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December 2017

Amida Care, NYS AIDS Institute and NYC community organizations publish ‘Hire Me! End AIDS with Jobs’

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

Amida Care has published a special community publication, “Hire Me! End AIDS with Jobs,” produced in partnership with Alliance for Positive Change, Alpha Workshops Studio School, Cicatelli Associates Inc., Exponents, The Fortune Society, GMHC, Housing Works, The LGBT Center, National Working Positive Coalition, NYS AIDS Institute, NYS Education Department, and Translatina Network. Improved health has allowed…

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New study reveals 2017’s safest cities in America

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

With fears of falling victim to cybercrime and mass shootings topping the list of crime worries among Americans, according to the most recent Gallup polls, the personal-finance website WalletHub took an in-depth look at 2017’s Safest Cities in America. To determine where Americans can feel most protected against life’s hazards, including nonphysical forms of danger,…

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Annual Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit opens in New Orleans

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

The annual Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit, organized by NMAC, opens today in New Orleans and runs through Dec. 5. The Summit brings together community leaders, care providers, and HIV advocates to learn the latest information and best practices to use biomedical HIV prevention tools like Treatment as Prevention (TasP) and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) more effectively….

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The S.M.A.R.T. Program celebrates one-year anniversary

Steve Lee, Editor06 mins

SAN DIEGO — S.M.A.R.T., the innovative program that gets substance abusers off the streets and onto a track for success, celebrates its first anniversary today. The S.M.A.R.T. Program was launched by the San Diego City Attorney’s Office on December 1, 2016, as a compassionate solution to the increase in drug and street crimes that followed…

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My black lesbian body is a target for police brutality

Steve Lee, Editor010 mins

The reality of unarmed African American women – LBTQ, gender nonconforming and straight – being beaten, profiled, sexually violated and murdered by law enforcement officials with alarming regularity is too often ignored – especially with the focus of police brutality on our males. Like so many African American women,  Sandra Bland’s death in 2015, resulting…

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City Attorney defeats lawsuit filed by woman injured by car flying off Coronado Bridge

Steve Lee, Editor02 mins

SAN DIEGO — The City Attorney’s Office today defeated a lawsuit filed by a woman who was injured when a distracted, speeding, and intoxicated motorist drove his pick-up truck off the Coronado Bridge and into Chicano Park below. Superior Court Judge Judith F. Hayes dismissed the complaint against the City of San Diego because nothing…

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The Consul General of Mexico to be honored at Nicky Awards

Steve Lee, Editor01 mins

The Consul General of Mexico Ambassador Marcela Celorio will be honored this Sunday, Dec. 3 at the 42nd Annual Nicky Awards at the Courtyard Marriott Liberty Station. “Ambassador Celorio has been a strong and vocal advocate of the civil rights of all people,” stated San Diego City Commissioner Nicole Murray Ramirez (the founder of the…

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On World AIDS Day, Elton John and David Furnish honor the millions of lives lost to the AIDS virus

Steve Lee, Editor03 mins

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), a global leader in the fight to end AIDS, commemorates World AIDS Day 2017 by honoring the 35 million lives lost to HIV/AIDS around the world, and urging world leaders to support the 36.7 million currently living with HIV/AIDS with necessary services and care. This…

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