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On World AIDS Day, a look back at 2014
JANUARY: Inauguration of Mayor de Blasio Bill de Blasio, was sworn in as New York’s 109th mayor. His election ushered in a new, progressive city administration. De Blasio, who campaigned on a platform of eliminating inequality, is the first liberal official to serve as the city’s top executive in 20 years. The new mayor appointed…
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Correr por una razón: Alison Desir
Alison Desir es probablemente superwoman en tren de rodaje. Ella llegó a nuestra reunión temprano, se vistió para correr, (por supuesto), y estaba totalmente en calma, a pesar de estar en algún lugar en medio de su cuarto día de su carrera. “Todo el mundo piensa que estoy siempre a punto de salir a correr”,…
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Running for a Reason: Alison Desir
Want to run the NYC United Airlines Half Marathon? Learn more about how you can get guaranteed entry to the race and a customized training plan at harlemunited.org/running Alison Desir is probably superwoman—in running gear. She arrived to our meeting early, dressed to run, (of course), and was totally calm, despite being somewhere in the…
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Harlem United launches search for new CEO
Isaacson Miller leading the search; Interim CEO Steven Bussey to remain in role until permanent successor identified Harlem United announced today that the agency has launched a search for its next Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors has engaged search firm Isaacson Miller and will work with current interim CEO Steven C. Bussey to…
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7 Questions & Answers About PrEP to Prevent HIV
Let’s Start with the basics: What exactly IS PrEP? PrEP stands for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis and is an HIV-prevention method in which people who do not have HIV can take a pill daily to reduce their risk of becoming infected. The treatment named Truvada© contains two of the medications that can be used to treat people who already…
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White House visits Harlem United
Harlem United was honored to host Douglas Brooks, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. He visited to learn from our success and challenges to inform his work nationwide. While he was here, Mr. Brooks and his team met not only with senior staff who shared the details of our work–including housing as…
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Douglas M. Brooks, White House Director of Office of National AIDS Policy visits
Yesterday, Harlem United was honored to host Douglas Brooks, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. We are one of just a few agencies that Mr. Brooks is visiting during his regional listening tour and he’s looking to us to learn from our success and challenges to inform his work nationwide. While he…
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Getting happy at Pride
June capped off an exciting and event-packed LGBTQ Pride Month for Harlem United. Staff were on-hand at Harlem Pride, Brooklyn Pride, Queens Pride, and New York City Pride to provide rapid HIV testing to Pride-goers and to distribute information and resources for safer sex and HIV/STI prevention. The Harlem United family came out in full…
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Governor Cuomo’s Plan to End AIDS
On behalf of the thousands served by Harlem United, we applaud Governor Cuomo’s bold endorsement of the Plan to End AIDS in New York State, announced yesterday, just hours before the 45th annual Gay Pride Parade. The Plan, called ‘Bending the Curve,’ aims to identify, track, and treat people with HIV, with the goal of ending…
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