Southern Black Policy and Advocacy Network, Inc.

06/20/2026

Community feedback consistently highlights barriers like housing instability, transportation challenges, food insecurity, stigma, and mental health needs.

The draft plan includes strategies to address these realities.

📧 Send your thoughts or feedback. email us at [email protected]

06/19/2026

Data helps identify where additional resources and support may be needed.

Reducing disparities requires community-informed solutions.

📧 Share your thoughts: [email protected]

06/18/2026

If you could improve ONE thing about healthcare access in North Texas, what would it be?

💬 Transportation?
💬 Mental health services?
💬 Insurance access?
💬 Appointment availability?

Share below.

And if you'd like your ideas considered as part of the HIV planning process:

📧 email [email protected]

06/18/2026

Understanding who is most impacted helps shape prevention and care strategies.

That's one reason the draft Integrated Plan identifies adults ages 25–34 as a priority population.

What additional support do young adults need to stay healthy and connected to care?

📧 Send your feedback to [email protected]

Make a difference. Send your thoughts.

06/18/2026

💭 When young people are included in conversations about health and their communities, outcomes improve. Yet too often, their voices are left out of the room.

What happens when they're given the mic instead?

Join Young Voices. Bigger Impact. at the Abounding Prosperity Health Summit for an honest conversation with youth leaders, educators, and advocates working to create change across healthcare and beyond.

📅 June 19, 2026
📍 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dallas
🔗 Register now: https://www.eventeny.com/events/apcommunityhealthsummit-30718

✨ The future isn't waiting its turn—it's already speaking.

06/18/2026

A plan isn't just a document.

It's a roadmap for how North Texas will approach HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services over the next five years.

The 2027–2031 Integrated Plan helps guide priorities, partnerships, funding decisions, and strategies to improve health outcomes across our region.

Community feedback is currently being accepted. And we're only waiting on yours.

📧 Send comments/feedback to: [email protected]

06/18/2026

What happens at a Ryan White Planning Council meeting? And what's so urgent for us to have an Emergency meeting?

A lot more than most people realize.

These meetings help guide priorities and decisions that impact HIV care and support services throughout our region. During the upcoming emergency meeting, council members will review an important recommendation connected to future HIV planning efforts.

📍 Virtual Meeting
📅 June 24
⏰ 9:00 AM
🔗 Link: https://meet.goto.com/721611253

Stay connected to the conversations shaping the future of HIV services in Dallas.

06/17/2026

The next five years of HIV prevention and care in North Texas are being mapped out right now.

The draft 2027–2031 Integrated HIV Prevention & Care Plan was developed through community meetings, stakeholder discussions, needs assessments, and feedback from people with lived experience.

Now there's one more important voice missing:

Yours.

Before the plan moves forward, community feedback is being accepted.

📧 Share your comments/thoughts: [email protected]

Your insight can help strengthen HIV prevention, care, treatment, and support services across North Texas.

06/17/2026

Red Bag Brunch & Learn Plenary, a space dedicated to uplifting Black Women and Black Transgender Women through education, empowerment, and community-centered dialogue.

Join healthcare professionals, advocates, and community leaders as they discuss HIV prevention, PrEP, Long-Acting Injectables (LAI), and the importance of culturally responsive care. Whether you're a community member, provider, advocate, or ally, this is an opportunity to learn, connect, and be part of the conversation shaping healthier futures.

📅 June 18, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
📍 Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown

🔗 Registration: https://www.eventeny.com/.../apcommunityhealthsummit-30718/

The Red Bag Brunch & Learn Plenary💋
Join us for an engaging conversation on the evolving HIV landscape and the importance of culturally responsive prevention and care for Black Women and Black Transgender Women.

Hear from community leaders, healthcare professionals, and cultural influencers as we discuss HIV prevention, Long-Acting Injectables (LAI), PrEP navigation, and strategies that move communities forward.

📅 June 18, 2026
⏰ 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CT
📍 Crowne Plaza Dallas Downtown

Register Now: https://www.eventeny.com/events/apcommunityhealthsummit-30718/

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06/17/2026

🚨 An Emergency Ryan White Planning Council Meeting has been called for June 24.

Important decisions help shape how HIV services are planned and coordinated across the Dallas area. This special meeting will focus on action items connected to the 2027–2031 planning process.

If you care about HIV care, prevention, support services, and community health, now is the time to stay informed.

📅 June 24, 2026
⏰ 9:00 AM
💻 Virtual via GoToMeeting
🔗 Link: https://meet.goto.com/721611253

Your voice matters—even when the meeting is virtual.