Thank you for your EBAW support!

Dear Friends and Supporters, We want to thank you for your generous support of WORLD recently and in the past. With your help, we were able to raise the minimum amount of funds required to qualify for matching dollars from the East Bay AIDS Walk. As of today, July 11, 2013, WORLD has raised $1,920 for this walk! Because you …

Women’s HIV Advocacy Organizations Continue Building Leadership

WORLD Contact: Cynthia Carey-Grant, Executive Director, [email protected] 510.986.0340 PWN-USA Contact: Naina Khanna, Executive Director, [email protected] 510.681.1169 Women’s HIV Advocacy Organizations Continue Building Leadership Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD) and the Positive Women’s Network-United States of America (PWN- USA), which became an autonomous entity in early 2013, announce their respective intentions to continue developing leadership and advocacy for HIV+ women …

A Message from Kaiser Permanente – Rally in Sacramento on June 4

Kaiser Permanente is a member of We Care for California (WCCA), a new coalition dedicated to making our state a leader in health care access, quality, and affordability through the responsible and successful implementation of the Affordable Care Act.  One of WCCA’s first objectives is to support the expansion of Medi-Cal and the rollback of the proposed 10 percent Medi-Cal …

Congratulations to our Funder!

The Levi Strauss Foundation was awarded the inaugural Impact Award by the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP). This prestigious award recognizes their work to support marginalized and under-served communities in the US and abroad. WORLD is very proud to be a Levi Foundation grantee. Without their help, WORLD would not be able to launch the Count Us In! California …

High HIV/AIDS rates still a problem in Oakland – Part II

Published on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Last updated on 12:59AM, Tuesday, December 11, 2012 Not knowing HIV status affects both prevention and treatment – and Oaklanders who have HIV and don’t know it, can unintentionally pass on the virus. They also can’t access life-saving treatments – because they don’t know that they need them. To address this issue, several local …