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September 24, 2019 – Context Matters: Using tools to inform your “End the Epidemic” advocacy
Context matters in the planning and implementation of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative. amfAR’s free and interactive EHE database provides information on policy, services, and demographic and epidemiological indicators across EHE jurisdictions.
Presenters: Gregorio Millet, M.P.H., Vice President and Director, Public Policy, amfAR; Austin Jones, Policy Associate, amfAR. Moderated by Naina Khanna, Executive Director,PWN-USA.
August 29, 2019 – Advancing Trans Rights, Safety and Justice
In this webinar, we explore what trans-centered reproductive justice could and should look like, centering the experiences, needs, and power of people of trans experience. Transgender, gender non-conforming, and non-binary (TGNC) people face discrimination in all aspects of life, from housing to health care, from public accommodation to policing, from employment to education. Such pervasive discriminatory practice and policies create a heightened vulnerability to violence and makes the ability to form family in a safe and sustainable community especially challenging.
Our expert panelists will discuss important bodily autonomy and family formation issues that disproportionately impact the trans community, like coerced sterilizations, discriminatory adoption practices, and more. Presenters are Breanna Diaz, Sophia Kass, Devyn Scott, Nasir Shabazz, Bre Rivera, and Charles Shazor.
July 24, 2019 – Using Social Media for Effective Advocacy
Positive Women’s Network – USA and the United States People living with HIV Caucus hosted this fun and informative webinar on effective social media advocacy. In the webinar, Tiommi Luckett, PWN-USA Communications Assistant/BLOC Project Coordinator, addressed:
- How social media can support your advocacy?
- How to manage your online presence?
- Gain skills to resolve conflicts online?
- How to assess your virtual communication style?
July 13, 2019 – Organizing Art and Science
In our second webinar of the PWN Block Party series, we define characteristics of community organizing; dive deeper into using people and relationships versus Money and Position to influence Targets/Decision makers in campaigns. Using a power map we identify allies and opponents and discuss the CRAFT (Contact work, Research, Action. Fund Raising and Teamwork) of community organizing.
Co-facilitated by Lisa Castellanos, Rica Rodriguez and Shannon Robinson.
June 29, 2019 – Community Organizing History and Empowerment
In our first webinar of the PWN Block Party series, we study three moments in organizing history power of everyday people to impact social change. First, the No-No Boys of Tule Lake stand up for justice in the 1940, then the Montgomery Bus Boycott demonstrate the power of collective solidarity, and finally the National Welfare Rights Organization mobilize “Mother Power” and demand a minimum stands in the 1960. We define Empowerment and illustrate differences on the spectrum of social change approaches from direct service to direct action and organizing.
June 20, 2019 – Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice
America is in the midst of an unprecedented assault on reproductive freedom that impacts people at home and abroad. Unimpeded access to safe, affordable, respectful, and non-stigmatizing abortion care is a necessary prerequisite to women, trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people having the ability to make decisions about our own body.
This webinar focuses on some of the tools that the state has used to chip away at abortion access in the U.S. and beyond. Experts in the field discuss the human rights implications of erecting barriers to abortion care and the impact that those barriers have on women and TGNC people living with HIV.
Presenters: Amanda Klasing, Human Rights Watch; Tammy Boyd, Black Women’s Health Imperative; and Beirne Roose-Snyder, Center for Health and Gender Equity. Moderated by Breanna Diaz, Positive Women’s Network and Tiffany Marrero.
May 23, 2019 – Ending Violence against Women and Folks of Trans Experience living with HIV
This webinar explores how institutional racism and structural inequity create heightened vulnerability to violence, both from other people and from the state, for women and people of trans experience living with HIV. We discuss steps that you can take to push for restorative justice over punitive practices and healing over trauma.
Women and people of trans experience living with HIV are disproportionately affected by violence at the interpersonal, community, and structural level. Living with HIV may in itself be a risk factor for violence and emotional abuse in relationships. Gun violence and violence against women of trans experience are forms of community violence that personally impact many of our members and loved ones. Sexism, racism, HIV stigma, transphobia, racist policing and immigration enforcement practices, and mass incarceration are just some forms of structural violence that perpetuate trauma for the majority of women living with HIV in the U.S. This webinar is an important tool for anyone who wants to understand, and advocate to end, these forms of violence against women and people of trans experience living with HIV.
Presenters: Venita Ray, Positive Women’s Network – USA; Renee Reopell, NY Anti-Violence Project; Kate D’Adama, Reframe Health & Justice. Moderators: Breanna Diaz, Policy Director, Positive Women’s Network and Kelly Flannery, If/When/How Reproductive Justice- HIV Fellow.
May 13, 2019 – PWNCares: Motherhood with HIV
Panelists Davina Conner, Kamaria Laffrey, Octavia Lewis, MPA and Maggie Shapiro are featured in our virtual coffee table discussion, PWNCares, by and for women living with HIV discussing the nuances of motherhood while living with HIV.
