On September 5th our beloved friend Nilda Rodriguez was in a serious automobile accident and has been hospitalized for over a month. Thankfully she is stable but has a long road to recovery ahead of her. Nilda is one of WORLD’s hardest working HIV activist in the community and she needs our help. During her recovery, Nilda is going to need monetary help …
WORLD Women Wet & Wild
Over the weekend some of WORLD women enjoyed a relaxing and trip with Healing Waters, a Bay Area organization providing wilderness adventures to people living with HIV. Below are some action shots from the weekend adventure! Check them out at www.hwaters.org
CREW Convening
Last week, WORLD held a convening on The Status of Women’s Health in Alameda County: A Grassroots Perspective at the California Endowment. We had over 70+ people attend, from physicians, to community members, local agencies, advocates, and government officials which created a diverse and dynamic group and discussion. We started the day honoring the CREW researchers and acknowledging all the hard …
Join WORLD for the San Francisco AIDS Walk July 19, 2015
Dear WORLD friends and partners, It’s that special time of year. The time to put on our walking shoes and take some important steps toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic and improving the quality of life for those living and affected by HIV. Please join us for a fun walk in Golden Gate Park on July 19th. It really is alot …
Well Beyond HIV
Sylvia Britt, 51 and HIV-positive for many years, is peer advocate for WORLD, an organization that helps HIV-positive women. Sylvia Britt was lying alone in a hospital bed, exhausted and ill from a long bout of pneumonia, when she learned she was HIV-positive. Someone from the hospital — she can’t recall who it was — had let the diagnosis slip …
What’s New at WORLD: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
March 10th marked National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. For this monumental day for women and girls across the country, WORLD teamed up with AIDS Healthcare Foundation and community partners Cal-PEP and Allen Temple to Talk About SEX. Let’s Talk About SEX: An Intergenerational Dialogue, brought younger and older women together at …