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Next Thursday, Don’t Miss Love ‘N Leather Event at Chelsea
Our most popular leather sales event is back! Fall in love with leather goods for any fashion fetish. Stop by our flagship Chelsea shop for steals, deals, sweets and sweat. Pop a Brooklyn brew while a DJ spins live tunes. Take a seat in the barber chair for a fresh new do. Get your shoe shine on with our leather clad bootblacks!
Posted on February 2, 2012 at 2:22 pm
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AIDS 2012 Plenary Speakers Lack Women and People Living with HIV/AIDS
The theme of this year’s International AIDS Conference is Turning the Tide Together.
Apparently the planners of AIDS 2012 did not have women with HIV in mind, because none are presenting on the plenary sessions that were announced this week!
Grassroots AIDS activists across the globe were angered this week by the announcement of the plenary sessions, particularly groups representing/comprised of HIV-positive women of color. In addition, Phill Wilson of Black AIDS Institute is the only plenary speaker known to be living with HIV.
In response to the announcement, the U.S. Positive Women’s Network wrote a letter to the AIDS 2012 Conference Committee that dozens of organizations and activists have signed on to in support. They …
Posted on February 1, 2012 at 3:30 pm
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HASA Policies Get New Hearing Next Week
AIDS activists are celebrating a new hearing to demand answers to recent policy changes at HASA. The hearing, called by the NYC Council, will be held on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 1:00 p.m, on the 16th Floor, 250 Broadway, New York, NY.
“HASA seems to change policies in the dead of night, without any accountability, said Kristin Goodwin, director of NYC policy and organizing with Housing Works. “We’re happy the City Council has called HASA to explain its decisions.”
Last year HASA announced it would no longer pay the full price for brokers’ fees for people seeking housing, and would only give landlords a “voucher” for security deposits. More recently, HASA was exposed …
Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:53 pm
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Strong Volunteers Needed for Housing Works Thrifts
Our Housing Works Thrift Shop warehouse needs some strong volunteers to help with organizing and moving supplies. The details are as follows:
Date: Thursdays Only
Time: 9am-3pm
Number of Volunteers Needed: 2
Task and Requirements: Volunteers will assist our VP of Operations organize warehouse supplies, move/lift heavy items, and other physical tasks. Must be able to lift 30-50 pounds with assistance, must be comfortable working on ladders. Job will be dusty, please do not volunteer if you are allergic.If you would like to help, please email us at volunteer@housingworks.org
Don’t forget, Buy the Bag is still going strong so sign up to volunteer today!
If you have not done so already, please assist us by filling out this short survey: …
Posted on February 1, 2012 at 1:01 pm
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February at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe: Grand Pianos, You’ve Got Mail, Foodies and Live From Home
Valentine’s week at Housing Works Bookstore Cafe has everything, for valentines romantic or platonic, musical or literary: the return of Safe Space with New Yorker critic and author of How Fiction Works James Wood with classical pianist Jeremy Denk, which means we will have a grand piano inside the bookstore, an event in itself; a “Love Hurts” edition of The Moth; an interactive (as in you get to make dial-up modem sounds and more) of You’ve Got Mail, the indie bookstore cult classic; a launch party for comedian Sara Benincasa’s memoir of Agorafabulous!-ness; and a Live From Home with Lost in the Trees, orchestral pop (think Southern Bon Iver). Also, we’re proud to be the new home of Adult Education, and you can now enjoy …
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 7:43 pm
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Most In Mississippi with HIV Lack Treatment
Nearly two-thirds of people in Mississippi with HIV are without treatment, as reported by the Clarion Ledger in Jackson, MS. This news comes just one week after AIDS Issues reported on the threat to Health Department funding in Mississippi in the upcoming budget proposal.
The news report cited the stigma of having HIV in the state drives many people from even seeking treatment. Issues of transportation to health facilities in the mostly rural state presents a challenge also. But much of the responsibility lies in a state government that spends next to nothing on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care, and has made it very hard for people to get Medicaid.
“Mississippi is one of the few, and …
Posted on January 31, 2012 at 2:12 pm
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New HUD Policies Protect LGBT People; LGBT Youth Mic Check Obama Staff
On Saturday, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan announced at the annual Creating Change Conference on LGBT Equality some new changes in HUD policies that will make discriminating against LGBT people and relationships with HUD funding illegal. Think Progress writes:
Under the new guidelines, any program that receives funding or insurance through HUD will be prohibited from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, including Section 8 housing, emergency shelters, and other social services, as well as lending for FHA-insured mortgage financing. In addition, all such programs will now be required to recognize same-sex and otherwise LGBT families — regardless of their marital status or the adoption status of their children — to …
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 5:31 pm
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Action Alert: Tell Cuomo to Restore Funding for Homeless and Runaway Youth Services
Tell Gov. Cuomo to restore $2.3 million in funding for runaway and homeless youth services!
Gov. Cuomo allocated over $38 million new dollars for the Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS), yet threatens to cut runaway and homeless youth services by an additional 33%. Cuts from prior years including the 50% cut from last year, has resulted in a cumulative total of a 70% cut for Runaway and Homeless Youth Services (RHY), from its highest at 6.1 million to a level of 2.3 – a level not seen since the 1980’s!
Cutting RHY services doesn’t save money but only shifts service costs to more expensive venues such as jails, psychiatric hospitals, medical care/HIV treatment, substance use, etc. The young people who …
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 11:20 am
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