Photo Credit: DC HIV/AIDS Examiner by Candace Y.A. Montague
They were beyond ready from the time they stepped onto the corners of the streets of downtown DC. They were Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, Gay, Straight, Transgender, Young, Seasoned, HIV Positive, HIV Negative, Broken and Healed. Armed with not much more than some signs, bells, whistles and brave hearts, the We Can End AIDS…
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“We Can End AIDS” March - A Look Back in Photos
AIDS Protesters March; 13 Arrested at White House
A few hundred marchers took to the streets of downtown D.C. at lunchtime Tuesday and later gathered near the White House as part of the International AIDS Conference, which ended with the arrest of 13 protesters.
The marchers departed from Mount Vernon Square near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center at noon, complete with the aid of a D.C. police escort.
One marcher was Jean Ross,…
New Media in Changing the Response to HIV
By Jeremy Vanderlan, AIDS.gov Technical Deputy, and Michelle Samplin-Salgado, AIDS.gov New Media Strategist
State of New Meda & HIV Panel
L-R: Miguel Gomez, Michelle Samplin-Salgado, Todd Park, Deron Perkins, Venton Jones, Ken Williams, Eunice Gnay Namirembe, Oriol Gutierrez, Ingrid Floyd, Susannah Fox
On Monday, July 23, AIDS.gov hosted a satellite session at AIDS 2012 on the State of…
AIDS conference, young performers tell the world of HIV’s impact on the District and their lives
The six young performers had just two weeks to write the play. The short production would be their chance to share their life experiences before an international audience, a rare opportunity to show people far outside their community what it’s like to come of age in the District.
They were asked: What does it mean to grow up in a city with one of the nation’s highest HIV-infection rates,…
