Be an Advocate

Advocacy is the heart of GMHC’s commitment to empower people living with HIV to demand real change. Join us in building movements to fight back on issues that affect us all!  Your help is crucial for our work.  

Through our advocacy efforts, we keep HIV prevention, treatment and care, and a cure for HIV urgent global, national, and local priorities which entails:

• monitoring and analyzing HIV/AIDS issues and developing public policy positions;
• directly influencing executive and legislative government policies and procedures;
• leading HIV/AIDS community coalitions;
• mobilizing the community to help shape public policy; and
• raising awareness in communities by disseminating information on the positions of public officials and candidates for elected office.

For more information on how you can get involved, please contact advocate@gmhc.org or call 212.367.1247.