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Rashida Richardson of CHLP and PJP member Athena Moore of NBLCA will present "Women, HIV and Criminal Law: What Can You Do?" at the Iris House 8th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS Summit.

HIV Criminalization, Immigration, and Domestic & Sexual Violence

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This is a statement issued by the HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) on the urgent need to address and repeal HIV-specific criminalization statutes.

The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) and the American Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (AAPA) have published a fact sheet that they hope will bring law enforcement officers up to speed on the real risks of HIV from possible exposure to the bodily fluids of those they police.

 The Positive Justice Project, in collaboration with the ACLU of Michigan, AIDS Partnership Michigan, The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Serra Services PLLC and several other local advocates, will host a Community Roundtable on HIV Criminalization in Michigan on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 in the Lake Superior Room of the Library of Michigan (207 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, MI 48915). 

CHLP staff attorney Rashida Richardson will be a panelist at the College of Staten Island's "Careers in Activism, Advocacy & Evolving Politics on HIV/AIDS." 

Young women in a program focused on contraception access, sexual health capacity, and leadership-building were using contraceptives and safer sexual practices long after graduation.

The HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA), a Positive Justice Project member organization, ran a wildly successful outreach campaign that expanded community awareness of the PJP campaign against HIV criminalization, and resulted in hundreds of new endorsements of the PJP Consensus Statement on HIV Criminalization in the United States. 

Created for criminal defense attorneys, this one-of-a-kind toolkit will arm advocates of all kinds looking for the law and facts to fight against HIV criminalization.