April 18, 2019 – These Trees Cast No Shade: Understanding HIV Phylogenetics Research
Phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relationships among biological entities (involving diagrams called phylogenetic trees). This is one of the ways that researchers are using HIV genetic sequencing to approach research questions about HIV cure, prevention, and treatment. In this second webinar in the series, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach will explain phylogenetics, how it is being used in HIV research, and how the communities most impacted by HIV are being prioritized in this research. Venita Ray will then share recommendations for conducting this research ethically.
April 11, 2019 – Advancing Economic Justice for People Living with HIV
Economic justice includes so much more than equal pay for equal work. Economic insecurity can create vulnerability to acquiring HIV and an HIV diagnosis can lead to a lifetime of poverty thanks to harmful policies in the U.S.. It’s a vicious cycle. At PWN-USA, we strive to disrupt that cycle and uphold the human rights and agency of people living with HIV by advocating for the removal of any and all barriers to economic security. Join us to learn more about the policies that impact our ability to be fully supported and prepared to participate in the workforce in ways that we choose, and how you can help organize to advance economic justice in your community!
Panelists: Mark Misrok (National Working Positive Coalition), Toni Michelle Williams (Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative), and Preston Van Vliet (Family Values @Work).
April 09, 2019 – PWNCares: Being Your Own Best Advocate
Tranisha Arzah, Keiva Lei Cadena, Alicia Diggs, and Kamaria Laffrey are featured in our 7th video in the PWNCares series by and for women living with HIV and a virtual coffee table discussion on what it means to advocate for yourself in health care and service provider settings to make sure you are getting the care and services you need and deserve.
February 27, 2019 – Without Our Consent: Centering People Living with HIV in HIV Genetic Sequencing
This first webinar in the series will focus on HGS from the perspectives of people living with HIV. While HGS is a powerful research and public health tool, it also raises some critical ethical concerns. In particular, we are concerned with how certain parts of the HIV community are more heavily policed. In this webinar, we invite community leaders to discuss policing and law enforcement on African Americans, Latinx folks, sex workers, people of trans experience, and in the HIV space. We will discuss how HGS could have potential impacts on these communities.
Presenters: Marco Castro Bojorquez, HIVenas Abiertas; Octavia Lewis, MPA, Positively Trans; Venita Ray, Positive Women’s Network – USA; Cris Sardina, Desiree Alliance; Dr. Andrew Spieldenner, U.S. PLHIV Caucus; and Robert Suttle, SERO Project.
February 21, 2019 – Advancing Universal Health Care
Special guest panelists Candace Gibson of the National Health Law Program, Katie Robbins of Campaign for New York Health, and Maxx Boykin of Black AIDS Institute joined Positive Women’s Network – USA to talk about universal health care: what it is, what it isn’t, and why people living with HIV should support it.
February 14, 2019 – PWNCares: Dating with HIV
Think dating is difficult? Try dating while living with HIV. It can be tough, but the good news is, it can be done–and it can be fun! Catch up on this exciting conversation the panelists as they discuss the nuances of dating with HIV in the sixth installation of PWNCares.
Panelists: Tranisha Arzah, Davina “Pozitively Dee” Conner, Thandi Harris, Tiffany Marrero and Bre Anne Rivera.
January 31, 2019 – PWN-USA Policy Agenda Webinar Series: Ending Criminalization
Learn more about the different types of criminalization, how they affect people living with HIV and our communities, and most importantly, what we can do as advocates to effect meaningful change and move toward liberation! Special guest panelists include Magali Lerman (Reframe Health & Justice), Robert Suttle (SERO Project), and Monique Tula (Harm Reduction Coalition).
January 31, 2019 – After HINAC 3: Media Strategy in HIV Criminalization Reform Efforts
Learn strategies and best practices for making media help–and not hurt–HIV criminalization reform/repeal efforts in your state.
January 04, 2019 – Molecular HIV Surveillance
Barb Cardell gives a webinar on Molecular HIV Surveillance and its implications for marginalized communities living with HIV.
October 23, 2018 – PWN – Living & Loving Well with HIV #EVAW
On our fifth National Day to End Violence Against Women Living with HIV, we hosted a special live video chat with three survivors of intimate partner violence living with HIV.
Speakers: Tiommi Luckett, Venita Ray, and Teresa Sullivan, and special guest Ashley Slye of National Network to End Domestic Violence.
October 08, 2018 – PWNCares – Healthy Beyond ARVs: Taking Care of Mind & Spirit!
Antiretroviral medication is a must for women living with HIV to reach viral suppression. Important as this is, how do we maintain our health and wellness past just being undetectable? Our courageous panelists discuss the importance of taking care of mental health as well as physical health. This webinar is the fifth installment of our interactive video-series PWNCares.
