Eye-Opening Journey
Posted on December 21, 2011 by A&U in Features
Professor Bette Dickerson encourages students to take an alternative break & work with others on issues like empowerment, rights and HIV/AIDS During the disco era in the late seventies and early eighties, the dance floor would become electric when all-the-rage hits like “You Make Me Feel Mighty Real,” “Dance Disco Heat,” and “Do You Wanna [...]
Bearing Witness
Posted on December 12, 2011 by A&U in Features, Gallery
Documenting Thirty Years of AIDS, Art Creates a Different Kind of History by Chip Alfred It was the summer of 1981. After several reported cases of a new strain of Kaposi’s sarcoma and a number of reports of pneumocystis among gay men, the Centers for Disease Control published a report. This is often referred to [...]
AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families
Posted on November 27, 2011 by A&U in Features
Since 1994, AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization, has been providing education and public policy advocacy to its community. Founded by the network of Ryan White CARE Act Part D providers and consumers, it offers women, children, youth, and families effective partnerships with care providers, training, and education. In [...]
Thrive!
Posted on November 25, 2011 by A&U in Features
When A&U talked with Jack Mackenroth for a cover story interview last November about his work with Living Positive by Design and life since Project Runway, the Renaissance man encouraged others to thrive with HIV and AIDS: “Be proud of all aspects of yourself. It may not be your favorite trait, but be proud. I’m [...]
Black & White
Posted on November 23, 2011 by A&U in Features
Fighting HIV in African-American Communities Gets a Boost from the Feds by Larry Buhl Amid the encouraging new HIV treatment options comes bad news and worse news regarding the HIV infection rate in the U.S. The CDC’s first multi-year estimates from its national HIV incidence surveillance found that overall, the annual number of new HIV [...]
Moveable Feast
Posted on November 8, 2011 by A&U in Features
When one of Moveable Feast’s delivery vehicles hits a traffic snarl on the streets of Baltimore, those expecting their nutritious and diet-tailored meals may have to wait a few more minutes than usual. When expected funds and contracts to continue services do not come in to Moveable Feast, the clients potentially face a life-changing situation. [...]
Hands-On Healing
Posted on November 7, 2011 by A&U in Features
San Francisco’s Positive Being celebrates ten years of providing healing bodywork to low-income people living with HIV by Brent Calderwood Certified massage therapist Bill Stern, PhD, founded Positive Being three years after he nearly died of complications from AIDS in 1996. “After several close calls, I started seeing a massage therapist regularly,” recalled Stern. “The [...]
Social Mariposa
Posted on November 3, 2011 by A&U in Features
AIDS Advocate Maria Mejia Creates Community, On-Line & in Real Time Text and Photos by Sean Black For the past eleven years, Maria Mejia has dedicated her life to helping others affected by HIV/AIDS. She herself has been positive for over twenty. An active volunteer with the American Red Cross, the Miami-Dade County Health Department, [...]
When in Rome
Posted on October 7, 2011 by A&U in Features
The 6th IAS Pathogenesis Conference doesn’t really end after the closing session by David Miller In 1987 I attended my first AIDS conference, beginning twenty-four years of treatment activism and conference attendance. Now having attended over 200 HIV-specific and related conferences, it is evident to me that each conference offers a series of advances that [...]
Medicines Patent Pool
Posted on September 28, 2011 by A&U in Features
While 6.6 million individuals living with HIV/AIDS in low- and middle-income countries are on antiretroviral therapy as of December 2010, there are nine million who need therapy now but are not receiving it, according to AIDS at 30: Nations at the crossroads, a 2011 UNAIDS report. The need can be met. As the report goes [...]
