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Feb. 24: Off the Top of His Head
Housing Works president and CEO Charles King lopped off his trademark ponytail in a charity event to benefit HIV-positive victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. The longtime HIV activist speaks with POZ about his organization’s long-term commitment to Haiti and why it’s so important for the HIV community to lend a hand during the rebuilding process. (Watch video.)

Feb. 22: Status Is Everything
Corey Booker, mayor of Newark, NJ, discusses the Status Is Everything HIV prevention campaign launched by city officials in advance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010. (Watch video.)

Feb. 17: British Journalist Ray Gosling Arrested After Admitting to Mercy Killing HIV-Positive Partner
Police in Nottinghamshire, England, arrested documentarian and BBC presenter Ray Gosling on suspicion of murder after he admitted to mercy killing a former partner who was suffering from AIDS-related illness, the BBC reports. (Watch video.)

Feb. 12: Gay Couple Supports Haiti Earthquake Survivors, AIDS Orphans
Luke Montgomery—who founded an AIDS orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti—has launched an online initiative with his partner, Nate Guidas, to bring emergency medicine, food and tents to remote regions of Haiti affected by the January 12 earthquake. (Watch video.)

Feb. 8: NYC HIV Planning Council Task Force
February 4 was the first meeting of the "Board of Directors" Resolution Planning Council Task Force, which was created by the HIV Health & Human Services Planning Council of New York. (Watch video.)

Jan. 29: Aid for AIDS in Haiti
Jesus Aguais, executive director of Aid for AIDS, discusses how his organization is helping people living with HIV/AIDS in Haiti after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12. (Watch video.)

Jan. 26: Duane Jones - Philadelphia, PA
Duane Jones, a prevention counselor at the Youth Help Empowerment Project at Philadelphia FIGHT, talks with POZ at the 2009 United States Conference on AIDS in San Francisco.

Jan. 15: Woman Claims She Intentionally Transmitted HIV to More Than 500 People
In a video posted on mediatakeout.com, an unidentified woman claims to have intentionally transmitted HIV to more than 500 people, The Associated Press reports. Authorities are working to determine whether the video is a hoax. (Watch video.)

Jan. 12: Karl Knapper - San Francisco, CA
Karl Knapper, program manager of Bay Area Services in the L.I.F.E. Institute at Shanti in San Francisco, talks with POZ at the 2009 United States Conference on AIDS in San Francisco.

Jan. 4: Melva Florance - Greensboro, NC
Melva Florance, executive director of The LaStraw in Greensboro, NC, talks with POZ at the 2009 United States Conference on AIDS in San Francisco.

Dec. 31: Officials: New Zealand TV Condom Ad “Inoffensive”
A television advertisement by the New Zealand AIDS Foundation was found to be “inoffensive” by the country’s Advertising Standards Authority, stuff.co.nz reports. The authority chairman said the ad carries an important health message. (Watch video.)

Dec. 30: Carmelita Austin, Santa Cruz, CA - Bob Hitt, Fall River, MA
POZ speaks with Carmelita Austin, director of the African-American Health Group at the Walnut Avenue Women's Center in Santa Cruz, California, and Bob Hitt, director of Project Aware at Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR) in Fall River, Massachusetts, at the 2009 United States Conference on AIDS in San Francisco.


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Jesus Aguais, executive director of Aid for AIDS, discusses how his organization is helping people living with HIV/AIDS in Haiti after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12.

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World AIDS Day
Mar. 8: HIV/AIDS Awareness at Greenwich High School
POZ Editor-in-Chief Regan Hofmann and Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.) talk about HIV prevention at Greenwich High School in honor of World AIDS Day. (Watch video.)

Dec. 18: World AIDS Day Symposium at Columbia University
The International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP) held a symposium titled "HIV Scale-Up and Global Health Systems" on World AIDS Day 2009. (Watch video.)

Dec. 16: HIV/AIDS Education in Prison
Pam Goodrich of Community Health Action of Staten Island and Muhammad Ahmad, an inmate at Arthur Kill Correctional Facility, talk about HIV/AIDS education in prison. (Watch video.)

