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YWCHAC member Tanieva Gibson struck a pose at the “Power of My Parts” film festival on March 17. Learn more about our partnership with YWCHAC.
Have you ever noticed that the best advocates are not only passionate about their cause, but also having fun along the way? Catching up with the Women’s Initiative to Stop HIV-NY and the Young Women of Color HIV/AIDS Coalition, we see this firsthand.

WISH Founder/LAC State Policy Director Tracie Gardner kicked off the new year in her expert moderator hat for “Schooling Sex: A community discussion on sex education in the NYC school system,” at GMHC in January.

Then March was a flurry of activity celebrating National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, with Tracie teaming up with LAC Board Member Robert Fullilove of Columbia University to present “Legal Health Rights & HIV/AIDS in Prison” at the “Removing the Bars: TAKE ACTION 2012” conference.

YWCHAC did its part and then some with a sold-out “Power of My Parts: Annual Film Festival For Youth by Youth” on March 17 on Manhattan.

It was the third edition of the annual event, featuring panel experts from Planned Parenthood, New York City health officials, Housing Works, and the Arthur Ashe Urban Institute, just to name a few. ...


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