Tennessee AIDS Advocacy Network

08/24/2020

National Rural Health Service Providers COVID-19 Resources Survey

Help us understand the resource needs of RHSPs

Do you operate an RHSP? Please consider participating in this 10-minute, voluntary, and confidential survey to share your experiences. Findings from this survey will be summarized in a brief report and will inform planning and policy conversations. This survey will close on September 7, 2020.

http://surveys.cardeaservices.org/s3/RHSP-COVID

National Rural Health Service Providers COVID-19 Resources Survey.

08/20/2020

Coming up at 1pm, after the Lunch Plenary!

During this session, we will focus on the lives of immigrants, people living with HIV, Trans and Black communities who are taxpayers but are systematically left out of federal, state, and local relief and aid during the COVID-19 pandemic and disasters. that often impact the health status of our communities. Being in the Southeast, we also experiment with policies that harm the daily lives of those most impacted and affected by HIV such as homelessness, lack of resources, and stigma.

This session will be conducted in Spanish with interpretation available in English.

08/19/2020

We're participating in , a nonpartisan initiative encouraging EVERYONE to get out and VOTE EARLY this fall! Early voting is the best way to ensure the voting process is safe, healthy, and effective for all Tennesseans. Stay tuned for more! https://bit.ly/VoteEarlyTN

Who We Are: We’re excited to introduce VoteEarlyTN, a nonpartisan public information initiative created by Congressman Jim Cooper designed to educate and excite people about early voting. This initiative allows participants to engage their community by “adopting” one of the 14 days of early vo...

08/08/2020

Council Lady Sharon W. Hurt, it's time to reexamine the HIV criminalization laws.

VIDEO: Metro Councilwoman compares people who transmit COVID-19 without wearing a mask, to those who transmit HIV; asks for them to be similarly charged in the criminal court system - asking if Metro Council can create such legislation. She's visibly disappointed when she learns she doesn't have tha

07/28/2020

The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 2013, allows organ transplants from donors with HIV to recipients with HIV in approved research studies in the United States.

Kidney transplantation from deceased donors with HIV to people living with both HIV and end-stage kidney disease is feasible and safe, investigators supported by the National Institutes of Health have found. Their study demonstrates that the pool of available kidneys for people with HIV can be expan...

06/27/2020

Today is National HIV Testing Day, and the theme for 2020 is “Knowing” — knowing your status and knowing your options.

Due to COVID-19, getting tested for HIV is not as accessible as it used to be, but there are safe and innovative options available, such as FDA approved self-test kits.

Check out this blog to learn more about the struggles of HIV testing during COVID-19 and how you can get tested now.

https://loom.ly/qv5wscY

If you flashback to the beginning of 2020, receiving an HIV test was easy as picking a clinic, walking in, answering a few questions and having your blood drawn

06/27/2020

Today is National HIV Testing Day. Learn about self-testing options that don’t require going to a clinic or a provider’s office! https://bit.ly/2AhexD6external icon

Today is National HIV Testing Day. Learn about self-testing options that don’t require going to a clinic or a provider’s office! https://www.cdc.gov/stophivtogether/hiv-testing/index.html

06/19/2020

Join Tennessee AIDS Advocacy Network, Nashville CARES, Nashville Black Pride, Street Works, Friends For Life Corporation, and The PAIGE TOMORROW for Virtual "A Taste of Summer - Care with Pride Celebration".

Join us for music, games, and giveaways via Zoom, Facebook Live, and/or YouTube TV from 11:00AM - 2:00 PM tomorrow Saturday, June 20th

06/15/2020

The purpose of Men’s Health Week is to heighten the awareness of preventable health problems and encourage early detection and treatment of disease among men and boys. Head over to http://www.menshealthmonth.org/week.html for more information on Men’s Health Week.

06/04/2020

Each June 5, we observe HIV Long-Term Survivors Day to honor survivors of the epidemic and raise awareness of their needs, issues, and journeys.

HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day (HLTSAD), on June 5, 2020, focuses on the present-day needs, issues, strengths, and resiliencies of people longest with HIV/AIDS.

The 2020 theme, Not Our First Pandemic, an invitation to survivors to share our insights from surviving AIDS for 40 years.

06/04/2020

Living and Aging with HIV during the COVID-19 Pandemic:
Fears, Facts and Resilience

Wednesday, June 10
1 p.m.

Panelists
Tez Anderson
Founder, Let's Kick ASS (AIDS Survivor Syndrome)

Barb Cardell
Chair, Positive Women's Network, U.S.A.
Steering Committee U.S. People Living with HIV Caucus

Ronald S. Johnson
Senior Policy Fellow, AIDS United
Retired Vice President of Policy and Advocacy, AIDS United

Melanie A. Reese
Executive Director, Older Women Embracing Life (OWEL)

Moderator
Carole Treston, RN, MPH, ACRN, FAAN
Executive Director, Association of Nurses in AIDS Care


Topics covered include:
HIV and Aging during COVID-19
Stressors, fears and strategies for coping
Supporting mental health and resilience

Copy & paste the link below to register now!

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6029656203332756491

05/30/2020

TAAN is joining with our colleagues in grieving yet another devastating loss.

Rest in power. Dr. Ron Simmons, trailblazing gay and HIV/AIDS activist, and educator.

Read more about Dr. Simmons' beautiful life and his many contributions to the struggle: https://bit.ly/2M85do5

BAI is grieving the loss of trailblazing gay and HIV/AIDS activist and educator Dr. Ron Simmons. Thank you for everything you have given to us, Sir.

Rest in power.

Read more about Dr. Simmons' beautiful life and his many contributions to the struggle: https://bit.ly/2M85do5

05/27/2020

Larry Kramer, the noted writer whose raucous, antagonistic campaign for an all-out response to the AIDS crisis helped shift national health policy in the 1980s and ’90s, died on this morning in Manhattan. He was 84.

He sought to shock the country into dealing with AIDS as a public-health emergency and foresaw that it could kill millions regardless of sexual orientation.

05/26/2020

The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) is hosting a webinar "Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes"

Wednesday, May 27
2 p.m. ET

Faculty
Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, AACRN, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN
Founder and CEO, The S.D.F. Group, LLC
Greater New York City - Black Nurses Association

Michele Crespo-Fierro, PhD, MPH, RN, AACRN
NYU Meyers College of Nursing
President, National Association of Hispanic Nurses - NY Chapter
Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine

Pat Daoust, MSN, RN, FAAN
Center for Global Health
Massachusetts General Hospital

Topics to be discussed:
Disparities in COVID-19 outcomes in African Americans
Disparities in COVID-19 outcomes in Native populations
Disparities in COVID-19 outcomes in Latinos
Register now.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

04/14/2020

Is COVID-19 Becoming a Black Disease?

Join the conversation on COVI-19 and Black communities sponsored by the Black AIDS Institute, Southern AIDS Coalition, Harvard University CFAR, Multicultural AIDS Coalition on Tuesday, April 14 CT/3PM ET

Copy and paste the link to register -> https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5348518644314555659

04/13/2020

The Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) will be hosting webinars every Wednesday focusing on topics important to HIV/AIDS healthcare teams and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wednesday, April 15
1 p.m. ET

PrEP, sexual health and risk reduction in the time of COVID-19

Faculty
Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, AGPCNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Professor, Division of Advanced Nursing Practice
Rutgers University School of Nursing

Elizabeth Glaser, PhD, MS
Public Health Researcher
Visiting Research Scholar, The Heller School for Policy and Management at Brandeis University

Damon Jacobs, LMFT
HIV Prevention Specialist, PrEP Advocate
Counselor, New York City

Topics to be discussed:

*Innovations and modifications to existing PrEP protocols that may be needed in the COVID-19 pandemic

*Strategies to support patients/clients in maintaining sexual health and reducing sexual risk during the COVID-19 outbreak
Register now.

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2654248963373215245