Speakers: Bre Campbell, Alicia Diggs, Thandi Harris, Tiffany Marrero and Angel Stetson
October 03, 2018 – Public Charge: What Does It Mean for the HIV Community?
Throughout history, people have moved to make better lives for themselves and their children. Trump’s “public charge” rule change, will reduce our neighbors, who want the same things for their families that we all want–health, safety, dignity, economic security–to a calculation of what is in their pockets when they arrive and the cost of any pre-existing health conditions they may have. The invaluable contributions of immigrants to their communities, families, and our nation will be ignored and discarded.
Download the slide deck here.
Presenters: Priscilla Huang, National Health Law Program; Amanda Lugg, African Services Committee; Jackie Vimo, National Immigration Law Center
September 18, 2018 – PWNVotes – Getting Out the Vote II – Voter Turnout
This webinar covers a myriad of ways to support voters actually casting their ballots, ways we use and engage the bases we have been building to ensure our voters are casting their votes based on non-partisan education provided by Women living with HIV.
Presenters: Evany Turk, PWN-USA Membership Engagement Coordinator & Waheedah Shabazz-El, PWN-USA Organizing Director.
August 30, 2018 – AIDS2020ForAll: A Social Justice Lens
This web-based discussion has experts presenting on the current racial politics of such a large international conference coming to the US, and what it means for us, our constituents and our international colleagues. Get informed and get ready for a lively discussion before you head to USCA.
Presenters: Dazon Diallo, Kelli Dorsey, George Ayala and Larry Walker: Moderators: Venita Ray and Andy Spieldenner.
August 14, 2018 – PWNVotes 2018 – Getting out the Vote Part 1 – Voter Contact
This webinar is part 4 in a 5-part series, that we launched a couple of months to engage our members and the HIV community more broadly in electoral organizing work and is intended to focus on strategies and tips for voter education, outreach, and engagement.
Presenters: Zulema Rodriguez, Arizona State Adivsor & Director, Puerto Rico Voter Project; Naina Khanna, Positive Women’s Network – USA Executive Director
August 9, 2018 – Policy Agenda Update
You may have already seen our brave, bold, visionary new policy agenda, updated for 2018 and beyond, which we released earlier this month. Intrigued? Curious to learn more and know more about how you can use it in your advocacy? Join us for a webinar that will help you understand our policy priorities and how the updated policy agenda can inform your issue-based advocacy campaigns.
Presenters: Arneta Rogers, PWN-USA Policy Director; Rebecca Wang, PWN-USA Reproductive Justice-HIV Fellow
August 8, 2018 – HIV Racial Justice Now!!
PWN was part of last year’s #HIVRacialJusticeNow convening that created the Framework for a Racially Just HIV Movement. In this webinar, the viewer will learn how to implement this important framework in your organization and/or advocacy work.
Presenters: Cecilia Chung, Transgender Law Center; Venita Ray, Positive Women’s Network-USA
July 11, 2018 – PWNCares – Keeping It Real: Being Trans and Living with HIV
July 10, 2018 – PWNVotes – Engaging Candidates on Issues that Matter
1. increase understanding of the importance of candidate engagement
Presenters: Jaron Benjamin, Housing Works; Paul Davis, Housing Works
June 27, 2018 – PWNVotes: Building Your Voter Universe
Did you know? It’s totally legal for 501c3 nonprofits to register voters. Learn to build your voter universe! Join this webinar to learn strategies to register, identify and recruit voters.
Presenters: Barb Cardell, PWN-Colorado; Evany Turk, PWN-USA; Matt Pagnotti, AIDS Alabama and Naina Khanna, PWN-USA
May 25, 2018 – Federal Agencies and Administrative Advocacy
This webinar offers an introduction to federal agencies and doing administrative advocacy through both the public comment process and direct collaboration with agencies. Presenters will provide an overview of the administrative rule-making process, offer tips and advice for comment writing, and provide a case study of PWN’s own advocacy efforts on integrating trauma informed care.
Presenters: Carly Calhoun, Sisterlove Inc., Chunnika Hodges, PWN Michigan State Lead, and Naina Khanna, Executive Director of PWN
May 22, 2018 – PWNVotes – Understanding Your Ballot
Learn how and where to get information about the issues and candidates you’ll be voting on and mobilizing others to get out and vote on this fall. This webinar will cover the basics of researching and understanding what’s on your ballot, what sources to use to find more information about what’s on your ballot and how to determine which issues and races are important for your community.
Presenter: Arneta Rogers, PWN-USA Policy Director
April 5, 2018 – Making Media Work for HIV Justice
Join us for an introduction to the brand new “Making Media Work for HIV Justice” toolkit for community advocates fighting HIV criminalization laws and other forms of criminalization based on HIV status.
