March 10th marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. SisterLove has centered women and girls in our advocacy, community education, and community-based research programs for 32 years.
We Are Who We Serve. Meet the Women of SisterLove, Inc
SisterLove, Inc was founded in 1989 by Dázon Dixon Diallo specifically to address a lack of attention, funding, and resources applied to the epidemic of HIV in the black community, which particularly affects women and girls. In order to address these disparities in health outcomes, Dázon sought to create an organization that served the underserved, overlooked, and marginalized. It has been over three decades since then, and SisterLove now exists on two continents, operating a satellite office in Johannesburg, South Africa.
During this time, we have had many real-life “sheroes” contribute work to our team, allowing us to reach thousands and expand our operations and programmatic efforts. Now, we would like to highlight these incredible women with our latest series InnerViews: Getting to know the Women of SisterLove, Inc.
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Highlighting our Community-Based Research Team
Our first episode features Indya Hairston, our Community-Based Research Program (CBRP) Manager. CBRP is our intersectional approach to sexual and reproductive public health research that aims to center typically marginalized populations in research efforts, modalities, and data collection. Led by Indya, our CBRP team has both created initiatives, and partnered with major institutions like Emory University ERASE HIV Collaboratory, Gilead Sciences, and Positive Impact Health Centers.
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Her work ethic, diligent attention to detail, and forward-thinking creativity has set a standard for sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice (SRHRJ) organizations. Be sure to listen to her story about how she came into this vocation, and what inspires her as a Black woman to redefine public health research.
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If you believe that Black women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals have been left out from public health initiatives, show your support by becoming a monthly contributor. For as little as $15 a month, you can help your community to be heard and healed.
