Activist Profiles/Personal Accounts
- What Were Our Deciding Moments? (May 12, 2011)
TheBody.com's Olivia Ford and Kellee Terrell, along with other African-American journalists, share their motivations in PSAs for the Greater Than AIDS campaign.
From TheBody.com
 Marvelyn Brown: The Accidental Activist (May 11, 2011)
From Black AIDS Institute
 A Therapist's Guide to Living and Laughing With HIV/AIDS: A Blog Entry by Elizabeth Lombino (May 9, 2011)
"Perhaps I can continue to raise awareness and dispel myths. Perhaps my colleagues will realize the importance of HIV/AIDS education. Perhaps they will be more open to learning about what it means to live with HIV/AIDS. Especially since many of my colleagues are most likely working with HIV-positive adults and don't know it."
From TheBody.com
- TheBody.com's Blogger Rae Lewis-Thornton Featured in the Windy City Times and Women's Day (May 4, 2011)
In The Windy City Times
- Narciso Rodriguez Speaks About His Work With AFAI (April 29, 2011)
From AID FOR AIDS International
 Larry Kramer's Inconvenient Truths: A Blog Entry by Aless Piper (April 27, 2011)
Until we as a society are colorblind, gender-neutral, and don't give a damn whether someone is gay, straight, bi, transgender, whatever, Larry Kramer's right. AIDS is not going away, it's only going to get worse."
From TheBody.com
 Dr. Beny J. Primm, Executive Director, Addiction Research and Treatment Corp. (April 26, 2011)
From Black AIDS Institute
 From Addict to Activist With 3 Easy Letters: A Blog Entry by Jeannie Wraight (April 20, 2011)
"She told her listeners of the girl I was, a hard-core dope fiend. ... She told them that when she asked how it was, how it could be that 5 years later the same girl was standing on the streets of South Africa, alive, thriving and fighting that I told her simply: 'I became an activist'."
From TheBody.com
 Q&A: Rep. Maxine Waters, Legislator and Activist (April 5, 2011)
From Black AIDS Institute
 Meet Anthony Polimeni: Founder of My AIDS -- A Blog Entry by Kevin Maloney (March 27, 2011)
From TheBody.com
- HIV Profile: Alison Gertz -- A Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (March 25, 2011)
"On February 27, 1966, Alison Gertz was born to a prominent family in New York. When she was 16 she had her first sexual encounter. She was infected with HIV."
From TheBody.com
- Advocacy Spotlight: Robert Childs, NCHRC -- A Blog Entry by Rachel Farris (March 3, 2011)
From HIV Prevention Justice Alliance
 A Special Anniversary Episode: A Video Blog by Mark S. King (March 2, 2011)
"I know our HIV/AIDS crisis isn?t rosy and I know people are suffering. I also know without a doubt that we are in committed, loving hands the world over."
From TheBody.com
- This Positive Life: An Interview With Marvelyn Brown (January 25, 2011)
In This Positive Life, from TheBody.com
- Monday Reflection: Doers Not Dreamers ...: A Blog Entry by Rae Lewis-Thornton (January 17, 2011)
"I was at the epicenter of it all fighting to help bring about change. We were doers not dreamers. My work in HIV/AIDS is just an extension of my work at Dr. [Martin Luther] King's workshop."
From TheBody.com
- 2010's AIDS Heroes and Villains: Unknown Crusaders and Thorny Foes (December 22, 2010)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
 HIV/AIDS Community Spotlight: People Who Made a Difference in 2010 (December 14, 2010)
From TheBody.com
- Your Silence Will Not Protect You (September 22, 2010)
From Positive Women's Network of the United States of America
- Sheryl Lee Ralph Honored by ESSENCE Magazine for HIV/AIDS Work (September 21, 2010)
From Black AIDS Institute
- Annie Lennox: Why I Am an HIV/AIDS Activist (September 2010)
Pop singer Annie Lennox shares how Nelson Mandela brought about her own HIV awareness and inspired her SING campaign, which raises money for HIV treatment and prevention.
From TED
 The Power of Advocacy (July/August 2010)
A first-hand account of how testimony helped win an FDA panel's approval of a new drug.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
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