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[[{"fid":"4319","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default"},"3":{"format":"default"}},"attributes":{"style":"height: 195px; width: 150px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"3"}}]]October 29, 2020 6:00 pm ET via The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) CHLP's Amir Sadeghi joins this ACT UP NY webinar on Thursday, October 29th at 6pm ET to unpack the criminalization of people living with HIV, and provide a national-legal overview of reforms to disease-specific criminal law. With that background, you will also hear from state-level advocates on reform campaigns in Nevada and Virginia, giving additional perspective on lessons you can incorporate into your own HIV decriminalization advocacy.

[[{"fid":"2788","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default"}},"attributes":{"style":"height: 147px; width: 150px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]Do you know what I am going to do IF I HAVE TO ATTEND ONE MORE GOT DAMNED VIRTUAL MEETING?

[[{"fid":"4315","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default"}},"attributes":{"style":"height: 218px; width: 150px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]November 16 - 20, 2020 via Howard University Stigma Project The 11th Annual International Conference on Stigma will be held from Monday November 16 to Friday November 20, 2020 as a Virtual Howard University Event.

[[{"fid":"4312","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default"},"2":{"format":"default"}},"attributes":{"style":"height: 191px; width: 150px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"2"}}]]October 29 - 30, 2020 via AIDS Foundation of Chicago What will it take to end white supremacist structures and systems in our work? The conference is Thursday October 29 and Friday October 30 and features four AMAZING speakers - Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones, Dr. Russell Brewer, Dr. Sheldon Fields, and Dr. Tonia Poteat.

This week I 'hacked' the #hiv2020online instagram account for 24 hours. I decided to share my 18 years journey of living with HIV in 18 posts on their storyline. Here you see 2 of them and soon you will see...

My Fears, Loss, and Anxiety of Facing Two Pandemics and the Triggers Many of Us Have Been Facing From the Early Days of HIV and AIDS I don't know where to start. I have so much to write about and...

Today I cried. In unison with my newly born son and toddling daughter. I sat right there on the corner of the couch and I cried, weeped even- inconsolable, exhausted, unusually heavy. In between the weeps was a chant coming...

October 23, 2020 1:30 PM ET | 10:30 AM PM via National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP) Speaker [[{"fid":"4301","view_mode":"default","fields":{"format":"default"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"default"}},"attributes":{"style":"height: 177px; width: 150px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;","class":"media-element file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]]Monica Gandhi, MD Professor of Medicine and Medical Director, Ward 86 HIV Clinic, University of California, San Francisco

Took a leap of faith and moved to Philadelphia last Monday. It the middle of a pandemic . I decided to pack up my home and place my things in storage and start all over again. I wanted to move...

It's been awhile since I've put my words together for you to read! Covid has really put a damper on things and stripped me of my desire to do anything. Well the universe, God, whatever you believe in, has a...