My mother has been my backbone and support through all my endeavors that I have encountered through life. She was there for me until she took her last breath at 4:15 pm on Saturday, March 27, 2004.
I want to thank you personally for your past support of Women Alive's newsletter. Our last newsletter was updated to better reflect the services and resources available to women living with HIV/AIDS.
My name is Lorraine Brown I have been infected with AIDS since 1986. I am a heterosexual African American woman infected by my husband. I am an advocate for women, children, and families. I started disclosing about 6 months after finding out.
Women Alive, along with Minority AIDS Project & East Los Angeles Women's Center were honored at the Los Angeles City AIDS Coordinator's World AIDS Day Event for continued service to women living with HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County. The City of Los Angeles AIDS Coordinator's Office conducted a series of events for World AIDS Day 2004, in conjunction with its twenty sister cities. The focus of this year's event was the UNAIDS Theme, Women, Girls, and HIV. The goal of the office was to produce a powerful video documenting the lives of women living with HIV/AIDS.
Women Alive had the honor of hosting women and men from seventeen different African Countries who were participants in the International Visitor Leadership Program, and who are working to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in their countries.
Recently, grantees of the Ms. Foundation's groundbreaking Women and AIDS Fund (WAF) came together in Los Angeles for the annual WAF convening. This was the only national meeting of HIV-infected and affected women. Participants gathered to share their work and receive training on how to make their grassroots organizations more effective.
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