Building a Unified and Effective Movement for HIV Prevention

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Tips to Form Effective Community Testimony to Shape a Result-Oriented National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The purpose of this worksheet is to help you prepare effective public testimony for the upcoming National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) town hall meetings.  

Click here to download the worksheet in Word.

Click here to download the worksheet as a PDF.

Basic HIV PJA Documents:

Overview of the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance

HIV Prevention Justice Alliance Draft Policy Agenda

Issue: National HIV/AIDS Strategy:

In July 2009, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) released a short statement on their plan to develop the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). They also announced that the first town meeting to collect community input into the NHAS would be held on August 25, 2009 at the National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta.

At least key configurations of AIDS advocates, many of whom are affiliated with the HIV PJA, have sent formal letters to ONAP to ask for changes in the proposed structure. The letters are available through the links below:

Letter from the Coalition for a National AIDS Strategy, which initiated the call for a NHAS 

Letter from coalition of 14 organizations addressing the unique needs of women living with HIV disease in the United States

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. Worksheet below; click here for webinar recording and slide presentation.

Correspondence:

In February 2009, 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 from 39 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, calling for cross-government participation in the conference.

The letter.

The response.

For recordings and notes from our conference calls, click here

Learn More

To learn more about the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance - including how to become a member, choose from the following links:

Membership!

Call Recordings/Notes