Panelists: Olayide Akanni, Janet Butler, Chikondi Chijozi, Nic Holas, Jennie Smith-Camejo
Moderator: Olivia Ford
April 4, 2018 – SPEAK UP! 2018 Summit Orientation Webinar
Are you coming to SPEAK UP! 2018? This informational webinar held April 4 is your orientation before the Summit: what to expect, how to get the most out of the Summit and answering some of your important questions.
Presenters: Liza Boukard, Summit Coordinator
Vanessa Johnson, Training and Leadership Director
Jennie Smith-Camejo, PWN Communications Director
Evany Turk, PWN Membership Engagement Coordinator
March 8, 2018 – #PWNCares: Disclosure–It’s Complicated
Who can I tell? Who should I tell? How do I decide–and how do I do it?” These simple questions are often the toughest for someone newly diagnosed with HIV – and for many of us, they don’t get easier to answer. Over three decades into the epidemic, despite amazing scientific and medical advances in treatment and care that allow people diagnosed with HIV to live long, healthy, fulfilling lives and prevent transmission, discrimination against people with HIV is still strong–and far too often, HIV stigma is internalized. We live in a society that simultaneously tells people living with HIV that they have done something wrong and that they must tell others. But disclosure can have real consequences. Hear from 4 vibrant women living and thriving with HIV about their experiences with disclosure, and their advice for women who have recently been diagnosed with HIV.
Presenters: Barb Cardell, PWN-CO co-chair
Stacy Jennings, PWN-SC co-chair
Venita Ray, PWN-USA Board Member
Shronn Jones, PWN-USA Policy Fellow
February 26, 2018 – HIV First Responder: Navigating the Criminal Legal System
The last webinar in the First Responder series will include an in-depth look at the criminal legal system. This training will introduce participants to the main “players” that people experiencing HIV criminalization will encounter, including prosecutors, public defenders, and judges. The training will also discuss advocacy techniques for ensuring the privacy and human rights of PLHIV are upheld while engaging these players and navigating the criminal legal system.
Panelists: Monique Howell, Motivational Speaker & Advocate for HIV awareness & Criminalization Reform
Mayo Schrieber, Jr., Deputy Director of Center for HIV Law & Policy
February 5, 2018 – Self Care for Advocates
Creating an altar is a very grounding and healing experience. This webinar serves as a guide to allow your intuition and creative imagination to take over to create a space to honor yourself and to gain access different healing modalities which really evoke a positive feeling in you while celebrating your inner divine spirit. Alter building as a self-care practice is not a new concept but few of us give this gift to themselves. We invite women living with HIV to participate in joining us a journey to self-care and self-discovery.
This is a time to listen to your inner voice. Your higher self will guide you to the perfect words for your intention, all you have to do is listen.
Presenters:
Bre Campbell, PWN-USA Board member, Executive Director-Trans Sistas of Color Project
February 5, 2018 – HIV First Responder Series 3: Combating Stigmatizing Reporting
The third webinar in the First Responder series will focus on media advocacy, including responding to negative and stigmatizing reporting by the press, op-ed writing, creating publicity materials, and talking to media about HIV criminalization.Panelists:
Olivia Ford, Freelance Editor/Writer, past Communications Director, PWN-USA
Dr. Carrie Foote, Sociology Professor IUPUI, Chair-HIV Modernization Movement-Indiana
January 22, 2018: HIV Criminalization First Responders Series #2: Activating Support Networks
Panelists:
Robert Suttle, Assistant Director, SERO Project
Evany Turk, PWN-USA Membership Engagement Coordinator
January 10, 2018: HIV Criminalization First Responder Series #1: Laws, Facts and Policy
The first webinar in PWN-USA’s HIV Criminalization First Responder series included an an overview of respectful, person-first language use, facts about HIV criminalization, and what rights people living with HIV have when they are criminalized. This session also covered how to research state law and policy that impacts people living with HIV. This session featured PWN staff and chapter leaders Barb Cardell and Bonetta Spratley.
Panelists:
Bonetta Spratley, PWN-USA South Carolina
Barb Cardell, PWN-USA Colorado
Rebecca Wang, PWN-USA Legal Fellow (Moderator)
January 9, 2018: HIV Criminalization 101
This webinar on HIV criminalization 101 is ideal for folks who are new to HIV criminalization but want to learn more and get involved. The webinar includes a discussion focused on the Texas context as well as time for questions/comments at the end and answers these questions: What is it and what do the laws look like nationwide? How is HIV criminalization inconsistent with modern science and fundamental legal principles? What are the current efforts to end HIV criminalization and how can you get involved in Texas? How do we build intersectional, durable coalitions that center the needs and perspectives of PLHIV? How do we ensure the Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV in HIV criminal reform efforts?Co-hosted by PWN-USA, SERO Project and the Center for HIV Law & Policy (CHLP).
