In This Issue

I don't know about you, but I've been enjoying CNN's documentary series The Eighties that's been airing on Thursday nights at 9:00 Eastern/Pacific. Next week's episode will be about the AIDS epidemic. I urge you to set your DVRs and watch it—not only because it's a big deal that a major network has dedicated an hour to HIV/AIDS, but also because we must never forget what the epidemic during the 1980s was really like, even though we have made tremendous progress.

Following the departure of Douglas Brooks from the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, our friend Dr. Amy Lansky has assumed the helm. In this video from AIDS.gov, Dr. Lansky talks about her career in HIV/AIDS, her passion for the work and how the National HIV/AIDS Strategy can help us end HIV/AIDS.

Recently, we marked the anniversary of Freddie Gray's funeral and the uprising in Baltimore. Kaiser Health News is running a series about the social determinants of health in Baltimore that we feel is worth sharing. In this issue we share a piece about racial disparities in access to healthcare for those living in Freddie's neighborhood.

Our friends at the SERO Project and The Positive Women's Network and other organizations are holding HIV Is Not A Crime, a conference about HIV criminalization, in Birmingham later this month. We urge you to attend.

And if you hearing Van Jones speak about Prince's social activism and how he quietly supported various causes in Black communities, this clip is not to be missed.

Finally, today Indiana heads to the polls, followed by Maine and Guam later this week. Don't forget to vote!

Yours in the struggle,

Phill