2025 World AIDS Day Events in North Carolina
Whether a Tea Dance or the AIDS Quilt, an expert-helmed luncheon or a holiday parade, join these events happening around North Carolina to support the awareness of World AIDS Day.
NCAAN Attends Encuentro 2025 to Advance Health Justice in the South
The NCAAN team joins with other public health leaders and grassroots organizers from Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to share skills around healthcare access, protecting immigrant communities, and collective resistance at the annual Encuentro event.
NCAAN, the Southern AIDS Coalition, and Latinos in the South Announce the Ella/Her Project
In collaboration with Southern AIDS Coalition and Latinos in the South, learn about Ella/Her, our project for Black women and Latinas in North Carolina who are often left out of HIV prevention (PrEP and PEP) and sexual health education.
A North Carolina HIV Policy Brief for 2025
The NCAAN and PWN-USA 2025 policy brief is a vital resource for anyone advocating for the health and rights of people living with HIV in North Carolina. It provides a clear roadmap of the most urgent federal and state policy issues, complete with challenges and recommendations to guide advocacy efforts.
The GROW Project: Growing Rights the Organizing Way
The GROW Project is a transformative initiative by the North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN) designed to expand HIV advocacy across South Carolina, empower community voices, and build a sustainable grassroots movement.
NCDHHS, Partners Highlight Importance of HIV Work Amid Federal Funding Cuts
El Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Carolina del Norte y sus socios destacan la importancia del trabajo contra el VIH en medio de los recortes de fondos federales — Versión en español abajo PRESS RELEASE — Today the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services joined the NC AIDS Action Network for […]
In Wake of Federal Funding Threats, ‘HIV Speaks’ SC Event Pivots to Strategy & Community Power-Building Day
Columbia, SC — In response to looming federal budget cuts that threaten HIV care and community health services, the North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN) has shifted its upcoming HIV Speaks on Gervais Street event to a Strategy & Planning Day focused on advocacy training and long-term movement building across South Carolina. The event will […]
HIV Speaks Throughout the Carolinas in 2025!
The North Carolina AIDS Action Network is excited to announce HIV Speaks on Jones Street on Tuesday, May 20th, 2025 in Raleigh, NC AND—for the first time—HIV Speaks on Gervais Street on Tuesday May 6th, 2025 in Columbia, SC! HIV Speaks is an advocacy (not lobbying) day! Your church can come, your business can come, […]
Empowering Women to End the Epidemic, One WE Team at a Time
Esther Ross was already a seasoned community advocate when she began working with NCAAN’s Women Empowerment (WE) Teams. “I was diagnosed with HIV in 1993 while living and working in New York City,” she explains. “I’ve been part of the community for a long time.” A plain-spoken social worker with a Master’s degree in Human […]
NC AIDS Action Network supports non-discrimination
We’ve written on our blog in the past about the intersection of (gay) marriage, HIV stigma, and LGBTQ rights. I’m reminded of how our issues intersect today as the Charlotte City Council prepares to debate and vote on proposed fully-inclusive non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ citizens. As the largest city in North Carolina, Charlotte sets a […]