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Lil Nas X Teams Up with Gilead COMPASS Initiative® to Raise Nearly $500,000 for Community Organizations Addressing HIV in the Southern United States

The Southern AIDS Coalition announces their 2021–2022 cycle of SPARK! Grants recipients.

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The North Carolina AIDS Action Network Secures Funding for Ella/Her Project

North Carolina AIDS Action Network, Latinos in the South, and SouthernAIDS Coalition secure $250,000 grant for Ella/Her Project

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Southern AIDS Coalition Announces SPARK! Grants Recipients to Support Community-Led Campaigns in the South

The Southern AIDS Coalition announces their 2021–2022 cycle of SPARK! Grants recipients. Read to learn more

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Southern AIDS Coalition Partners with White House and Duke University to Release New HIV Research

Announcement of the new HIV in the Deep South Trends Report from 2008–2019. Read and use the data to end…

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Transformative Grant Partners 2021

We are excited to announce the 2021 grantee partners for the Gilead COMPASS Initiative.

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US Congresswoman Nikema Williams GA-05 Statement for NWGHAAD & More

United States Congresswoman Nikema Williams GA–05 makes a statement for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in 2021. The…

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Southern AIDS Coalition Selected To Receive $5 Million In Renewal Funding with the Gilead COMPASS Initiative® 

The Southern AIDS Coalition announces $5 Million in refunding from Gilead Sciences COMPASS Initiative® & being selected to continue as…

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Southern AIDS Coalition Announces Dafina Ward as Executive Director

Birmingham, AL—The Southern AIDS Coalition [SAC] announced today the appointment of Dafina Ward as Executive Director. “We are thrilled to…

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Southern AIDS Coalition Calls for Southern Governors to Enact Statewide Shelter in Place Mandates

COVID-19 can be a mortal threat to those with compromised or weakened immune systems, including those with HIV (particularly those…

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Gina Brown: I Have a Secret

For most of my adult life I identified as a heterosexual woman. See, my family, community, and society told me…

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