CAL-PEP will be providing FREE shuttle service to HIV positive clients. CAL-PEP’s shuttle route* will include Project Open Hand, EBAC, Magic Johnson Clinic, APEB, Highland and Allen Temple AIDS ministry. Spread the Word! 1. Pre enrollment has started. Please fax the following: -Letter of diagnosis. -Enrollment form and client release of information form. 2. Fax required documents to Jamila Shipp …
Calling All Women: Speak Up on Next Steps for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy!
As we all celebrate the newly-released National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), several questions remain about how the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) and other Federal Agencies should implement it. The new strategy provides a good basic framework, but lacks specific direction on many important issues facing women. If we want them to put women-specific plans in place, we need to …
May 2010 WORLD Retreat – Applications Now Available
WORLD is happy to announce our 34th annual retreat for HIV+ women! The retreat will be held May 24-26, 2010 at the beautiful Bishop Ranch in Healdsburg, California. Come be renewed, refreshed, and inspired, meet new and old friends and take care of YOU! Applications are due May 3, 2010 Download: English Spanish We look forward to seeing you there! For …
Peer Mentors: Alliances That Work
Excerpt of the Spring 2010 article: A Supportive Approach to Supervision for Peers Living with HIV by Janie Riley, originally published by the AIA Liz Bates is a peer working in the field of HIV. When asked how supportive supervision has helped her, she said, “Sometimes clients come to me in crisis. I recently had a client who was homeless …
Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10, 2010 is Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. What’s the big deal about that? Here in the United States, women comprise nearly one-third of HIV infections, up from about 8% in 1984. In many countries around the world, women already represent more than half of HIV infections. Rates of teenage pregnancy and of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have …