News 2017
Black AIDS Institute Seeks People to Interview About Health Insurance
The Institute wants to hear from you regarding the ACA
Are you Black and have something to say about health insurance? If so, the Black AIDS Institute wants to speak to you.
The Institute is preparing a report on Black America's stakes in the ongoing debate about the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare.
Read more: Black AIDS Institute Seeks People to Interview About Health Insurance
In This Issue
We begin this week's issue of the Black AIDS Weekly by reminding you about our #30DaysOfHIV Online Community Calendar depicting health and HIV-related events taking place throughout the U.S. between May 27 and June 27, which is National HIV Testing Day. Read on to learn how to submit your events.
#30DaysOfHIV Online Community Calendar
#30 Days of HIV Calendar
From the "PrEP to Live" Brunch in Little Rock, Ark., on this past Sunday, to the BTAN 3-Day HIV Training in Charlotte taking place later this week, to the Youth Block Party the Star Track Clinic will hold in Baltimore on June 19th, the Black AIDS Institute's Online Community Calendar is live.
Gerald Garth Named LA Pride Ambassador
Gerald Garth, an ambassador for LA Pride 2017
Congratulations to Gerald Garth, who has been named an ambassador for Los Angeles's annual LA Pride Parade and Festival. A video featuring Gerald, and other images of him, will be used to promote the celebration, which has taken place since 1970 as a response to and in commemoration of the Stonewall Rebellion on Christopher Street in New York City the year prior.
Three Strategies to Defend GOP Health Bill: Euphemisms, False Statements and Deleted Comments
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan conducting a presentation of the GOP's plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act
Since the passage of the American Health Care Act, Republican members of Congress have tried to swing public opinion to their side. ProPublica has been tracking what they're saying.