We are conducting a research study to better understand the funding barriers and needs faced by Black-led organizations working in the HIV/AIDS space. Our goal is to identify opportunities to decolonize funding systems and promote more equitable, sustainable support for organizations that are critical in ending the HIV epidemic.
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United We Rise is an intersectional, Black-led collaborative that re-imagines a pathway to the end of the HIV epidemic, while uplifting the health of…
United We Rise has engaged Black communities to answer the question,
“What would the response to HIV look like if it was led by black people?”
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is February 7th. Learn about, participate in, and promote your local National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) event.
At United We Rise, we’re always looking for ways to collaborate with organizations working for similar outcomes: ensuring that Black people have access to opportunities to be healthy and liberated. We call this intersectional solidarity, and it’s the backbone of how we’re activating a Black-led response to ending the HIV epidemic. We heard from our collaborators and conspirators that to optimize their impact even further, they needed a tool that cuts across silos, and specifically, connects them with researchers to undergird and support their work…Read More
Political Determinants of Health: A Framework for Building Black Political Power to Improve HIV Outcomes
The HIV movement has long relied on the social determinants of Health to explain disparities. The Political Determinants of Health (The Political Determinants of Health, Daniel E. Dawes, 2020) can help us understand why those conditions exist in the first place. This conversation introduces the Political Determinants of Health as a power building framework for improving HIV outcomes in Black communities. Participants will examine practical applications of the framework, and discuss how building political power is needed to achieve health equity, justice, and liberation during these critical times and beyond.