A Look Into 2026 for North Carolina HIV Advocacy

A graphic that reads "A Look Into 2026" and North Carolina AIDS Action Network's logo in front of a red ribbon.

As we move out of World AIDS Day into 2026, HIV policy advocacy in North Carolina is more urgent than ever. Now is the time for concrete action!   Federal funding streams like the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program and state decisions around Medicaid or public health funding directly affect whether ASOs and community health clinics […]

World AIDS Day Shirts: A Celebration in Style

A collage of four images showing the shirts NCAAN made in collaboration with AIDS Service Organizations across the state. Two images are the shirt laid on the ground. Two are groups of people wearing the shirts, one of which is in front of the AIDS quilt.

Across North Carolina, HIV and AIDS Service Organizations (ASOs) showed up and showed out for this year’s World AIDS Day. From bowling in Belmont to visiting the AIDS quilt in Asheville, our communities marked the day in powerful ways.   This year, it was an honor to co-create custom World AIDS Day shirts for organizations […]

VIDEO: Ready to Rise: Moving HIV Policy in 2026 Panel

Image of panelists at the table for the event.

The “Ready to Rise: Moving HIV Policy in 2026” event, hosted by the NC AIDS Action Network (NCAAN), served as a critical post-World AIDS Day Policy Panel featuring North Carolinians leading the way to address the impacts of HIV and end the AIDS epidemic.

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.

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, […]

HIV Speaks on Jones Street 2023

The North Carolina AIDS Action Network is excited to announce HIV Speaks on Jones Street on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023 in Raleigh, NC. This event serves as a chance for our community of HIV, Harm Reduction, and Viral Hepatitis advocates from across the state to come together and meet with state policymakers to speak on […]

COVID-19 Protocols — Building Power Across the Spectrum 2021

For Day 2 of BPAS 2021, we will be implementing COVID-19 safety protocols to help us facilitate this conference as safely as possible.  We will be requiring all in-person conference attendees to be tested for COVID-19 and provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours prior to attending Building Power Across the Spectrum […]

Building Power Across the Spectrum 2021

  Join us on Friday, November 5th – Saturday, November 6th, 2021 to learn how to improve lives and fight for the rights of people living with HIV and hepatitis, people who use drugs and affected communities from grassroots leaders and respected experts.  This year, Building Power Across the Spectrum 2021 will be a hybrid […]

Medicaid Managed Care: What NC Needs to Know Webinar

Join us for our upcoming webinar, Medicaid Managed Care: What North Carolina Needs to Know, on Thursday, June 10th at 10am EST. We will be joined by our partners at the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy and the National Health Law Program for an update on the transition to Medicaid Managed Care and what Medicaid […]