Category Archives: HIV/AIDS

D.C. to host International AIDS Conference Amidst City’s Epidemic

Listen to Larry Bryant on Voice of Russia Radio [Audio clip: view full post to listen] It’s been more than twenty years since the International AIDS Conference was last held in the U.S. That’ll change in July when an expected … Continue reading

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Unlike Mayor, AIDS Activists Face Serious Sentences for Civil Disobedience

Listen to Matthew Kavanagh and Antonio Davis on TheFightBack on We Act Radio: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 Last year, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray went to jail when he and forty others committed an act of … Continue reading

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TheFightBack, Feb. 11: AIDS Activists Prosecuted, Occupy DC Evicted, Meet Candidate Walmart

LISTEN TO FULL SHOW FROM FEB. 11: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download MP3 This week on TheFightBack we hear from occupier Jason McGaughey who spoke with TheFightBack as Occupy DC was being evicted by U.S. Park Police … Continue reading

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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

LISTEN TO ABBY CHARLES: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “You could tell a woman, ‘Here’s a condom. This is how you protect yourself.’ She could know all the facts about how to protect herself. But if … Continue reading

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Activist/Organizer Larry Bryant On AIDS 2012 Coming to D.C. and the Mayor’s Commission on HIV/AIDS

LISTEN TO LARRY BRYANT, PART 2 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Friday, as the city’s leading provider of clean needles closed its doors, Mayor Vincent Gray announced that the District of Columbia will host the 2012 … Continue reading

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Gray Welcomes World AIDS Community to D.C.; Does Nothing to Stop Leading Clean Needle Provider From Closing

LISTEN TO DAMI SMITH [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Friday at 11:00 AM at the John A. Wilson Building, Mayor Vincent Gray will take part in a press conference announcing that D.C. will host the 2012 … Continue reading

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Is HIV/AIDS a Top Priority for D.C.’s Leaders?

LISTEN TO LARRY BRYANT, PART 1 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 PreventionWorks is scheduled to close tomorrow and D.C.’s top elected officials – who have been uninformed or misinformed – have expressed little-to-no interest in having … Continue reading

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Prevention Works

LISTEN TO RON HARRIS [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 “If one of us has HIV, all of us have HIV. If one of us is in jail… all of us are in jail. If one of … Continue reading

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The Right to Housing, the Right to Shelter & Combating HIV/AIDS

On December 1st, World AIDS Day, journalist Pete Tucker gave the following speech, connecting homlessness, the lack of affordable housing and economic injustice with the spread of HIV & AIDS. Full text of speech below the embedded video. Mayor Adrian … Continue reading

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The “We Shall Overcome” Award

LISTEN TO CHERYL BARNES [Audio clip: view full post to listen] download mp3 Wednesday evening at the Washington Peace Center’s Activist Awards, Cheryl K. Barnes will be honored with the “We Shall Overcome Award” for her tireless work on behalf … Continue reading

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