [email protected], (408) 306-6805 November 28, 2012, Oakland, CA – Data released in 2012 shows a shocking correlation between violence, [...]

2012-11-28T07:53:54-08:00November 28th, 2012|Count Me In, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Research, Trauma, Violence, Women-centered Care|Comments Off on Violence is the Fatal Flaw in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Count Me In Poetry – PWN Southern Summit

Count Me In Poetry By Stacy Jennings From March 6-8, PWN hosted an Advocacy Summit for 50 women from the Southern U.S. Stacy Jennings, a participant from South Carolina spoke up and spoke out! Count Me In Count me in [...]

2012-03-08T12:30:47-08:00March 8th, 2012|Count Me In|Comments Off on Count Me In Poetry – PWN Southern Summit

I am not the Enemy, I am the Answer

Spotlight on the South: “I am not the enemy, I am the answer” – an interview with Bonetta Graves and Juanita Williams By Sonia Rastogi and Naina Khanna The epidemic in the Southern United States is “skyrocketing. Every week we [...]

2011-08-11T12:40:34-07:00August 11th, 2011|Count Me In, human rights|Comments Off on I am not the Enemy, I am the Answer
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