Dec. 15: Regan Hofmann at Arthur Kill
POZ Editor-in-Chief Regan Hofmann speaks with prisoners at the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island, NY, at their 2009 World AIDS Day event. (Watch video.)

Dec. 15: Oriol Gutierrez at Arthur Kill
POZ Deputy Editor Oriol Gutierrez speaks with prisoners at the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island, NY, at their 2009 World AIDS Day event. (Watch video.) 

Dec. 15: Laura Whitehorn at Arthur Kill
POZ Senior Editor Laura Whitehorn speaks with prisoners at the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island, NY, at their 2009 World AIDS Day event. (Watch video.) 

Dec. 14: World AIDS Day at Arthur Kill Correctional Facility
The Arthur Kill Correctional Facility in Staten Island, NY, held its 2009 World AIDS Day event on December 2. Speakers at the event included POZ Editor-in-Chief Regan Hofmann, POZ Deputy Editor Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. and POZ Senior Editor Laura Whitehorn. (Watch video.)

Dec. 9: HIV/AIDS Community Discussion in New York City
The Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) sponsored an HIV/AIDS Community Discussion at Columbia University in New York City on December 4. (Watch video.)

Dec. 7: World AIDS Day at God's Love We Deliver
The MAC AIDS Fund volunteers at God's Love We Deliver for World AIDS Day 2009. (Watch video.)

Dec. 7: 24-Hour AIDS Vigil on World AIDS Day
The Housing Works 24-hour AIDS vigil in City Hall Park in New York City on World AIDS Day 2009. (Watch video.)

Click here for videos from World AIDS Day 2008



Advocacy
Mar. 1: Women and Advocacy
Angela Green, executive director of the Iris Center in San Francisco, talks about women and advocacy. (Watch video.)

Feb. 1: Advocacy for African Americans
National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS President and CEO C. Virginia Fields discusses HIV/AIDS in African Americans. (Watch video.)

Jan. 19: Advocacy in Puerto Rico
Anselmo Fonseca and Jose Colon of Pacientes de Sida Pro Politica Sana, an HIV/AIDS advocacy group in Puerto Rico, talk about funding and inclusion. (Watch video.)

Jan. 5: Housing Advocacy
Housing Works National Field Organizer Larry Bryant discusses the intersection of HIV/AIDS and housing advocacy. (Watch video.)

Dec. 21: Bridging the ADAP Gap
Flowers Heritage Foundation Executive Director Gregory Edwards talks about the Bridge the Gap program, which assists people on AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) waiting lists. (Watch video.)

Dec. 8: Getting Involved in Advocacy
National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) Executive Director Paul Kawata on how to get involved in advocacy. (Watch video.)

Nov. 24: Maximizing Local Advocacy
Michael Emanuel Rajner, legislative director for the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus, discusses HIV/AIDS advocacy at the state and local level. (Watch video.)

Nov. 11: Health Care Reform and HIV/AIDS
Discussing health care reform with David Ernesto Munar, vice president of policy and communications at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. (Watch video.)

Oct. 16: International HIV/AIDS Advocacy
Ambassador at Large and Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, MD, talks about PEPFAR, vaccines and stigma. (Watch video.)

Oct. 13: Federal Funding of HIV/AIDS
Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California discusses federal HIV/AIDS funding. (Watch video.)

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Conference Coverage
Mar. 4: CROI 2009: HIV and Women
At the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montreal, David Evans talks with Valerie Stone, MD, a researcher and physician at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital about disease progression in women, challenges with contraceptives and screening for cervical cancer.

Feb. 27: CROI 2009: Prevention Highlights, Part 1: PrEP
At the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montreal, Tim Horn talks with Sharon Hillier, PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh, about the latest in prevention science. Part 1 focuses on progress toward an effective PrEP intervention.

Feb. 27: CROI 2009: Prevention Highlights, Part 2: Treatment as Prevention
At the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montreal, Tim Horn talks with Sharon Hillier, PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh, about the latest in prevention science. Part 2 focuses on the notion of treating people with HIV as soon as they test positive as a way to prevent HIV transmission on a community-wide level.

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