World AIDS Day: Centering Black & Marginalized Voices in the Fight to End HIV/AIDS

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CHLP Executive Director S. Mandisa Moore-O'Neal will participate in a World AIDS Day panel discussion at the Riverside Church in New York City on Wednesday, December 3.

After decades of hard-fought progress, the fight to end HIV in America stands on fragile ground.

What once felt like unstoppable momentum, a future within reach, is now at risk of being undone. Proposed federal cuts threaten to dismantle the very programs that have saved lives and sustained hope for countless people living with and impacted by HIV.

​These cuts don’t just endanger funding; they endanger futures. They threaten access to care, prevention, housing, research, and the safety nets that protect our most vulnerable. And they come at a moment when Black and LGBTQ+ communities—those most impacted by HIV—are already facing relentless political and cultural attacks.

​But we have been here before. We won’t be silent. And we will not back down without a fight.

This landmark World AIDS Day conversation, hosted by The Prolific Circle, centers our voices, our stories, and our shared vision for a just and healthy future. Together, we’ll affirm that our liberation, our health, and our humanity are not negotiable.

Entry is free with RSVP.