HOPE Outreach

04/03/2026

✨ Just putting y’all on real quick… ✨

If you’re out and about today, Hamilton Health Center is hosting a Kiosk Day from 12PM – 3PM at their 17th Street location 👀

📍 Between the Pharmacy & Women’s Health areas

They’ll be showing how to use their health resource kiosk + giving out some really useful items like:
• Menstrual products
• Safe s*x kits
• Narcan
• COVID tests
• Pregnancy tests

And yes… there are giveaways and prizes involved 🎁

It’s one of those quick stops that could actually be helpful for you or someone you know.

If you’re nearby, slide through 💚
And if not, share it with somebody who could use it.

03/28/2026

Pop quiz… where’s HOPE today? 👀

Hint: We didn’t stay in the office.

We’re out here at the Stronger Together Health & Wellness Summit making it easy to get connected, ask questions, and take care of YOU.

Pull up on us 💜
📍 Allison Hill Community Center
🕚 11AM–2PM

Free testing. Real conversations. Zero judgment.

02/27/2026

The 2026 Black History Month theme reflects on one hundred years of Black history commemorations.

For a century, Black leaders have worked to ensure that contributions, struggles, and victories were documented and remembered.

In HIV care, Black women made sure their communities were not erased.
They built spaces.
They changed narratives.
They demanded equity.

As this month closes, the commitment continues.

Black history is not a moment.
It is a responsibility.

And at HOPE, that responsibility is carried forward every day.

02/25/2026

Black women have always been central to HIV advocacy, care, education, and community leadership.

That legacy continues.

It continues in the women who advocate for themselves and others.
It continues in peer leaders who share their stories.
It continues in outreach workers, case managers, educators, and nurses who show up with compassion and truth.

Commemoration is not only about remembering the past.
It is about recognizing the present.

At HOPE, we are honored to be part of that ongoing story.

02/23/2026

For the past three weeks, we have honored Black women who exposed injustice, built organizations, and changed the way HIV is understood in this country.

Their work shaped the systems we operate in today.

But Black history is not only preserved in books and commemorations.
It is lived daily in clinics, support groups, outreach events, and community spaces.

This week, we honor the living legacy.

Because the story did not end.
It continues in the work being done right now.

This is Black history. This is HIV history.

02/20/2026

Statistics tell part of the story.
People tell the rest.

For many years, HIV disparities in Black communities were discussed without addressing the systems that created them.

Black women in research and public health helped change that narrative.
They asked harder questions.
They demanded better answers.

At HOPE, we see every day that HIV care is about more than medication.
It is about housing, stability, trust, and dignity.

That understanding is part of the legacy these women helped build.

Black history is still being written.
And the work continues.

02/18/2026

Dr. Adaora Adimora is a physician, researcher, and epidemiologist who asked questions many systems were not ready to answer.

Why were HIV rates higher in some Black communities even when individuals reported similar behaviors as other groups?

Her research helped show that HIV risk is not only about personal choices.
It is shaped by social networks, access to care, incarceration rates, poverty, and systemic inequality.

Dr. Adimora’s work challenged the idea that HIV disparities were simply about behavior.
She helped shift the focus toward structural factors that affect entire communities.

Because of research like hers, today’s HIV prevention and care strategies are more informed, more equitable, and more community-centered.

She did not just study the numbers.
She helped tell the truth behind them.

02/16/2026

This month, HOPE is honoring the Black women who made sure HIV history was recorded, protected, and remembered.

Black women were not only advocates and organizers.
They were also researchers, scientists, and public health leaders who challenged harmful narratives about HIV.

At a time when HIV was often framed as an issue of individual behavior, some Black women in science began asking deeper questions:

What about housing?
What about access to care?
What about racism, poverty, and segregation?

This week, we honor a researcher who helped shift the conversation from blame to systems.

This is Black history. This is HIV history.

02/13/2026

02/13/2026

Some community partners don’t just show up… they stand up when it matters most. Dee Allen is one of those people.

Through Thrive Housing Services, her work in housing and youth support runs deep. While HOPE serves adults, Dee has never hesitated to step in, offer guidance, and support our participants when housing needs arise. That kind of partnership is real, and it makes a difference.

We’re grateful to work alongside leaders like Dee who lead with heart and action. Thank you for all you do for this community 💐

Extremely honored to be recognized by the City of Harrisburg as a Black History Month Hometown Hero! 🌟

Thrive Housing Services was born out of a personal mission to ensure no young person in our city falls through the cracks. Whether it’s providing a safe place to sleep, a hot meal, or just a space to feel seen and heard, we are here to build community—not just programs.

A special shoutout to the City for visiting our new Warming Center! 🏠 We are currently preparing to serve youth as young as 10, providing everything from mentorship to a basic necessity pantry.
It takes a village, and I’m so proud to be part of this one. 🖤✨
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