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Help SHYAC expand the advocacy spheres of comprehensive sex education campaigns, juvenile justice reform, and LGBTQ rights to include sexual health literacy and sexual/reproductive care access for youth in state custody and out-of-home care.
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CHLP's Amir Sadeghi joins this ACT UP NY webinar on Thursday, October 29th at 6pm ET to unpack the criminalization of people living with HIV, and provide a national-legal overview of reforms to disease-specific criminal law.

In late September, CHLP joined several civil rights groups on an amicus brief in support of a petition for writ of habea

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CHLP submitted testimony regarding the importance of taking a public health rather than criminal law enforcement approach to COVID-19, as well as the need to address failures in the state’s response to COVID-19 in prisons, jails, psychiatric hospitals, and other settings of confinement.
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Groups argue the Senate must prioritize COVID-19 relief over a rushed SCOTUS confirmation process for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a problematic nominee with a record of hostility to rights critically important to people with disabilities.
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CHLP's Amir Sadeghi joins the Counter Narrative Project (CNP) on Facebook Live for a panel discussion on the criminalization of people living with HIV.

On Tuesday, September 22, CHLP's Marguerite Schauer joins the Illinois HIV Action Alliance for a discussion explori

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Positive Justice Project Advisory Committee presents a webinar on the intersections of U=U and HIV criminal law reform.
This New York Daily News op-ed supporting CHLP-endorsed contact tracing legislation was penned by Alice Fontier at Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem and Kevin Vanderhook from Riverside Church.