How the Community Education Group Remains Relevant in the City Hit Hardest by HIV

The second in a three-part series about the need for AIDS service organizations that serve Black communities to adapt to the changing landscape.

In Washington, D.C., the Community Education Group (CEG) has worked to stay ahead of the curve of changes in the AIDS epidemic and the broader health-care environment. Nationally known for its extraordinary success in linking people who test HIV positive to ongoing primary care, CEG is increasingly leveraging its HIV expertise to address the broad range of health and social service needs presented by CEG clients and their families.

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The National HIV/AIDS Strategy at Three: Time for Recommitment to Ending AIDS in America

When President Obama took office in 2009, America had been neglecting its domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic for many years. The media and many policy makers' attention had largely shifted to global AIDS and away from an epidemic at home characterized by chronic, high rates of HIV infection, disturbing racial disparities, and an uncoordinated response.

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Colin Powell Talks Race, March on Washington and Voter ID

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was on "Face the Nation" last week, and just as he did last week in North Carolina, he read the Republican Party on their recent questionable policy decisions. Asked by the news host Bob Schieffer what he thought of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to gut the Voting Rights Act, Powell curiously said he "could se why" they arrived at their ruling, but his bigger issue was with voter ID laws. Said Powell:

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What the Affordable Care Act Means to Communities of Color

Recently, I traveled to Oakland, California, to participate in a town hall about how the Affordable Care Act is improving health and strengthening communities – especially communities of color that have long faced disparities in health and health care.

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