The HIV Prevention
Justice Alliance
is
a national network
of over 70 groups building a unified,
effective movement for HIV prevention
in the United States.
Building a Unified and Effective Movement for HIV Prevention
TELECONFERENCE: OCTOBER 2, 2009
BRINGING PREVENTION JUSTICE TO NATIONAL AIDS POLICY
The
White House is moving forward on an unprecidented National HIV/AIDS Strategy.... The CDC
is creating a new Strategic Plan for the
Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention... and
health care reform may change the
landscape for HIV prevention and care... even as
devastating cuts at the state level have
slashed over $150 million from HIV prevention
efforts....
So what is the HIV Prevention Justice movement
going to do about all this? It's up to you to help figure it
out and support united action for real change..
FROM "SPEAKING OUT" TO REAL CHANGE: DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE TESTINOMY FOR THE NATIONAL HIV/AIDS STRATEGY TOWN MEETINGS AND BEYOND
The Obama Administration has chosen the National
HIV Prevention Conference What a
vital time for the struggle for HIV prevention justice! as the site for the first of thirteen town
meetings soliciting input for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
How can we turn our community stories and years
of work into concise, effective testimony that will be compelling and
effective in shaping the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS)? We provided a webinar and worksheet on an HIV PJA call:
Lynn C. Todman, PhD, Director of the Institute of Social Exclusion (ISE) at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, Chicago
Dr. Todman will discuss the ways in which social, political, and economic structures systematically marginalize urban populations to help us further explain the relationship between poverty and HIV.
Ms. Franco will discuss the Alliance's work as grassroots leaders in low-income, working class communities of color connecting battles against gentrification and displacement to other local and international struggles for human rights, land, and democracy.
Dr. Grant will talk about how the exclusion of LGBT people from the national Census invisibilizes LGBT poverty and supports marginalization that can lead to health disparities and social injustice.
In February 2008, the HIV PJA took its
first public action, sending an open letter to the co-chairs of the 2009
National HIV Prevention Conference endorsed by 223 organizations and 423
individuals from 39 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands, calling for cross-government participation in the conference.
The NHPC has responded to our requests, including a plenary on the
Future of HIV Prevention with representatives from federal agencies; a
Town Hall Meeting with congressional representatives and community
memers; increased efforts to reach out to federal agencies beyond
HHS; and possible open discussoins with leaders from multiple federal
agencies.
We'll discuss how to move forward to ensure the NHPC
becomes a cross-government effort to confront HIV.
4) Moving
Forward:
A. Launching Membership: The HIV PJA will
formally issue a call for membership on June 1.
We are
seeking organizations and individuals of all types to join
the HIV PJA. To become members, organizations must endorse thePreventionJustice
Statement of Principles. We
ask for dues according to a sliding fee scale, but scholarships are also
available.
B. Policy Platform: The HIV PJA
platform, as now drafted, seeks to mobilize around policy goals in three
primary areas:
• the need for a
paradigm-shift in prevention that addresses social determinants,
such as poverty, that are primary drivers of the
epidemic;
• the method of research as a means
of framing and answering questions in overlooked communities;
and
• the strategy of cross-governmental
collaboration (including the need for an operative national AIDS
strategy) in order to coordinate Federal, state and local efforts to
prevent HIV.
C. Upcoming Calls: We are
planning a series of monthly calls to educate the AIDS community and our
allies about the HIV PJA, our activities, and our platform.
The
next call will be on Wednesday, May 27 at 2 pm Eastern. It
will feature Lynn Todman, director of the Institute at Social Exclusion at
the Adler School of Professional Psychology on the issue of
poverty.
5) Announcements
Learn More
To learn more about the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance - including how to become a member, choose from the following links:
