In This Issue

HIV/AIDS was definitely on the agenda at this year's Congressional Black Caucus legislative gathering in Washington, D.C. From AIDS at 30, to its criminalization, to LGBT equality, to racial disparities in health—several sessions covered AIDS and related topics. Writer Candace Y.A. Montague reports.

This summer, the Black Treatment Advocates Network added over 60 new members to the team. There were 20 new members in Chicago alone. Read about the science and treatment and mobilization trainings that took place in that city.

Representative Barbara Lee has just introduced the REPEAL HIV Discrimination Act, groundbreaking legislation intended to end discriminatory laws against people living with HIV/AIDS. Our friends at HousingWorks report.

We remind Philadelphia residents of both the October 20th BTAN training and the White House National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Dialogue occurring there later that day.

We run an opinion piece written by Paul Kawata, the executive director of the National Minority AIDS Council, explaining why this November's Prevention Conference, being held in Chicago, is so important.

And we also share a Kaiser Health News piece on the demise of a Pennsylvania health plan for people whose income isn't low enough to qualify for Medicaid. The piece demonstrates how easily people fall through the cracks when they lose their insurance, and the consequences that ensue.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill