National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Week of Advocacy

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is an annual, nationwide observance that sheds light on the impact of HIV/AIDS on women and girls. Every year on March 10, and throughout the month of March, federal, national, and community organizations come together to offer support and hope, reduce stigma, share information, and empower women and girls to learn the importance of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment.

Today, about one in four people living with HIV in the United States are women 13 or older. Globally women make up 52% of people living with HIV. Only about half of women living with HIV are getting care, and only four in 10 of them have the virus under control. Women face unique HIV risks and challenges that can prevent them from getting needed care and treatment. Addressing these issues remains critical to achieving an HIV/AIDS-free generation.

While there are many milestones in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment, it is important to recognize that the disease affects women all across the country. Some women are living with HIV while working and taking care of families. Other women are caregivers to family members or friends with HIV/AIDS. During National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we invite everyone to help reduce stigma.

To honor National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, SisterLove is hosting a Week of Action:

March 9th: RJ Advocacy Training on Facebook Live

March 10th: Advocacy Twitter Chat from 12pm-2pm

March 10th: "Art it Out!” from 4pm-7pm hosted by the Fulton County Board of Health

March 11th: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Advocacy Day hosted by SisterLove from 9:00am- 1:00pm (Food will be provided as well as $10 of Transportation Assistance. Children are welcome)

RSVP Here: https://www.sisterlove.org/events/national-women-and-girls-hiv-aids-week-of-action-hosted-by-sisterlove

SisterLove Wants to Hear Your Housing Story

Housing Opportunities for People Living With AIDS (HOPWA) is the only program specifically designed for those who are living with HIV. HOPWA's funding however will be slowly decreased over the next few years. There have been some plans to ensure that those that rely on HOPWA will still have stable housing after these cuts. We hope that these plans are effective, but we want to reach out to our community to see whether you have had difficulty dealing with HOPWA or other public housing assistance. We would love if you could tell us your stories so we can be more effective advocates. We also are planning to write a brief about the housing issues in Georgia and would love to include your stories!

If you would like to share your stories please click here

If you would rather tell your story in person, please reach out to Jacqueline Tosto at [email protected] and you can set up a time to speak.

*We understand the sensitive nature of these experiences and the courage it takes to speak out. Any submission you give to us will be confidential unless you give us permission to share your story. Someone from SisterLove, Inc. will follow-up with you after you submit your response. For any questions please contact Jacqueline Tosto, [email protected].

Registration Open for SisterLove's HLYAS

Got Reproductive Justice?

Join SisterLove, Inc. for our annual youth conference, HLYASS! HLYASS, or Healthy Love Youth Advocacy Summer Summit is August 21-23 in Savannah, GA.

Registration is now open! Youth ages 16-25 can register for FREE by going here https://www.hlyass.org/register-for-hlyass.

We are now accepting PROPOSALS. Do you have a topic related to Policy and Advocacy? Healthy Relationships? Organizing for Power? Submit here

Questions? Email: [email protected]

SisterLove's GAMA Team is Conducting a Medication Abortion Study!

SisterLove's Health Education and Prevention Team Events

Partner Updates

Cohort 5 Movement Maker Application

Cohort 5 is looking for people who are hungry to explore what is needed as leaders, organizations, and as a movement in order to have great impact and who want to begin that transformation now.

As a cohort, this group will explore intersecting forms of oppression in our lives and work, and innovate on practices rooted in liberation, equity, healing and wholeness as antidotes to violence. They will help strengthen a movement that is both committed to racial equity as an element of gender justice and to ending racism as a form of gender-based violence. Movement Makers will work collaboratively with alumni and allies to build critical connections among a strong community of change-makers with deep relationships, a shared sense of the horizon, and a commitment to moving forward together to end violence against trans and cis girls and women and gender non-conforming folks.

15-18 Movement Makers will be accepted. Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on March 31, 2020. You can apply here.

There will be two informational calls — one on February 28th and one on March 2nd to learn more information. Learn more and register. You can also learn more information at the Cohort 5 website here.

