In this issue:
- Embodying Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV: Putting the Pieces Together
- AIDSWatch Scholarships Are Open
- Webinar You Won’t Want to Miss
- Nominate Your Favorite Trans Activists for the POZ 100!
- What We’re Watching: POZ ROZ
- Catch Up on Our Block Party Webinar Series
- PWN Rocked #2019USCA!
Make Meaningful Involvement More Than a Catch-Phrase with This Exciting New Toolkit!
Our partners at AIDS United and the United States People Living with HIV Caucus have a fantastic new toolkit about meaningful involvement of people living with HIV and AIDS available! It’s a complete guide to MIPA; you can also download a factsheet and watch a recorded webinar on MIPA.
| Download the MIPA toolkit here! |
AIDSWatch Scholarships Are Open!
AIDSWatch is the largest annual national constituent-based advocacy event focused on HIV policy in the United States. The event draws hundreds of people living with HIV and their allies to Washington, DC for two days to educate Members of Congress and their staff about HIV. AIDSWatch will happen on March 30-31, 2020!
Participants will receive training on current science, legislative priorities, and how to conduct effective meetings with their elected representatives.
Don’t miss your opportunity–the deadline to apply for a scholarship is October 11.
| Apply for a scholarship here! |
Webinar You Won’t Want to Miss
Context Matters:
Using Tools to Inform Your “End the Epidemic” Advocacy
Tues., Sept. 24, at 2pm EDT
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Context matters in the planning and implementation of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative.
amfAR’s free, interactive EHE database provides information on policy, services, and demographic and epidemiological indicators across EHE jurisdictions.
| Register here |
Nominate the Fiercest Trans Advocates for the POZ 100!
Deadline Extended to Sept. 15
It’s not too late to nominate the fiercest trans advocates you know for the POZ 100!
Since 2010, the POZ 100 recognizes individuals and organizations who are committed to ending the HIV epidemic.
This year’s POZ 100 will celebrate 100 trans advocates who are making a difference in the fight against HIV and AIDS. This year’s list will honor transgender, gender-nonconforming and nonbinary individuals who are living with HIV or who are HIV negative.
| Nominate here! |
What We’re Watching: POZ ROZ
POZ ROZ is a smart, edgy new web series from writer and director Carlton Jordan. It follows the adventures of Rozzlyn Mayweather, a 20-something woman whose HIV diagnosis shakes up her already turbulent life. The whole series is available now on YouTube for your binge-watching pleasure!
| Watch the entire series here! |
The 2020 Elections Have Already Started.
Catch Up on the PWN Block Party Webinar Series!
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Organizing our communities to elevate the issues that matter and make sure our voices are heard in the elections is a year-round job, not something that starts in September 2020. That’s why PWN launched our summer Block Party webinar series–to help us hone our organizing skills to make maximum impact in #Election2020 and every day!
The sixth and final webinar in the series will be Saturday, September 28–you can catch up on the first five webinars of the series and register for the final one if you haven’t already here!
| Check out the Block Party series here! |
PWN Rocked #2019USCA!
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PWN maximized our opportunities to make our voices heard and highlight the issues that impact women and people of trans experience living with HIV at last week’s USCA. This article from POZ shows PWN in full effect! For more, check out our tweets at @uspwn with the hashtag #2019USCA!
| Read the full article on POZ here! |