In This Issue

This week, we continue our series about the U.S. HIV Workforce Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs survey by running a Q&A with AAHU Fellow and BTAN member Deborah Crumm-Price, about why the nonmedical HIV workforce needs to increase its science and treatment literacy.

Last week the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced $29 million in grants to help approximately 1,200 extremely low-income PLWHA and their families annually. AIDS.gov reports.

A new study of more than 4000 children shows that LGBT youth are not only twice as likely as other children to experience bullying they tend to experience harassment early in life, often leading to dire consequences.

John Snow, Inc., and the Black AIDS Institute are seeing experienced trainers for the Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau's Health Literacy Project Targeting Adult and Young Black/African American MSM. The deadline to apply is June 12, 2015.

Finally, for more than a year now we've been having conversations about how #BlackLivesMatter, in response to the police shootings and murders of unarmed Black males, from Trayvon Martin to Freddie Gray. Recently protesters took to the streets to say that Black women's stories and lives matter as well. Our friends at Colorlines report on why we all must make sure to #SayHerName also.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill