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Making positive justice possible.

CHLP is an abolitionist legal and policy organization that envisions and works for a world where HIV and other stigmatized health conditions are no longer criminalized but met with compassion and the resources to thrive.

Introducing the CHLP 2023 Impact Report

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View a pdf of the 2023 Impact Report.

This first-of-its-kind report from CHLP highlights our work to manifest change and advance our mission throughout 2023. Our first year under the leadership of Executive Director S. Mandisa Moore-O’Neal was one of transformation and grounded reassessments during which CHLP:

  • Adopted a new mission, vision, and unapologetically abolitionist framework that has become a model for the HIV justice movement;
  • Celebrated the DOJ findings that HIV criminal laws violate the ADA, based on an innovative legal strategy developed by CHLP;
  • Challenged the CDC on Molecular HIV Surveillance policy and created a roadmap for advocates on how to address MHS with lawmakers; 
  • Demanded improvements to the Older Americans Act while working to develop a legal primer for people living and aging with HIV, and much more.

The vital partnership of our friends, colleagues, and funders is crucial to this and the important work that lies ahead. Thank you for your continued support.

 

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Our Work Continues … the Political Terrain is Steeper

S. Mandisa Moore-O'Neal (she/her)
Executive Director, CHLP
Let me be extremely clear: We will not be deterred or derailed. Our work continues and we will continue to do it well and offer a sound assessment of the political conditions we are in as a part of the legal and policy analysis so many have come to rely on and expect from us.
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Our LGBTQIA2S+ community has risen again and again to meet moments that have challenged our rights, our humanity, and our freedom.

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CHLP, the National Viral Hepatitis Roundtable (NVHR), and the Capitol Area Reentry Program worked with CHLPI on public comments on The State of Louisiana Section 1115 Waiver Application to The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Visionary Justice

If you share CHLP's vision of radical, transformative, and Visionary Justice, please donate to our fundraising campaign. The entire CHLP team thanks you for your solidarity and support. We cannot create the world we all deserve without you! 

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Find Laws In Your State

Information on HIV criminalization laws and policies in every state based on research for CHLP's Sourcebook on State and Federal HIV Criminal Law and Practice.

Latest Resources

CHLP's National Resource Center on HIV, Infectious Disease, Sexual Health and Identity is a comprehensive database of materials to inform and support sound laws and advocacy around stigmatized identities.

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