In This Issue

Cedric Sturdevant's work as a project coordinator at My Brother's Keeper in Jackson, Miss., just kicked to a whole 'nother level. After graduating from the African American HIV University's Science and Treatment College, Sturdevant, who is also a local BTAN co-chair, has seen his stock and effectiveness in his community rise. We report. Another Republican governor has decided to expand Medicaid in his state. Pennsylvania's Gov. Tom Corbett has done an end run around his own Republican-led legislature to accept the Medicaid dollars offered by the federal government under the Affordable Care Act to launch what he calls his "Healthy Pennsylvania" program.

A new survey finds that HIV/AIDS clinicians agree with HHS's new guidelines to start young people ages 13 to 25 on antiretroviral medicines when their T-cell count is 500.

We introduce you to a documentary "Dear Dad," produced by Atlanta-based filmmaker Chase Simmons, which explores the lives of eight gay men of color and their experiences coming out to their fathers.

Finally, you may remember all of the excitement 18 months ago when a baby in Mississippi was reportedly cured of HIV. At 30 months no virus is detectable in that toddler, helping to prove that we do have the tools to end the epidemic and reach an AIDS-free generation.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill