AAHU Fellow Cheryl Davis: 'God Revealing God's Self to Me'

AAHU Fellow Cheryl Davis

One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU).

I was a project manager with the city of Richmond, Va., for 15 years, directing multimillion-dollar projects and giving presentations to various government groups, before becoming an HIV prevention specialist with Faith Community Baptist Church. None of that experience compared to the training that I did as part of AAHU. I struggled at the start of the course, thinking I'd be unable to grasp the science and biomedical concepts. My faith, plus encouraging words from the training assistant, BAI staff, AAHU Fellow Lindsay Bryant and my pastor, helped me to endure.

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Repeal Ripples: Five Obamacare Exchange Chiefs Contemplate An Uncertain Future

ACA repeal protests

The health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act are in their third year of selling health insurance plans to people who don't get insurance through work. Most states use Healthcare.gov to sell their plans, but 11 states and D.C. run their own marketplaces, also called exchanges. Under the vision of the law, the exchanges are supposed to become self-sustaining businesses within a few years, supported by the fees insurers pay to offer plans on the sites.

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