HOW WE WORK
Our Preamble
As a coalition of Black women and girls, we demand the opportunity and have inherited the right to speak on behalf of Black women and girls in the United States of America.
We demand to be treated with respect and dignity that is our affirmation, and we will no longer allow others to define us.
We have value and worth, and are worth saving; we bring an inestimable human value to the world society.
We are local, national, political, social welfare, policy, community based, God fearing and inspired women.
We are women who are HIV positive, women with AIDS and women with no infection at all, who understand that when one of us has AIDS we all have AIDS, and when one of us dies we all die.
We will not tolerate the death of another one of our children and will develop and implement the strategies that will save them.
We have been and will remain the Drum Majors for social justice in HIV/AIDS and will sound the public health alarm for our people.
We demand to be treated with respect and dignity that is our affirmation, and we will no longer allow others to define us.
We have value and worth, and are worth saving; we bring an inestimable human value to the world society.
We are local, national, political, social welfare, policy, community based, God fearing and inspired women.
We are women who are HIV positive, women with AIDS and women with no infection at all, who understand that when one of us has AIDS we all have AIDS, and when one of us dies we all die.
We will not tolerate the death of another one of our children and will develop and implement the strategies that will save them.
We have been and will remain the Drum Majors for social justice in HIV/AIDS and will sound the public health alarm for our people.
Our Guiding Principles
We matter. Our lives are worth it.
We are validated as women in the eyes of the Creator (how one feels about themselves directly determines their behavior).
In order to make a difference, we must change the way we see ourselves deep inside to make a difference for someone else.
We will be there, when prior to us there was no one to depend on.
We are moving into a higher level of consciousness, action, commitment, and urgency because black women are dying.
We are the gatekeepers of the community and family and if we die, our community dies.
We take ownership and use our voice to be the force of change.
The lives of black adolescents and young adults depend on our willingness to create new strategies.
Above all, this is an issue of social justice.
We are validated as women in the eyes of the Creator (how one feels about themselves directly determines their behavior).
In order to make a difference, we must change the way we see ourselves deep inside to make a difference for someone else.
We will be there, when prior to us there was no one to depend on.
We are moving into a higher level of consciousness, action, commitment, and urgency because black women are dying.
We are the gatekeepers of the community and family and if we die, our community dies.
We take ownership and use our voice to be the force of change.
The lives of black adolescents and young adults depend on our willingness to create new strategies.
Above all, this is an issue of social justice.
