Policy action center

We keep you informed on important HIV issues, connect you with Congress, other elected representatives and candidates and give you the tools you need to be a successful HIV advocate.

Congress: Fully fund HIV programs

Congress is debating funding for fiscal year 2023, and they need to hear from their constituents. We can end the HIV epidemic, but not without funding the programs we know are vital to ending this epidemic. Email your members of Congress now.
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Fund the monkeypox response

Email your members of Congress to push them to take monkeypox seriously by fully funding the efforts to stop the spread of monkeypox.
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Congress: Step up and fund housing for people living with HIV

Research has shown that housing is the greatest unmet service need for people living with HIV — and the HOPWA program is the only federal funding dedicated to directly addressing this need.
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Congress: We need funding to end the HIV epidemic

Every year, Congress tells us how much they care about the HIV community through the appropriations process. To reach the ambitious goal of ending the domestic HIV epidemic by 2030, Congress urgently needs to join the administration’s and community’s efforts by increasing investments in public health infrastructure and responses.
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End the overdose crisis, protect harm reduction

We need Congress to immediately fund lifesaving programs that address overdose and HIV among people who inject drugs by providing them with the compassionate, evidence based harm reduction services they need and deserve.
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Congress must fund the HIV workforce

Tell your members of Congress how important it is to support and develop the HIV workforce with the experienced existing network of AIDS Education and Training Centers.
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Voting is HIV advocacy

As leaders in our communities have long recognized, voting is HIV advocacy. Write to your Member of Congress today to demand that they take action to protect our rights and access to voting.
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Protect the reproductive rights and the sexual wellness of all

Tell your legislators to codify into law the right to an abortion and the protections provided in Roe v. Wade. Ask them to also support evidence-based, adolescent sexual health programs.
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The Blood Ban Is Based on Discrimination, Not Science

Tell your members of Congress to act now and remove the harmful restrictions on blood donation for LGBTQ individuals.
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We need the Senate to pass the Equality Act

Tell your senators to pass H.R. 5: The Equality Act, to ensure that those of us who are LGBTQ+ are able to live our lives free of discrimination.
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