In This Issue
Actress Vanessa Williams and I can't remember how we met each other, but she's been involved in the fight against AIDS ever since. In this issue she shares five reasons why Black people should join the HIV/AIDS movement. Writer April Eugene also provides a roundup of activities that took place nationwide to mark the National Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of HIV/AIDS.
South Florida, get ready! The Black Treatment Advocates Network is coming. Learn more about our reception taking place on Tuesday, April 17th.
Recently President Obama formed an inter-agency working group on the intersection of HIV/AIDS, violence against women and girls, and gender-related health disparities. Tina Tchen, director of the White House office of public engagement and executive director of the council on women and girls, tells us more.
And on a related note, we run two stories about childhood trauma, which is surfacing as an important driver of HIV rates among adults.
Yours in the struggle,
Phill