Panelists:
Kate Boulton, MPH, JD, Staff Attorney for CHLP
Tami Haught, Organizing & Training Coordinator, SERO Project
Arpita Appannagari, MPH, National Community Outreach Coordinator, CHLP
Venita Ray, PWN-USA Board Member, PWN-USA Texas Senior Member
November 28, 2017: #PWNCares: Undetectable=Untransmittable
Nov. 28, we premiered our PWNCares U=U video and held a virtual coffee table chat with the women featured in the video–Stacy Jennings, Shyronn Jones and Tiommi Luckett–as well as Dr. Ben Young, Chief Medical Officer of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC), Shannon Weber and Becca Schwartz of HIVE, and Bruce Richman, executive director of the Prevention Access (U=U) Campaign. We discussed sex, reproduction, breastfeeding, implications of U=U for criminalization, what it takes to reach U=U and what the challenges are regarding access. Check it out and learn more here!
Panelists:
Tiommi Luckett, PWN-USA Communications Assistant
Stacy Jennings, PWN-USA South Carolina Co-Chair
Shyronn Jones, PWN-USA Member
Bruce Richman, Prevention Access Campaign Executive Director
Shannon Weber, Director of HIVE at UCSF
Dr. Benjamin Young, MD, Chief Medical Officer of International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC)
Jennie Smith-Camejo, PWN-USA Communications Director (moderator)
Watch the recorded webinar here:
November 21, 2017: Grassroots Fundraising Webinar
Need to do some fundraising to go to SPEAK UP! 2018? Or fundraising for your regional chapter or another project or campaign? Sometimes all you have to do is ask! Here are some helpful tips. You can find more here.
Presenter: Evany Turk, PWN-USA Membership Engagement Coordinator
Watch the recorded webinar here:
November 15, 2017: SPEAK UP! 2018 Session Proposals Webinar
Interested in submitting a session proposal for SPEAK UP! 2018, but would like some helpful tips and guidance? We held this informational webinar to give more information about what we are looking for in Summit session proposals and answer questions folks may have about sessions, the submission and scoring process, etc.
Presenter: Vanessa Johnson, PWN-USA Training and Leadership Development Director
October 23, 2017 – Day of Action to #EndVAWHIV #PWNCares
Positive Women’s Network – USA launched our new, interactive multimedia series, #PWNCares, with a live online conversation about the intersections of HIV and intimate partner violence with 3 survivors living with HIV and a special guest from the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Here is the conversation we had. Content includes:
- Video Interviews with Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence living with HIV
- Discussion into healthy relationships
- Q & A
Presenters:
Tiommi Luckett, PWN-USA
Venita Ray, PWN-USA
Teresa Sullivan, PWN-USA
Jennie Smith-Camejo, PWN-USA Communications Director (moderator)
October 17, 2017 – Community Update on Health Care
Over the past couple of days, the Administration has taken some actions to undermine the Affordable Care Act. Are you wondering what exactly is changing? Want to get your questions answered? Join this webinar, co-organized by AIDS Alabama, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, AIDS United, Positive Women’s Network, and Treatment Access Expansion Project.
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- Overview of the changes
- What’s the projected impact? Case study of three states
- Taking action at the federal level
- Q & A
Bill McColl, AIDS United
Matthew Pagnotti, AIDS Alabama,
Alaina Kennedy, AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Naina Khanna, PWN-USA
May 25, 2017 – Race, Class, Health & Privilege: Women of PWN Dismantling Racism Webinar #3
What is the impact of racial bias in health care for people of color, particularly for Black women living with HIV? How does mass incarceration fuel and feed disparities in health outcomes and affect families and communities? In this third webinar in the anti-racism curriculum developed by Women of PWN Dismantling Racism, an affinity group of white women living with HIV committed to addressing racism in ourselves and our communities, we will explore the different ways in which racism impacts health–and how we can fight for change.
Presenters:
Manige Blackburn-Giles, health care provider
Dalia Rubiano Yedidia, Forward Together
Kari Hartel, PWN-USA Colorado Co-Chair
Kathleen Griffith, PWN-USA Board Member
Watch the recorded webinar here:
Download the slide deck here.
May 22, 2017 – Avoiding Work Fatigue and Burnout Through Sustainability and Self-Care
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” ― Audre LordeThe places we live, learn, work and play have tremendous impact on our health outcomes as Black women living with HIV. We need to be at forefront of racial justice for Black women, but finding a healthy balance of self-care and activism can be tricky. The Black Women Living with HIV affinity group formed at the 2016 Speak Up Summit is proud to present its first webinar, open to all women living with HIV, with presenters Penny DeNoble and Teresa Sullivan, who will help you understand stress, trauma and how you can improve your advocacy through self-care practices.
Presenters:
Penny DeNoble, PWN-USA member, educator, trainer
Teresa Sullivan, PWN-USA Board Member, Philadelphia FIGHT Teach Outside
Download the slide deck here.
