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SAC Launches Search for Executive Director
Executive Director Position Location: A Southern State as defined by the CDC (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA or WV) The Organization When SAC (Southern AIDS Coalition) started in 2001, the HIV epidemic in the South was largely ignored....

INAUGURAL SOUTHERN HIV/AIDS AWARENESS DAY CHOOSES BIRMINGHAM TO ANNOUNCE MOVEMENT TO SOLVE SOUTHERN HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC
Tuesday, August 20, the South’s leading HIV/AIDS advocate, Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC), hosts the inaugural Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (SHAAD) in Birmingham, Alabama. SHAAD is an opportunity to bring people together from across the...

Transitions at the Southern AIDS Coalition
Dear SAC Member, With bittersweet feeling we announce that Nic Carlisle is resigning as Executive Director of the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC). We are sad to see Nic move on from this position, but are excited to see what this transition will bring for him. We are...

Southern Aids Coalition Assumes Role as Regional Clearinghouse for Research for Eliminating HIV/AIDS Stigma
Birmingham, Alabama — Professor Carolyn McAllaster, long-time leader and founder of the Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) recently announced her retirement from the Duke University School of Law. Since 2011, SASI has served in an...

Southern AIDS Coalition to Partner with Four Organizations to Pilot HIV-Related Stigma Reduction Interventions Across the U.S. South
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) announced today the next phase of its work to identify scalable and fundable programs that are effective at reducing HIV-related stigma in the South. In addition to funding nine organizations to implement their own...

NWGHAAD: Let Us Lift Them Up
On March 10th of every year, there are countless articles, acknowledgements, and events highlighting and celebrating women living with HIV/AIDS. It is also a day that spotlights prevention, testing, and awareness among all women. While these are all important, what...

SAC Announces Aquarius Gilmer as Senior Manager of Government Affairs & Advocacy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Marvin Anderson ([email protected]) Southern AIDS Coalition Announces Aquarius Gilmer as Senior Manager of Government Affairs & Advocacy BIRMINGHAM, Ala. January 9, 2019 — The Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) is...

COMPASS Initiative® Funds 32 Organizations to Transform the HIV Epidemic in the South
For Immediate Release COMPASS Initiative® Funds 32 Organizations to Transform the HIV Epidemic in the South Atlanta, Georgia (December 1, 2018) – In recognition of the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day and in support of the united efforts to address HIV/AIDS-related...

SAC Hosts Transforming the South Roundtables
By Mardrequs Harris, Senior Manager of Capacity Building Assistance The Southern AIDS Coalition is committed to addressing stigma in its many forms (e.g., racism, homophobia, transphobia), including the stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors that many of us experience...
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 I was supposed to like boys/men. After all, I was a girl, right? I was raised with the notion that girls date boys, not other girls. Don’t get me wrong,...