BTAN Broward Members Honored
Pat Fleurinord of BTAN Broward
Pat Fleurinord and Melvin Wright were honored with Unsung Hero Awards by the Westside Gazette in partnership World AIDS Museum and Educational Center for their efforts in raising awareness of HIV in the black community. The BTAN Broward members have dedicated time and energy to make sure that the community is armed with the information needed to prevent new HIV diagnosis.
'I Made a Vow': Ending HIV/AIDS Stigma Through BTAN Cincinnati
Jaasiel Chapman of BTAN Cincinnati
The Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) is transforming lives across the country, linking Black Americans with HIV/AIDS to care, raising HIV science and treatment literacy in Black communities, and advocating for policy change that will help curb the epidemic. Jaasiel Chapman, a community-outreach coordinator for IV-CHARIS, an AIDS service organization, is starting the BTAN chapter in Cincinnati. Chapman shares how creating partnerships can help expand BTAN's footprint.
Read more: 'I Made a Vow': Ending HIV/AIDS Stigma Through BTAN Cincinnati
In This Issue
This week we continue our series about the Heroes in the Struggle Hall of Fame inductees, with a story about Academy Award winning filmmaker Lee Daniels's three decades of the HIV/AIDS activism. On this Thursday, World AIDS Day, the Black AIDS Institute will recognize Lee and several other honorees at the Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration, a star-studded event and photographic tribute, taking place at the Director's Guild in Los Angeles. Go here for tickets or email
Heroes in the Struggle: Lee Daniels
Lee Daniels, director, producer and activist, known for Monster's Ball, Precious, The Butler and Empire.
The Black AIDS Institute's Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration honors, in a star-studded event and photographic tribute, individuals who, over the past year, have made a heroic contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS. Below, one in a series profiling the 2016 honorees.
NIH Spotlights HIV Cure Research
Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Department of Health and Human Services, listens to Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health speak on issues surrounding a cure for AIDS.
In two Facebook Live events from NIAID's Strategies for an HIV Cure conference this week we learned about advances in HIV cure research from leaders in HIV science.