JusticeNow 2020 Registration Open

Spark Reproductive Justice NOW! presents JusticeNOW2020, a cross-movement power building and power shifting national conference. This conference will bring together activists, advocates, artists, movement leaders, organizers, community members, students, educators, policy makers, public health professionals, researchers, medical professionals and lawyers, all within a multitude of movements and sectors.

JusticeNOW2020 will center conversations and strategies on interconnected issues related to Reproductive Justice. Our goal is to provide an intentional and inimitable space for folx to unite for the advancement of Reproductive Justice!

Through interactive workshops, sessions, panels and plenaries, attendees will have the opportunity to access information and resources, while planning, strategizing and engaging on issues that cross all social justice movements. JusticeNOW2020 provides a forum for the interdisciplinary presentation of ideas, thoughts, research and inquiry related to the liberation of historically marginalized and criminalized communities.

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION is open! Visit justicenowcon.com to register with the lowest rates!

The conference is also seeking FUN and CREATIVE proposals from folx working on a full range of social justice movements, political issue areas, and health topics. We encourage you to submit proposals to present via workshop, panel, interactive discussion, performance, expressive art, roundtable, caucus, and more! Visit justicenowcon.com to see our CALL FOR PROPOSALS and submit your session for consideration!

Sponsorship is an effective way to reach a new and growing audience to promote your organization or business. As a conference sponsor, you make a powerful statement about your organization’s commitment to Reproductive Justice. Your sponsorship will make this event accessible for student and community activists, regardless of their financial situation. Visit justicenowcon.com to SPONSOR JusticeNOW2020!

Scholarship, volunteer and exhibitor opportunities are also available at JusticeNOW2020! Visit justicenowcon.com to sign up for our mailing list and receive notification as soon as these opportunities open up!

URGE's The Young People’s Reproductive Justice Power Summit Registration Open

The Young People's Reproductive Justice (RJ) Power Summit is coming up in May. URGE is bringing together our campus-based chapters, Community Action Networks (CANs), and voter engagement campaign teams to build, learn, and connect. URGE is working to make our Summit accessible to folks with disabilities, trans folks, parents/caregivers and all who may have accessibility needs because we know that young people with disabilities, trans folks, and parents/caregivers are a crucial part of this work, given how members of those communities are impacted by reproductive injustice.

Join to:

Strategize with other young activists on abortion, sex ed, racial justice, and more
Connect across and within states to share lessons and campaign ideas
Gain practical skills and theoretical foundations for organizing, policy & communications
Participate in an “unconference” - where you bring YOUR ideas to teach & share
Celebrate the growing young people’s movement for reproductive justice

The conference will discuss reproductive justice at the intersections of race, class, gender, and the 2020 political landscape. URGE values the knowledge, experience, and expertise our activists and members bring into the room and we want to cultivate a culture of shared knowledge and learning.

Expenses (registration, travel, hotel, all meals) are paid for by URGE for our activists and members. Questions? Contact [email protected]

To Register click here

Positive Impact Health Center is Hiring

Positive Impact is hiring a Prevention Specialist- Counseling, Testing, Linkage &PrEP.

This Prevention Specialist is responsible for the planning and implementation of all prevention services related to PrEP including, but not limited to, education, assessment, evaluation, enrollment, data collection, financial assistance, and follow-up, and will work closely with the medical team for laboratory evaluation and prescription fills. The Prevention Specialist will provide Counseling, Testing and Linkage services to targeted high risk individuals.

Position Title: Prevention Specialist- PrEP
Employee Classification: Prevention Services – Full-time, Non-Exempt
Department: Duluth Prevention Services
Salary Range: $35,000 to $40,000

To learn more about this positive and to apply click here.

In the News

June Medical Services Hearing at the Supreme Court

June Medical Services v. Russo (previously v. Gee) is a challenge from Louisiana abortion providers to a 2014 state law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges with a nearby hospital. Hospital admitting privileges are an agreement between a doctor and a hospital that allows a patient to go that hospital if they need urgent care. If enforced, would effectively eliminate abortion access throughout the state. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday.

There will be a rally at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, March 4. You can register for it here

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