J. Donté Prayer Wins Vanguard Award at Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Ball
J. Donté Prayer is NCAAN’s Health Access Coordinator, as well as the founder of R.O.L.E. Models, a program that utilizes fashion as a tool for health promotion and HIV awareness in the black community. We sat down with Donté for a Q&A about his HIV advocacy, House/Ballroom culture, and his favorite categories. Where were […]
Job Posting: Ella/Her Project Organizer
The North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN) works to improve the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS and affected communities through outreach and public education, policy advocacy, and community-building to increase visibility and mutual support of people living with HIV/AIDS throughout our state. NCAAN centers our work on advocacy, organizing, and leadership and is guided by the […]
ACA Insurance for People Living with HIV in North Carolina 2022
Click below to access the full PDF document with helpful information to assist with ACA insurance for people living with HIV in North Carolina. ACA Enrollment 2022 – HIV Community Updates (PDF Document) Enrollment 2022 – HIV Community Updates Sign up for a plan on the ACA Marketplace at healthcare.gov or by calling 1-800-318-2596. If you […]
Building Power Across the Spectrum 2021 — Recordings & Additional Resources
Day 1→ November 5th, 2021 Ballroom Community — Intersection of Harm Reduction & HIV Session Recording (Ballroom Community — Intersection of Harm Reduction & HIV) Additional Resources: Ballroom We Care (website) – www.ballroomwecare.org ChemSex Ed Session Recording (ChemSex Ed) Powerpoint (ChemSex Ed) Chemsex 101 – Beyond NC’s Good Samaritan Law Session Recording (Beyond […]
Building Power Across the Spectrum 2021 Program
Instructions: Click on the title of the session you want to attend and you will be directly sent to the Zoom link for that session. All times on the agenda are Eastern Standard Time (EST). Friday, November 5th 9:30am Welcome 10am – 11am Workshops ChemSex Ed Ballroom Community – Intersection of HIV & Harm […]
Press Release – Lee Storrow Announces Transition from the North Carolina AIDS Action Network
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: August 5, 2021 Lee Storrow Announces Transition from the North Carolina AIDS Action Network Raleigh – After seven years at the helm of the organization, the North Carolina AIDS Action Network executive director, Lee Storrow, announced today that he will be transitioning out of his current role at the North Carolina […]
Medicaid Protection in North Carolina is More Crucial Now Than Ever Before
With the arrival of vaccines, North Carolinians can see a light of hope at the end of the long pandemic tunnel. And yet, medical costs continue to rise and funds for those most vulnerable in our state continue to dwindle. Healthcare already costs too much, and many of those living in the rural and lower […]
Pass? Fail? How about Cured?
Medicaid removing sobriety requirements for treating people with Hepatitis C is a massive step in the right direction towards ending Hepatitis C in North Carolina. Hepatitis C, which is notorious for having no symptoms until liver damage is present, is contracted via blood to blood contact. The only way to know your Hepatitis C status […]
Medicaid is Crucial to Ending the HIV Epidemic
In the fight to end HIV transmissions in North Carolina, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) are paramount in the biomedical prevention of HIV. PrEP is a once-daily pill that reduces the chance of HIV acquisition to effectively zero (if taken as prescribed) and PEP an emergency 28-day regimen that can be used within […]
Medicaid is Part of the Intergenerational Support We Need
The global handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the communities disproportionately impacted has highlighted the lack of intergenerational public health solutions crafted to address the healthcare needs of the entire family. People of color have accounted for the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. For reasons related to COVID-19 or not, there are families […]