Performing Strong Black Womanhood at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
The National Museum of African American History and Culture
This is not a story of hope. Or unity, or strength or reviving America's greatness, or any other campaign slogan you can remember. In this moment, it's a story of fear.
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Two weeks ago at the U.S. Conference on AIDS in South Florida, Shantell Jamison, digital content editor for Ebony.com and JetMag.com, participated in a social media fellowship, sponsored by AIDS.gov, FHI360, the Human Rights Campaign, NMAC and the Black AIDS Institute. While attending the conference, Shantell gained some powerful insights into how important it is that each of us recommits ourselves to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. She shares her perspective here.
Reality Check: Do We Really Care About HIV?
Shantell E. Jamison is a digital editor for ebony.com and jetmag.com and author of "Drive Yourself in the Right Direction." She was a social media fellow at the 2016 USCA.
Full disclosure. I am HIV-negative.
Stigma, Strengthening HIV Prevention and Care for Gay Men of Color, and Social Media Fellows Featured in Facebook Live Events from USCA 2016
Harold Philips, Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Training and Capacity Development HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration; and Anthony James, Regional Prevention Coordinator Supervisor, STD and HIV Program, Louisiana Office of Public Health; discuss two current initiatives supported by investments from HRSA's Minority AIDS Initiative Fund.
As the 2016 U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) continued on September 17 in Hollywood, Florida, AIDS.gov shared more conference highlights via three Facebook Live events.
Meet the Man Who Proved That Discrimination Can Make You Physically Sick
David Williams, Ph.D., outside of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Dr. David Williams pioneered three ways to prove the links between discrimination and poor health.
Read more: Meet the Man Who Proved That Discrimination Can Make You Physically Sick