Faith forward to end the HIV epidemic by 2030
USCHA 2024 Interfaith Pre-Conference Compass Initiative Faith Center at Wake Forest Divinity School, with Stacy Smallwood, Director. Dr. Smallwood shares about the mission and work of the Faith Center.
A Gilead Sciences-funded project, the Faith Center advances the capacity and organizational resiliency of faith communities to address HIV/AIDS in the US South. Through transformative storytelling, informative educational offerings, strategic grantmaking, and broad dissemination, they partner with faith organizations to shift narratives away from stigma toward life-enhancing possibilities. The aim is to collaborate with Christian and interfaith partners to deepen their understanding of and engagement with their communities’ health challenges and opportunities.
The 2024 USCHA Interfaith Pre-Conference was presented by the U.S. HIV & AIDS Faith Coalition, comprised of people of faith, faith leaders, and people working in the HIV and AIDS response. The day-long, hybrid conference engages participants to discuss and develop strategies to access and strengthen the capacity of houses of worship and faith-based organizations in efforts to end the HIV epidemic. The focus of this conference was on the experiences of people in the Southern region of the U.S. and the role of faith in combating HIV-related stigma and discrimination in the South.
Organized by the U.S. HIV & AIDS Faith Coalition, with support from Gilead Sciences, the HIV Vaccine Trials Network, and the United Church of Christ.
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