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The Faith Compass Center

Our aim is to collaborate with Christian and interfaith partners to deepen their understanding of and engagement with their communities’ health challenges.

The Faith COMPASS (COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing Health Disparities in Southern States) Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity advances the capacity of faith communities to address HIV/AIDS and other health inequities. The Faith COMPASS (COMmitment to Partnership in Addressing Health Disparities in Southern States) Center at Wake Forest University School of Divinity advances the capacity and organizational resiliency of faith communities to address HIV/AIDS in the US South. Through transformative storytelling, informative educational offerings, strategic grantmaking, and broad dissemination, we partner with faith organizations to shift narratives away from stigma toward life-enhancing possibilities.

10/23/2025

Starting a successful health ministry is one of the best ways faith communities can combat stigma and directly contribute to better health outcomes.

Here’s an adapted version of 10 Steps to Starting a Health Ministry by Gary Gunderson, DDiv, MDiv. To access the full resource, which includes details for each step, use the link below:

https://www.faithhealthtransformation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Steps-to-Starting-a-Health-Ministry.pdf

If you are interested in starting a health ministry in your community and would like support from our center, please contact us at compass@wfu.edu

10/15/2025

October 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), also referred to as National Latine AIDS Awareness Day or National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day.

is an opportunity to help address the disproportionate impact of HIV in Hispanic/Latine communities, promote HIV testing, and stop HIV stigma.

This observance is also a community mobilization effort that helps promote effective ways to prevent, treat, and stop the transmission of HIV among Hispanic/Latine people.

09/23/2025

📣 We are postponing our screening and discussion of GOSPEL. A new date will be determined soon.

09/18/2025

September 18th is National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day.

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAD) is observed each year to focus on the increasing number of people who, because of major advancements in HIV treatment, are living long, full lives with HIV. The awareness day also calls attention to the unique health and social needs, as well as the challenges of HIV prevention, testing, treatment, and care among people who are aging.

09/16/2025

We are rounding out season 2 of the Faith Against Stigma Podcast by highlighting four more episodes featuring health practitioners and faith leaders committed to ending HIV-related stigma.

🎧 Episodes from the second season are available now.

Use the link below to listen today:
https://faithagainststigma.my.canva.site/season-1

09/09/2025

Can you imagine faith communities that rise above stigma? We can!

From strategies to action plans, the Faith Against Stigma Podcast brings together faith leaders and health practitioners to dismantle harmful HIV-related narratives and promote wellbeing .

🎧 Episodes from the second season are available now.

Listen today, using the link below: https://faithagainststigma.my.canva.site/season-1

09/02/2025

We’re wrapping up our National Faith & HIV/AIDS Awareness Day campaign and observation with a word from our Executive Director as well as our ambassadors and grantees.

We remain committed to empowering you and your community, as we all work together to eliminate stigma and end the epidemic.

08/31/2025

Happy Sunday! We asked our grantees and ambassadors, what’s one message they’d share to help break stigma around HIV in faith communities?

Check out some of their responses and let us know what message you would share.

08/29/2025

What’s one small action a faith community can take to support people living with HIV?

Our ambassadors and partners share their thoughts!

08/27/2025

Why is National Faith & HIV/AIDS Awareness Day important to you and your community?

Our grantees and ambassadors shared their thoughts with us in observance of this year’s

Read their thoughts and let us know yours in the comments!

08/25/2025

We’re kicking off National Faith & HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with a word from our Executive Director, Dr. Stacy Smallwood!

Traditionally observed on the last Sunday of August, National Faith & HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NFHAAD) is a day to engage faith communities to work together for HIV/AIDS education, prevention, treatment, care, and support, and to reduce and eliminate stigma and discrimination.

This year, the Faith COMPASS Center will be observing National Faith & HIV/AIDS Awareness Day all week long with thoughts from our partners, grantees, and ambassadors.

Stay tuned for more!

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