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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 7h

feature panelists Elder Antoinettea Etienne, Yolanda Diaz, and Marlene Knowles. Join us on Wed, Oct 22nd at 7PM ET on our Facebook here: fb.me/e/65mGCZu9Z

PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 7h

PWN-New York invites members and the community to join us for a Facebook live event to discuss intimate partner violence and relevant statistics among women living with HIV. Our conversation will be facilitated by Dawn Trotter and

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 1d

The weaponization of the National Guard, increased presence of ICE, and expansion of carceral public health practices are all connected under the Trump regime’s white nationalist agenda. Read more about what PWN has to say on the Poz blog: linktr.ee/PWN_USA

PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 1d

This week, the Trump regime began deploying the national guard to Chicago & threatened the arrest of the Mayor of Chicago and Governor of Illinois. This comes in light of ramped-up violent ICE operations that have prompted mass protest and outrage.

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 4d

This event is open to members and allies and will be hosted by Mary Lucero Hill, Kari Perry, and Barb Cardell. Please save the date!

You can register at bit.ly/PWNCO-DOA-2025

PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 4d

If you are looking for a way to support women living with HIV, please join PWN Colorado as we hold a viewing party for our National Day of Action Awareness video and discussion on Sun, October 12th from 4-5:30pm MT.

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 7d

Check out this guide PWN created to help our community navigate disclosure and our demands for allies and supporters: bit.ly/NavigatingDisclosure 🔥 Share with a close friend! #EndVAWHIV #PWNSpeaks #DayofAction

PWN Disclosure & IPV Toolkit USCHA 25.pdf | Powered by Box

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 7d

As we know from the stories of Cicely Bolden and Elisha Henson, disclosure of your status can lead to stigma, pain, and violence. Disclosure is complicated, and it’s not always empowering.

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 7d

Did you know that 50% of women living with HIV have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV)? 👀 For those of us living with HIV—especially those of us who are also survivors of IPV—navigating disclosure is not just a personal decision. It’s a survival strategy.

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 8d

To accompany it, there is a discussion guide that you can use to engage with this issue on a deeper level on your own or in community. You can find the video and discussion guide here: linktr.ee/PWN_USA

PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 8d

Watch the full video of honest, raw, and inspiring testimony from folks who have lived every kind of violence that people face, and still choose to engage and organize in community with the deepest love possible.

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 8d

As a part of our #PWNCares program, we released a series of videos with PWN members discussing topics that matter most to them. This Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month we want to uplift the video about Ending Violence Against Women Living with HIV.

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 28d

Who should come: This event is free and open to Houston community.

RSVP for location: bit.ly/sewpwngha

Community Liberation Quilt As a Community We're Better Together!! · Positive Women's Network USA

# Resistance is our duty. Liberation is our calling. ## Quilting is a powerful way people living with HIV have connected their love & loss over years of struggle for justice and equity. Today, the ...

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 28d

create a space that allows the community to share how these decisions are impacting us on the ground; and, to educate the community about CD18.

What: PWN GHA Free 2-day Community Liberation Quilt Event
When: Saturday, Sep 20 at 11aCT and Sunday, Sep 21 at 12pCT

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 28d

we must work together to create the world we deserve. This quilting event is a teaching space to not only learn how to quilt for those who may be interested but the finished product will become a part of our campaign to hold elected officials accountable for the harmful decisions they’ve made;

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · 28d

Resistance is our duty. Liberation is our calling.

Quilting is a powerful way people living with HIV have connected their love & loss over years of struggle for justice and equity. Today, the quilt patchwork serves as a reminder that we all are connected and

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 5

These politicians will not tell us that our lives are disposable. We are not fighting just to save our lives ― We are fighting for the future.
-Marnina Miller
@pwnusa.bsky.social
#SaveHIVFunding
Photo: Courtesy Getty Images for Save HIV Funding campaign

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Bill McColl @caphilldcne.bsky.social · Sep 5

HIV Community standing up against cuts with a new HIV Quilt showing what will happen if we cut federal funding. #cutskill

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · Sep 5

PWN represented at the #CutsKill Action in DC this morning! We're telling Congress to save lives by saving HIV funding!

"When Ryan White is under attack, what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!"
#HIVResists

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POZ Magazine @pozmagazine.bsky.social · Sep 5

HIV funding rally at the Capitol. #CutsKill #SaveHIVfunding #2025USCHA #USCHA @prep4allnow.bsky.social @housingworksnyc.bsky.social @sfaidsfound.bsky.social @pozmagazine.bsky.social

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HIVMA @hivma.bsky.social · Sep 5

HIVMA team unveiling our
#CutsKill Quilt. We are advocating to
#SaveHIVFunding, these cuts threaten millions of American lives!

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 4

AJ Scruggs speaks about "Guys Like Us," an intimate training program for trans men w lived experience that explores how they are being treated when they enter care, learning how to deliver speeches, & using social media to share messaging across diverse networks.

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PWN-USA @pwnusa.bsky.social · Sep 4

This morning PWN hosted it’s very own USCHA Institute, More Than One Truth: A Gender Justice Call to Action 🔥 We heard from PWN staff, board, and accomplices about the power of women living with HIV and the need to center gender justice in our movement #USCHA2025

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 2

Kicking off our pre-Institute!

Thank you to Tori Cooper (HRC) for hosting us & for all of our anchor networks for coming through. (SERO Project, @pwnusa.bsky.social, & @equalityfed.bsky.social in the house).

We start with joy & are moving straight onto business = charting our future course.

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plhivcaucus.bsky.social @plhivcaucus.bsky.social · Sep 4

Showing solidarity and allyship is about actions. It doesn't have to be a grand gesture. Sometimes it's wearing a T-shirt (such as @TheSeroProject's "HIV Is Not a Crime" shirt) to show where you stand and who you rock with.
-Diedre Speaks
@pwnusa.bsky.social

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