The Surviving Voices storytelling initiative is being recognized for its powerful work in helping tell the story of AIDS
Sponsors of SB 258 include Equality California, AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) Health, Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE)
Findings show that Black people and women are disproportionately affected by the state’s HIV criminal laws.
“When I was Santa Cruz AIDS Agency Director, it was our dream to have people living with HIV age into the senior category.”
In June of this year, the organization followed up on the application with the CDC, and our response was not even acknowledged or replied to.
The grants will study the use of a variety of techniques – personalized, daily text message reminders; and individual and group counseling
We started with HIV. We developed the platforms, applied it to coronavirus. And now we’re trying to close the loop.
"AIDS is not just a Hollywood disease. And it is not just a gay disease. This is the health crisis of this century."
"It’s time to take what we’ve learned from coronavirus and take it back to HIV and build upon from what we have learned.”
The show, which features a largely LGBTQ cast, shines a light on a dark chapter that's been fading from memory.
