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An Important Week for the HIV Community
[lead] This week the White House released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS): Updated to 2020 and we are pumped! [/lead] The plan updates the five-year-old original NHAS, and looks ahead to 2020 as a guide for collective action of agencies, community-based organizations, the scientific, medical communities and coalitions of people living with HIV in the…
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We Have A lot to Celebrate and More Work to Do!
This has been an amazing couple of weeks. Supreme Court decisions and budget and legislative sessions leave us with a lot to celebrate, but there is more work to do! Harlem United senior leaders, policy staff, staff advocates and consumers have travelled to Albany, Washington DC and City Hall to participate in countless meetings with…
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Swallow This
Did you know that there is a pill you can take daily to prevent HIV? If you didn’t, you’re not alone. We surveyed 1,347 men who have sex with men in New York City and less than half had heard of PrEP, but once we told them what PrEP is — a daily pill that is…
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We launch Swallow This
Swallow This was our award-winning campaign to educate our communities about PrEP, a pill you can take daily to prevent HIV. PrEP is remarkably effective at preventing HIV and through a study we conducted, we determined that the people we serve would benefit from it and when they learned about it were very interested in starting,…
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Pride & Prevention
We talk with David Lopez about the connection between LGBTQ Pride and HIV testing & prevention. It’s chock full of interesting stats and important information. [powerpress]
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What do knitting & the Affordable Care Act have in common? Olga Keber.
[lead]“Harlem United is like a big family. I’ve felt that from the very beginning.”[/lead] Olga Ambert Keber came to Harlem United in 2007 as a social worker. She worked as a case manager at El Faro for three years before she was promoted to Director of Operations where she remained for another 3 years. “I…
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Kimberleigh Smith is so VOCAL
Kimberleigh Smith, our vice president of Policy, Advocacy & Communications, will be the 2015 recipient of the Joe Capestany VOCAL for Justice Award at the She’s So VOCAL Gala on Thursday, June 18th. Kimberleigh will be receiving the award from Dr. Mary T. Bassett, NYC’s Commissioner of Health and Mental Hygiene. In every sense of the…
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David Lopez started HIV/AIDS work at 15 and is now our associate vice president
David Lopez has been passionate about HIV and AIDS work from a young age. He started working as a volunteer at LYRIC in San Francisco at age 15. Later, he continued his AIDS education work at Project Bienestar when he moved to Los Angeles a few years later. When he came to New York City—after…
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How a smiling face & a listening ear make all the difference
Arleen came to Harlem United as a temp in 2006. For the past nine years, the front desk on the second floor of 306 Lenox Avenue has slowly become her “home.” Arleen knows how to hold down the fort and she does so with grace and her signature easy going attitude. In fact, she is…
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Race. Jog. Walk. Skip. Shuffle.
Whether you race, jog, walk, skip, or shuffle, we hope you’ll do it with us! You are invited to our upcoming community race around Marcus Garvey Park, as part of our commitment to encourage health and fitness in our community. No experience is required! (Don’t live in NYC? Stay connected with us on Facebook for photos &…
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