May 17, 2017 – Choosing Frames, Changing the Narrative: Values-Based Messaging 2.0
In the era of Trump, it’s more critical than ever that we advocate as effectively as possible and build as broad a base as possible to fight with us on our issues. We were incredibly fortunate to have special guest presenters Anat Shenker-Osorio, an acclaimed communications consultant and messaging expert; Charles Stephens, founder and director of the Counter Narrative Project and an accomplished writer; and Dr. Andrew Spieldenner, professor in Communication Studies and chair of the US People Living with HIV Caucus, teach us what they’ve learned in their work about how we can choose frames and change the narrative about the issues we are passionate about to translate into real policy wins.
Download the full slide deck here.
March 22, 2017 – Political Education 101: Coming Out of Our Comfort Zones
This webinar was a detailed (and timely) refresher on political systems, structures, designed to provide advocates with tools to effectively engage in existing systems and to consider which systems may need to be dismantled to benefit our communities.
Presenters:
Waheedah Shabazz-El, PWN-USA Regional Organizing Director
Kamaria Laffrey, Coordinator, Florida HIV Justice Coalition
Venita Ray, PWN-USA Board Member
Download the full slide deck here.
March 9, 2017 – Bodily Autonomy: A Framework to Guide Our Future
Bodily autonomy is the simple but radical notion that individuals have a right to control what does and doesn’t happen to their bodies. This is central to PWN-USA’s vision of a world where all women and girls living with HIV can lead long, healthy, dignified lives, free from stigma, discrimination, and violence in all forms.
This important webinar in honor of National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) explains bodily autonomy as a crucial framework for understanding and fighting the intensifying, oppressive attacks on women, people of color, immigrants, Muslims, LGBQ and trans folks, and people living with HIV and other chronic health conditions.
January 27, 2017 – PWN-USA Policy Fellowship Application Webinar
Interested in being a PWN-USA Policy Fellow? Check out webinar for important information on participant eligibility, benefits of participating, tentative schedule and helpful tips on submitting a successful application!
Presenter:
Arneta Rogers, PWN-USA Policy and Advocacy Manager
Download the slide deck here.
January 17, 2017 – Women of PWN Dismantling Racism Intro Webinar
This webinar was the first in a series of webinars aimed at identifying and combating internalized and external racism, introducing the new anti-racism curriculum being developed by an affinity group of white women living with HIV that formed at the 2016 Speak Up! Summit. Learn more about the affinity group here. Sign up to join the new anti-racism discussion group here.
Presenters:
Wanda Brendle-Moss, PWN-USA Member
Barb Cardell, PWN-USA Board Chair
Kathleen Griffith, PWN-USA Board Member
Kari Hartel, PWN-USA Colorado Co-Chair
Naina Khanna, PWN-USA Executive Director
Venita Ray, PWN-USA Board Member
Jennie Smith-Camejo, PWN-USA Communications Director
Laurel Sprague, PWN-USA Member
Download the full slide deck here.
December 13, 2016 – Google Tools Training
Learn how to use free tools from Google to create, share and collaborate on projects in word processing, spreadsheets and presentations! Did you know Google has free programs just like Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint you can use to create documents, store them online and share them easily with others? Learn the basics and some tips to get started with this training.
Presenter:
Jennie Smith-Camejo, PWN-USA Communications Director
Download the full slide deck here.
November 29, 2016 – Criminalization As Violence Against People Living with HIV
Presenters: Megan McLemore, Human Rights Watch Teresa Sullivan, PWN-Philly & Philadelphia FIGHT Robert Suttle, SERO Project Arneta Rogers, PWN-USA Cammie Dodson, PWN-USA
November 16, 2016 – Post-Summit Review & Moving Forward
This webinar was designed to enlighten ALL regional chapter members and review: 1. What was accomplished at the Pre-Institute, including your Regional Campaign Commitments 2. Preparing End of Year 2016 Reports 3. Creating work plans for region for 2017 We requested that all meetings for the remainder of the year be dedicated SOLELY to preparing both your end of year reports & creating your 2017 Work Plan —- as a group. Whether your meetings are in person or over the phone … every member of the group should be encouraged to provide some level of input. Presenters: Waheedah Shabazz-El, Regional Organizing Director, PWN-USA Cammie Dodson, Reproductive Justice & HIV Legal Fellow, PWN-USA Watch the recorded webinar here:
Download the full slide deck here.September 13, 2016 – #PWNVotes: Winning on #HIV in #Election2016
As we approach a historic election cycle this fall, we encourage PWN-USA members and allies to remember what’s at stake for people living with HIV and communities most impacted by the epidemic. It’s critical that we vote and ensure our folks are well-informed about their voting rights as well as what will be on the ballot – all the way down to state and local races. Although news about the two major party presidential candidates continues to dominate the media, important issues including interpretation and enforcement of HIV criminalization laws, Medicaid expansion, minimum wage increases, reproductive rights and women’s health and anti-LGBTQ legislation are at stake on ballots across the nation.
Join us for a conversation about how to effectively leverage your vote and get your community involved this election cycle!
We’ll be discussing tactics and tools to elevate issues for candidates, including bird-dogging and candidate questionnaires, the importance of down-ballot races, get out the vote (GOTV) and working at the polls.
Presenters:
Kalpana Krishnamurthy – Forward Together
Tami Haught — SERO Project, Iowa resident, and intractable bird-dogger
Patricia Clark – PWN-USA Michigan member and candidate for Kalamazoo County Commissioner
Loren Jones— PWN-USA Board Member, PWN Bay Area member and election poll-worker
Download the full slide deck here.
August 31, 2016 – Making Headlines: Media 101 for Advocates
#4 in a 4-part Communications Training Series.
“Earned media”–media coverage that you do not produce yourself and do not pay for–can be tricky to get, but can make or break your campaign or advocacy efforts. This crash-course will cover all the basics, from identifying the best reporters and media outlets to target, to crafting a media advisory and successfully pitching your story to reporters, to choosing a winning message and sticking to it no matter what, to ways of getting your story out even if media outlets don’t cover it.
Presenters:
Gina Brown, Advocate and Speaker, New Orleans
Olivia Ford, Freelance Editor & Reporter
Jennie Smith-Camejo, PWN-USA Communications Director
Download the full slide deck here.
July 12, 2016 – Social Media for Advocacy
#3 in a 4-part Communications Training Series. What is social media? What are the different networks good for? What are best practices for using social media to communicate with your “base” or your network? How do you get more people to engage with your content? How can you bridge the gap from online presence to real, in-person action with results? How can social media move your advocacy efforts or campaign forward in meaningful ways? We will explore these questions and more with folks who do it really well–and get real results. This training is a perfect springboard for those who are new to the world of social media as well as exploring more in-depth uses and best practices for those with more experience or who want to integrate the reach of social media into their campaigns.
Presenters:
Shyronn Jones, PWN-USA Georgia SCAT Rep
Barb Cardell, PWN-USA Board Chair, PWN-USA Colorado Co-Chair
Jennie Smith-Camejo, PWN-USA Communications Director
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May 25, 2016 – Using Values-Based Messaging to Move Your Campaign
#2 in a 4-part Communications Training Series, #3 in a 3-part Policy Training Series, and #5 in a 5-part Regional Organizing and Leadership Development Training Series . Have you ever wondered why so many people seem so willing to believe things politicians or other public figures say that simply aren’t true, or why it’s so hard to win a debate with certain folks, even when all the facts are on your side? People believe in or discard messages based on what appeals to their core values. When you know how to identify those core values and appeal to as many of them as possible in your message, your audience is much more likely to hear and consider your message. In this interactive training, we will learn just how to do that, as well as how to make that message the public platform of your campaign.
Presenters:
Waheedah Shabazz-El, Regional Organizing Director, PWN-USA
Teresa Sullivan, PWN-USA Founding Member, Board Member & PWN-USA Philly Senior Member
Jennie Smith-Camejo, Communications Director, PWN-USA
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May 4, 2016 – Mapping Your Campaign Using a Strategy Chart
#4 in a 5-part campaign planning training series for the Regional Organizing and Leadership workgroup. The first step in winning a campaign is understanding your short-, medium- and long-term goals and what you will need to do to reach those goals. Learn how to use a strategy chart to plan your campaign.
Presenter:
Waheedah Shabazz-El, Regional Organizing Director PWN-USA
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March 31, 2016 – Our Story, Our Message: Defining Our Personal Narrative and Using It to Frame Our Message
#1 in a 4-part communications training series. This interactive web-based training was co-presented by PWN-USA SCAT members Asha Molock and Christina Carta, who have extensive experience using their personal stories to fight stigma and advocate for women living with HIV in multiple contexts, from mainstream media to blogs to political advocacy. Learn how to share your story strategically for maximum impact; how to tie your story to your ask; things to consider before sharing your story; what to expect; and more! 
Presenters:
Christina Carta, PWN-USA member in Massachusetts, public speaker, author, blogger for The Well Project
Asha Molock, PWN-USA Philadelphia Strategic Communications Action Team rep, retired teacher, author
Jennie Smith-Camejo, Communications Director,
PWN-USA
March 30, 2016 – Policy 101: Identifying the Players and the Process for Policy and Advocacy Work
#1 in a 3-part policy training series. Don’t be intimidated by engaging in policy and 
advocacy work! This introduction to the policy-making process will help identify policymakers and how legislation is made and implemented. Learn or review how ideas for change can be transformed into laws that govern us all and how to influence the “players” who make it all happen.
