To Be Cured of HIV

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To Be Cured of HIV

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

For about a year, there has been much discussion about the possibility of a cure for HIV. Visit POZ’s website to learn more about the many different aspects to this conversation. For BABES Network-YWCA’s summer newsletter, we asked the question: What would it be like to be cured of HIV? Some people in our community… Continue Reading To Be Cured of HIV

The Sacrifices I Was Raised On: How Empathy Brings Us Closer To a Radical Politic of Family

Thursday, May 30, 2013

by Shanelle Matthews  My biological dad was in prison when I was little. My mom, single at the time, would drive me, my brother, and sister to see him. Because I was little, I don’t have a lot of memories of this time, but I do remember one thing. At the prison, an impassable glass… Continue Reading The Sacrifices I Was Raised On: How Empathy Brings Us Closer To a Radical Politic of Family

Racial Justice through Health Care

Friday, April 26, 2013

By Elizabeth L. Harrison, Communications Manager YWCA Missoula “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” – Dr. Martin Luther King We have all seen firsthand how America’s flawed health care system hurts our clients, our colleagues, our friends and our families. Because the YWCA is committed… Continue Reading Racial Justice through Health Care

It’s Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy’s Closet of Shame

Monday, December 3, 2012

By Jeff Nall Truthout | Op-Ed As a college-educated, heterosexual, white, male American citizen I know something about (unearned) privilege. But being poor – for the last three years our family of five has lived on, and continues to live on, well under $30,000 annually – has also taught me that a social analysis that… Continue Reading It’s Time for the Poor to Come Out of the Plutocracy’s Closet of Shame