HIV is not just a disease. It's proof positive of injustice!
The Prevention Justice Mobilization (PJM) is a series of HIV-prevention events and actions around the United States from November 1 to December 15, 2007. We are uniting to demand leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS and justice in prevention policies.
The events and actions will include:
- Local events around the country across the range of prevention justice issues, including on World AIDS Day (December 1)
» Click here to view a list of affiliated events.
- Events at the National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, December 2-5, including Unity Rally on December 4!
» Click here to view a list of events at the NHPC
- A statement of Prevention Justice principles and accompanying materials like our World AIDS Day Action Kit
» Click here for materials
Why Prevention Justice?
It's no accident that the groups at the lowest rungs of the social and economic ladder also have the highest rates of HIV, including African-Americans, (especially black women and black gay men); Latina women; gay men and other men who have sex with men; transgender people; undocumented immigrants and people residing in the Deep South. And good prevention policies are vital for the health, rights and dignity of all people, including people living with HIV.
Prevention Justice believes that the best way to prevent HIV/AIDS is to ensure that all people have the economic, social, and political power and resources to make healthy decisions about our bodies, sexuality, and reproduction for ourselves, our families, and our communities.
The Prevention Justice framework changes not only the way we look at HIV prevention, but how we go about advocating for HIV prevention. Prevention Justice means the people and communities most affected by the epidemic are at the forefront of policy efforts, and that HIV prevention cannot be separated from human rights.
What are the Prevention Justice Mobilization goals?
Unity and Leadership in the Struggle against HIV!
- Promoting unified actions and cooperation among AIDS groups and prevention advocates.
- Demanding the resources we need to fight HIV and win progressive policies, rather than competing with one another for crumbs.
- Mobilizing progressive organizations across the country that work on intersecting issues (like racism, criminal justice, immigration, gender-based violence, welfare, housing and economic and environmental justice) to explicitly incorporate HIV/AIDS in their efforts and to engage the AIDS community to support a progressive agenda for all communities.
- Endorse the Mobilization as an organization or individual
- Affiliate your local events from November 1 – December 15 with the Mobilization
- Organize a local event for World AIDS Day and list on our site as part of the Prevention Justice Mobilization – we have a World AIDS Day Toolkit to help your efforts
- Mobilize people from your community to attend PJM events in Atlanta, Dec. 1-5
For more info contact: Josh Thomas, josh@champnetwork.org, 401.427.2302 x 30
The PJM was initiated by Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) in collaboration with ACT UP Philadelphia, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the Center for HIV Law and Policy, the Georgia Prevention Justice Alliance, the Harm Reduction Coalition, the National Women and AIDS Collective, the New York State Black Gay Network, and SisterLove.