Advocacy
Take action. Create change.
We’ve assembled the following list of websites to help individuals get involved and advocate on issues surround HIV/AIDS, homelessness and affordable housing, and health and social welfare.
HIV/AIDS
New York City & State
- New York AIDS Coalition
Alliance of community-based service providers working for increased funding and fair policies for people living with HIV/AIDS in New York State
- New York City AIDS Housing Network
Empowers low-income people living with HIV/AIDS to advocate for more quality housing and sound public policies
- Housing Works
Provides quality services for homeless men, women, and children living with HIV and AIDS in New York City and beyond
- Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
Provides prevention and care services to more than 15,000 men, women and families that are living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS in New York City and beyond
National
- Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
Provides prevention and care services to more than 15,000 men, women and families that are living with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS in New York City and beyond
- National AIDS Housing Coalition
Informs the community and policy makers about the funding priorities that impact housing options for the most vulnerable
- Center for Disease Control
Center for Disease Control’s primary on-line communication channel that provides reliable health information
- Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief
National advocacy organization which advocates for federal appropriations, legislation, policy and regulations to meet the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS and the organizations that serve them
- Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)
Links people living with HIV, community activists, researchers, academics and policy advocates with allies around the world
- National Association of People with AIDS
Works in partnership with the Treatment Access Expansion Project to improve access to early and comprehensive treatment
- National Minority AIDS Council
Develops leadership in communities of color to address the challenges of HIV/AIDS.
- Southern AIDS Coalition
Promotes accessible and quality systems of HIV and STD prevention, care, treatment, and housing throughout the South
- The Center for HIV Law and Policy
Legal and policy resource and strategy center for people with HIV and their advocates
Affordable Housing/Homelessness
New York City & State
National
Health/Social Welfare
National
- Advocates for Youth
Helps young people make informed and responsible decisions about their reproductive and sexual health
- Drug Policy Alliance Network
Promotes policy alternatives to the drug war that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights
- Harm Reduction Coalition
Advocacy organization that promotes the health and dignity of individuals and communities impacted by drug use
- Planned Parenthood
Delivers health care services, sex education, and sexual health information to millions of women, men, and young people
- Service and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Seniors
Serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older people
