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Want to ring in the New Year by giving someone special a beautiful and meaningful gift that also helps to save lives? Housing Works and Satya Jewelry proudly present the NEW, LIMITED-EDITION Housing Works Gold Tree of Life Necklace. When you purchase the Housing Works Gold Tree of Life Necklace from Satya Jewelry, 100% of the proceeds benefit Housing Works and support our services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. BUY THE NEW NECKLACE online at Satya Jewelry.
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The new year brings new beginnings, one of which will be the end to the discriminatory HIV travel ban. But before we head out for the holidays, we want to pass along this public service announcement: If you apply for a change in immigration status before January 4 you will still be tested for HIV. Here’s the latest from our friends at Immigration Equality: The end of the HIV ban is, incredibly, less than two…
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“You better watch out You better not cry You better fight AIDS I’m telling you why Activists are here at your house!” Holding candles and wearing santa hats, 30 activists staged an evening of Christmas caroling outside Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s home in Chappaqua, New York yesterday. The activists changed the words to “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” (“AIDS Activists Are Here at Your House”); “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer” (Hillary, the Red-Nosed…
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In the first meeting of its kind, 72 advocates, government officials, researchers and people with AIDS gathered at the White House for a summit on Homelessness and HIV last week. Participants left the meeting energized by the belief that the administration cares about AIDS housing, with Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) director Jeffrey Crowley stating he understands that housing policy is health policy for people with HIV/AIDS. “The proof will be in the pudding,…
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On Thursday, December 17, the White House held its first-ever meeting on homelessness and AIDS. Advocates, people with AIDS, researchers and government officials from the White House and Housing and Urban Development discussed the intersection of housing and the AIDS crisis. Housing Works President and CEO Charles King delivered these remarks. A Few Things That Are Certain As a person living with HIV, I want to begin by acknowledging the importance of this moment. This…
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In a long-overdue victory, Congress lifted the federal ban on syringe exchange funding, which was signed by President Obama Wednesday, opening up a world of possibilities for new sources of syringe exchange funding. So what does this new world look like? “We see this as a moment where Congress has legitimized syringe exchange.That debate has been resolved and the science is all on our side. Congress has taken syringe exchange out of politics,” said Daniel…
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The Housing Works welcome wagon is coming to a neighborhood near you! Just in time for your 2009 tax forms, we are accepting donations of fashionable clothes or boxed housewares. Look out for our truck parked on Ninth Avenue and 50th street on Saturday, December 19th from 11-4pm. We look forward to meeting our new neighbors and serving you at our latest location!
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In front of an overflow crowd at the LGBT Community Center today, Governor Paterson signed an executive order Prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity for people employed in State government. Flanked by LGBT leaders and advocates, Paterson made it clear that he was taking this step not only to protect state workers but to push the State Senate to pass the Gender Expression Nondiscrimination Act. . “I am starting to learn in government…
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Housing Works and Satya Jewelry proudly present the NEW, LIMITED-EDITION Housing Works Gold Tree of Life Necklace. This stunning and meaningful new piece makes a great holiday gift and helps to save lives. When you purchase the Housing Works Gold Tree of Life Necklace from Satya Jewelry, 100% of the proceeds benefit Housing Works and support our services for homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS. BUY THE NEW NECKLACE online at Satya Jewelry.
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