A Girl Like Me LIVE

A Girl Like Me LIVE Episode 11: COVID-19 Vaccination, Clinical Trials, and Why They Matter

As we continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, staying connected to our community and sharing up-to-date information is key. In the 11th episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE, Ci Ci, Community Advisory Board chair Gina Brown, RSW and Oni Blackstock, MD discuss the COVID-19 vaccine, clinical trials, and more about what you need to know to keep yourself safe. Ms. Brown speaks about her initial hesitancy and ultimate path to getting the vaccine, including the questions she posed to doctors she trusts, which helped her make her decision. Dr. Blackstock provides invaluable provider insights and answer questions you may have about the vaccine – including around the Delta variant and boosters. Check out this very important discussion.

A Girl Like Me LIVE Episode 9: Let’s Talk about Sex Sexual Health Month

Let’s talk about sex! The ninth episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE is a fun conversation between Kimberly Canady, Aryah Lester, and Olivia G. Ford, as we celebrate Sexual Health Month. Some women may feel that their dating and sexual lives are over once they receive a positive HIV diagnosis and this does not have to be true! While HIV can affect one’s self-esteem and confidence, it is important to believe that you deserve love and affection and to know that it is possible to receive it in positive and healthy ways. This is something worth celebrating! Stop in and listen to this exciting conversation as these women navigate positive sexual health while living with an HIV diagnosis. You’re not going to want to miss this one!

A Girl Like Me LIVE Episode 8: Honoring National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day is honored on September 18th of each year to bring attention to the many, many people who are living long and fulfilling lives with HIV and to also highlight their distinct needs. The eighth episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE was a dialogue between Ci Ci, Gina Brown, and Porchia Dees, during which they discussed the unique experiences of women who have been living with HIV over the course of many years. Two different perspectives were highlighted in this conversation – long-term survivors who were diagnosed as adults and those who were diagnosed as babies. In a space created to listen to voices of women living with HIV as they express their needs and describe how they think those needs should be addressed, they cover topics including the dramatic impact of HIV treatment, important social issues that don’t always get enough attention in the conversation around HIV/AIDS, and what aging truly means to them.

The Well Project Leadership Exchange: Masonia Traylor and Dázon Dixon Diallo

The ninth in our The Well Project Leadership Exchange series features a conversation between The Well Project Community Advisory Board member Masonia Traylor and SisterLove Founder and President and WRI member Dázon Dixon Diallo. Don't miss this moving conversation about serving Black women living with and vulnerable to HIV and the ways in which global and domestic advocacy work can inform each other.

A Girl Like Me LIVE Episode 7: Parenting and Sharing Your HIV Status with Your Kids

In the seventh episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE, Ci Ci Coleman talked with Community Advisory Board Members Ieshia Scott and Destiny Smith about parenting and sharing your HIV status with your kids. Living with HIV has its challenges and so does parenting. This discussion highlights how these mothers have managed their HIV diagnoses while parenting, how they talk to their children about HIV, and tips they have for other parents living with the diagnosis. No approach is one-size-fits-all and this is part of what was explored during our conversation. Learn tips on how to talk to your children about HIV and gain support from our diverse community with these wonderful mothers during this episode. Make sure to check out this amazing and vulnerable conversation!

The Well Project Leadership Exchange: Porchia Dees and Gina Brown, MD

The eighth in our The Well Project Leadership Exchange series features a conversation between The Well Project Community Advisory Board member, Senior HIV Testing Coordinator at Black AIDS Institute, and HIV advocate/influencer, Porchia Dees and Gilead Science’s Principal Medical Scientist and WRI member Gina Brown, MD. Join us as these inspirational leaders talk about pregnancy and HIV and the ways that treatment and care have and continue to evolve.

A Girl Like Me LIVE Episode 6: Breastfeeding & HIV

In this episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE, Ci Ci talked with Heather Rhea O'Connor of the International Community of Women Living with HIV - North America about Breastfeeding and HIV in honor of National Breastfeeding Awareness Month. As mothers, these two amazing advocates discussed their personal experiences around the information they received from providers concerning their ability to breastfeed, how they have chosen to make informed decisions to feed their children, and the work that they have done to assist other parents to make the best choices for them and their families. You do not want to miss this informative discussion between two mothers fighting for the right to feed their children as they choose.

The Well Project Leadership Exchange: Destiny Smith and Gina Brown, RSW

The seventh in our The Well Project Leadership Exchange series features a conversation between The Well Project community advisory board (CAB) member, HIV advocate, blogger, and author Destiny Smith and The Well Project CAB chair and WRI member and Gina Brown, RSW, community engagement manager for the Southern AIDS Coalition. Please tune into to this incredible cross-generational dialogue and hear what each of these remarkable advocates had to learn from the other.

A Girl Like Me LIVE Episode 5: Pregnancy & HIV

In this episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE, Ci Ci Coleman talked with Community Advisory Board member Masonia Traylor about pregnancy and HIV. These two powerful advocates dispel the myths and misinformation that continue today despite decades of science and evidence proving that women living with HIV can have healthy pregnancies. Both Ci Ci and Masonia shared their personal experiences being pregnant while living with HIV—including Ci Ci's current pregnancy!

A Girl Like Me LIVE Episode 4: U=U

In this episode of A Girl Like Me LIVE, Ci Ci talks with Community Advisory Board member Katie Willingham about U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable). These amazing leaders talk about what U=U means to them and the impact that learning about it has had on their lives. They also discuss their experiences sharing the message with others in the community, including providers!