In This Issue
This week, we continue our series on the Black AIDS Institute's Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration awardees. We profile Laverne Cox this week, covering her ongoing advocacy in both the transgender-rights and HIV/AIDS movements.
We are thrilled to honor Laverne at the Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration on September 16th in Los Angeles. You can find information about how to purchase tickets, sponsor the event, or participate in other ways, below.
Also in this issue, Tamara Holmes reports on the Institute's Brown Bag Lunch Webinar about HIV criminalization. Back in July—when we were running special issues on PrEP and the Black Treatment Advocate Network—President Trump nominated a new candidate for Surgeon General. Not only is that individual, Dr. Jerome Adams—currently the State Health Commissioner of Indiana—a Black man, he was very involved in addressing the state's HIV outbreak in 2015. We thought it was important to share Kaiser Health News's profile of him.
Also from our friends at Kaiser Health News, a story about how women's voices have been missing from the healthcare debate, though women experience certain common diseases more often than men and are more likely to live longer, experience poverty and rely upon Medicaid. And we wrap up with seven healthy lifestyle steps that can help you reduce your blood pressure.
Finally, we invite you to join us at the Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration, which will take place Sept. 16, 2017, in the Darryl F. Zanuck Theater at 20th Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles. To purchase tickets, become a sponsor, join the host committee or place an advertisement in the program book, click here or contact Wendell Miller at
Yours in the struggle,
Phill