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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

Contact:        Ken Pinkela Ken.Pinkela at seroproject.com
                      Cindy Stine Cindy.Stine at seroproject.com



*Sero Project Encourages World AIDS Day *

*Focus on PLHIV Networks *



*Sero’s Network Empowerment Project Releases ‘Sing Your Song’ Video*

*November 15, 2018:* For people living with HIV (PLHIV), connecting with
others who also live with the virus can enhance quality of life, provide
powerful peer support to combat isolation and stigma and improve health
outcomes.



To commemorate World AIDS Day 2018, the Sero Project, a U.S.-based national
network of PLHIV, has released a short film “Sing Your Song”
<https://youtu.be/eelFWMVP_zk> illustrating the life-changing value of
PLHIV networks.


*Sing Your Song: PLHIV Networks Change Lives *follows a young man in
Mississippi, who finds strength, purpose and social support through his
involvement with the Mississippi Positive Network, comprised of other
Mississippians living with HIV. Sero and other PLHIV networks are urging
AIDS service organizations, policy leaders and others to highlight the
important role of PLHIV networks during his year’s World AIDS Day
commemorations.



“PLHIV networks are as important today as they were in the earliest days of
the epidemic,” said Robert Suttle, Sero’s Assistant Director.  “Networks
are where we can ask questions of our peers, learn how and find the
strength to disclose our HIV status when appropriate and build the
self-empowerment critical to our survival.”

The film was shot this fall at the “We, the Positive” summit in Jackson,
Mississippi, produced by the Mississippi Positive Network and My Brother’s
Keeper (an HIV and healthcare service provider).



Gina Brown, RSW, Community Engagement Manager at the Southern AIDS
Coalition said, “The themes of belonging and community are universal, but
some people might be surprised by the sheer level of strength and
resilience among people living with HIV in the Mississippi delta area. Many
people with HIV in the region live in poverty, have limited access to
healthcare and suffer from profound stigma. Yet by working together they
not only survive, but thrive, inspiring and motivating other people living
with HIV, including me.”


The Sero Project fights HIV-related stigma, discrimination and
criminalization and works to support the strengthening and creation of
PLHIV networks across the U.S. and in Mexico.



‘Sing Your Song’ is a project that grew out of Sero’s Network Empowerment
Project, which provides a toolkit to PLHIV who are involved with networks
or interested in starting a network.  To access the toolkit, or to find a
PLHIV network in your area, go to Network Empowerment Project
<http://www.seroproject.com/network-empowerment-project/>.



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Cindy Stine
Project Coordinator
The Sero Project
484.269.8862
www.seroproject.com
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