Presenters:
Arneta Rogers, Legal Fellow, PWN-USA
Zsea Beaumonis, Legal Fellow, National LGBTQ Task Force
Candace Bond-Theriault, Policy Counsel, National LGBTQ Task Force
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March 22, 2016 – Choosing a Good Campaign Issue
#3 in a 5-part training series for the Regional Organizing and Leadership Development Workgroup.
Presenter:
Waheedah Shabazz-El, Regional Organizing Director, PWN-USA
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March 10, 2016 – Securing the Future of Women-Centered Care: Findings from a Community-Based Research Project
An explanation of key findings from a community-based participatory research project led by women living with HIV to determine what services women living with HIV need to stay engaged in care, and how well they are able to access those services. Follow this link for more information about the research project, and to download the full report.
Presenters:
Naina Khanna, Executive Director, PWN-USA
Arneta Rogers, Legal Fellow, PWN-USA
Evany Turk, PWN-USA Board Member, Project Researcher
Lepena Reid, PWN-USA Member, Project Researcher
Loren Jones, PWN-USA Board Member, Project Researcher
Janet Kitchen, PWN-USA Member, Project Researcher
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February 18, 2016 – What’s a Campaign? Who Are Advocates? Advocacy and Non-Disclosure: No Problem
#2 in a 5-part series of campaign-planning trainings for the Regional Organizing & Leadership Development Workgroup
Presenter:
Waheedah Shabazz-El, Regional Organizing Director, PWN-USA
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January 21, 2016 – Internalizing PWN Priorities through a Human Rights Lens
#1 in a 5-part series of campaign-planning trainings for the Regional Organizing & Leadership Development Workgroup
Presenters:
Waheedah Shabazz-El, Regional Organizing Director, Positive Women’s Network-USA
Arneta Rogers, JD, HIV & Reproductive Justice Legal Fellow, Positive Women’s Network-USA
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November 5, 2015 – Violence, Trauma and Reentering Women Living with HIV
Philadelphia, PA
Presenters: Teresa Sullivan, Member of PWN-USA Board of Directors, Senior Member of PWN-USA Philadelphia, Co-Coordinator of Philadelphia FIGHT’s TEACH Outside Elisabeth Long, Community Organizer and Educator, Co-Coordinator of Philadelphia FIGHT’s TEACH Outside Click here to download the slides.
February 3, 2015 – Eliminating Stigma from the Language of HIV Communications
Presenters:
Valerie Wojciechowicz, HIV/AIDS educator, testing counselor, fitness professional and mentor
Vickie Lynn, doctoral student, University of South Florida, College of Public Health
Moderated by:
Olivia Ford, Positive Women’s Network – USA
Full Slide Deck – Eliminating Stigma from the Language of HIV Communications (PDF)
November 7, 2014 – Addressing Violence and Trauma in the Lives of Women with HIV: Towards Policy and Programmatic Solution
Presenters:
Lindsey Dawson, Senior Policy Analyst, Kaiser Family Foundation
Dr. Maggie Czarnogorski, Senior Policy Advisor, White House Office of National AIDS Policy
Gina Brown and
Kathleen Griffith, Positive Women’s Network – USA
Moderated by: Naina Khanna, Positive Women’s Network – USA
Additional materials from this webinar: Full Slide Deck – Addressing Violence and Trauma in the Lives of Women with HIV: Towards Policy and Programmatic Solutions (PDF) Analysis: Opportunities Under the ACA for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence Among Women With HIV (From Kaiser Family Foundation)
July 31, 2014 – Advancing Economic Justice and Employment Rights for Women Living with HIV
Presenters:
Mark Misrok, President, Board of Directors, National Working Positive Coalition (NWPC)
Federal and State Efforts to Promote Employment Opportunities for People Living with HIV
April Watkins, Assistant Director of Workforce Development, HIV Employment Programs, GMHC
Helping WLHIV Address Concerns and Return to Work
Heather Salek, Manager of Employment Services, Cascade AIDS Project
Supporting Women with HIV to Enter or Re-enter the Workforce
Stephanie Laster, HIV Prevention Specialist/Bridge Leadership Program Associate, SisterLove, Inc.
Partnering with Other WLHIV to Achieve Better Financial Security
June 26, 2014 – Policy Update & Skills-building Training: Meeting with Legislators to Advance Women-Centered Care & Services
Presenters:
Donna Crews, Director of Government Affairs, AIDS United
Lucy Baglin, Policy Coordinator, AIDS Foundation of Chicago
Moderated by:
Naina Khanna, Positive Women’s Network – USA
Additional materials from this webinar:
- Slides – PART ONE- Meeting with Legislators to Advance Women-Centered Care & Services (PDF)
- Slides – PART TWO – Meeting with Legislators to Advance Women-Centered Care & Services (PDF)
- RWP Reauthorization Letter – Legislative Directors and Health Legislative Aides (PDF)
- Telling Your Story Advocate Worksheet (PDF)
- AIDS Budget and Appropriations Coalition Chart (PDF)
