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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,...
Trainings and Grant Funding Opportunities Now Available through Gilead COMPASS Initiative Coordinating Centers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Marvin Anderson ([email protected]) Training and Grant Funding Opportunities Now Available through Gilead COMPASS Initiative™ Coordinating Centers BIRMINGHAM, Ala. October 15, 2018 — The three Coordinating Centers...
For SAC’s New Deputy Director, “It’s Personal”
Love of community has been the single driving force of my life’s work. For me, community comes first and takes precedent over individual need. I am here today because of community and all of my tribes that have lovingly brought me to this point. Throughout the years,...
Gina Brown: Happy Seroversary to Me!
Wow, 24 years! Who would have thought I’d be celebrating 24 years of living with HIV? Certainly not me. I thought I’d be dead long before this point in my life. Even in constantly confronting my own mortality, I made a conscious decision to keep living. Not saying I...
