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
Freedom Is a Health Issue: Black August, HIV, and Community Power
Black August honors Black resistance and the struggle for liberation, rooted in the history of Black political prisoners and revolutionaries who resisted state violence, incarceration, and oppression. It has grown into a time to honor Black freedom struggles globally and deepen our commitment to collective liberation.
This Couch Conversation will explore what this history can teach us about the HIV movement today. Through the experiences of Black activists, formerly incarcerated leaders, and leaders from Black-led organizations, we will ask: What can we learn from Black liberation movements about building a Black-led response to HIV—and what does liberation require of us now?