Storytelling & Sharing: Building Awareness & Engagement

Creating the spaces and sharing the stories, experiences, and perspectives of the multi-faceted ways in which we honor Black self-love and sexual agency.

A Love Letter to Ourselves Series
Happy Day! A series of social media reels celebrating the intersection of sex, sexuality and intimacy for ourselves and others.

Masturbation For Your Thoughts
A 4-part social media campaign that celebrated how Black communities represent diverse expressions of sexuality through the lens of masturbation.

Collective Activation: Elevating & Collaborating within the Field and Beyond

Leading intersectional efforts with organizations across the US to end the HIV epidemic for Black communities.

Celebrating NBHAAD
We recognized National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) in solidarity with organizations across the US by coordinating an events calendar that recognized collective opportunities to end the HIV epidemic. More than 20 organizations shared the details of their events to support the calendar.

Response to the Draft Opinion of Roe v. Wade
Concerned with Black women’s health and liberation, we disseminated a statement highlighting our firm stance against lawmakers regulating the agency and autonomy of women’s bodies and reproductive rights.

Black Researchers’ Directory
An online tool to connect Black researchers across a range of disciplines and institutions with students, community organizations, and other local groups – leading to strong partnerships addressing intersectional issues that fuel HIV in Black communities. The Directory will launch in May 2023.

Networking: Partnering & Learning through Conversations and Action

Engaging like-minded organizations in decolonizing policy through conversation and action planning.

Black HIV Policy Synergy Report Webinar Series
This series focused on promoting 9 policy mobilization directions presented in the Black HIV Policy Synergy Report and formulating an intersectional policy approach to end HIV for Every(Black)Body.

• Part 1 – Introducing the UWR Black HIV Policy Synergy Report
• Part 2 – A Path Forward: Mobilizing for an Intersectional Policy Approach

Transforming the Funding Matrix: A Conversation Between Black Intersectional Organizations
An exclusive conversation with 25 organizations indigenous to Black communities about the challenges and opportunities they face when seeking financial and other resources. The conversation explored how Black organizations are supported and prioritized, as well as how current policies and practices impact access to, applying for, and managing funds.

Optimizing our Collaborative for Every(Black)Body: Aligning with Mission, Vision, & Goals

Building the processes, skills, and tools needed to be intentional and effective.

Collaboration Agreement
We honed our guidelines and expectations for collaborating with organizations doing similar work, to ensure alignment of values and priorities. The goal is to make our partnerships as effective as possible.

Operations Guidelines
Our Planning Committee is at the heart of United We Rise, so we created guidelines that detail the operating and decision making processes and membership structure. These have been instrumental in keeping our collaborative working in a goal-oriented and strategic manner.

Communications Tools
We developed a strategic communications plan, along with messaging tools, to support how we talk about UWR, raise awareness about our work, and equip our Planning Committee members with the information needed to be effective message ambassadors.

Workgroup Forum
The Workgroup Forum was designed to ensure that every member of the Planning Committee is aware of the activities taking place across UWR. It supports dialogue and fosters opportunities for Workgroups to connect with networks outside of UWR on projects where there is mutual alignment.