HIV at an Inflection Point: A Renewed Political Commitment Is Needed

As with World War I and the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920 at the beginning of the 20th century, HIV changed the world in dramatically reshaping science, culture, and the lives of millions of people and their communities around the world. That change is most evident when considering the impact of HIV on the still nascent movement for the civil rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people initiated mid-century by the Mattachine Society in Los Angeles and galvanized by the Stonewall riots of 1969 in New York. As the virus spread rapidly into a modern plague during the 1980’s, HIV transformed the lives of LGBTQ people and furthered their demands for respect and dignity resulting in changes in society and law. Now, we need to ensure that the commitment and political movements that HIV generated remain vibrant for the next phase of our collective work amid signs that some policy makers and members of the public want to move on from HIV and prioritize other concerns.

Read the report here.

Read “HIV at an Inflection Point: Invigorating Community Impact” here.

Read “HIV at an Inflection Point: Looking Ahead and Leaving No One Behind” here.

Read the Big Ideas in Brief here.

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Visioning 2031 Participants:
Carlton Ray Smith, Baltimore, in memorial

Florence Anam – GNP+
Jacob Arman – The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
Lauren Banks – National AIDS Housing Coalition
Solange Baptiste – ITPC Global
Edwin Bernard – HIV Justice Network
Michelle E. Bonds – CDC
Catherine Brown – The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
Larry Bryant, Jr. – The Reunion Project
Barb Cardell – Positive Women’s Network
Juan Carmona – Orasure
Michael H. Chung – Emory University
Daniel Driffin – HIV Vaccine Trials Network
Douglas M. Brooks – University of Pennsylvania
Colleen Daniels – HRI Global
Rick Elion – Physician
Robyn Neblett Fanfair – CDC
Pamela Foster – University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa
Debra Fraser-Howze – Choose Healthy Life
Ramon Gardenhire – ViiV Healthcare
Jeff Graham – Georgia Equality
Shannon Hader – American University
Joan Hicks – The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation
Brian Honermann – amfAR
Vanessa Johnson – Ribbon Consulting
Venton Jones – Southern Black Policy and Advocacy Network
Charles King – Housing Works
Larry Lehman – PIHCGA
Stephen Lee – NASTAD
Ron MacInnis – ICASA
Gabriel Maldonado – TruEvolution
Chad Martin – CDC
Rebecca Martin – Emory University
Eugene McCray – AIDS United
Patrick McGovern – Callen-Lorde
Jonathan Mermin – CDC
Jesse Milan, Jr. – AIDS United
Marissa Miller – Trans Solutions
Johanne E Morne – NY Health Dept
LaRon Nelson – Yale Univesity
Ravi Perry – Howard University
Mike Podmore – Stop AIDS UK
Melanie Reese – Older Women Experiencing Life
Matthew Rose – Human Rights Campaign
Asia Russell – Health Gap
Vinay Saldanha – UNAIDS
Paul Schaper – Merck
Linda H. Scruggs- Ribbon
Anne Spaulding – Emory University
Robert Suttle – HIV is not a Crime Council of Justice Leaders
Ron Ticho – Choose Healthy Life
Darwin Thompson – Gilead Sciences
Sandra L. Thurman – Emory University
Hank Tomlinson – CDC
Danny Whitman – Broadway CARES/Equity Fights AIDS
José Zúñiga – IAPACWith special remarks from
James W Curran – Emory University
Larry Gostin – Georgetown University
Usha Ramakrishnan – Emory University
and actor, singer, poet Christopher Prince