The Health Collective

10/19/2026

ONE MONTH TO GO! ✨

We’re officially one month away from the 24th Annual One Big Event!

At a time when access to affirming care is more important than ever, your ticket is more than admission to an event. It helps save lives. Join us Saturday, November 14, at the Hartford Marriott Downtown for an unforgettable evening of connection, impact, dinner, dancing, and a little blue-carpet glamour.

🎟️ Get your tickets today: https://www.healthcollective.org/OBE

Together, we’ll support The Health Collective’s critical health services, including HIV and STI prevention, testing and treatment, vaccinations, and comprehensive dental care.

*Want to bring your people? Host a table or become a Table Captain!** Guests can purchase their own tickets and designate you as their Table Captain, or you can purchase a Pack of 10 and coordinate your table all at once.

Questions or interested in hosting a table? Contact Brayden Ransom at [email protected].

10/13/2026

Tickets are officially on sale for our 24th Annual One Big Event!

At a time when access to affirming care is more important than ever, your ticket is more than admission to an event. It helps save lives.

Join us Saturday, November 14, at the Hartford Marriott Downtown for an for an unforgettable evening of connection, impact, dinner, dancing, and a little blue-carpet glamour., all in support of The Health Collective’s critical health services, including HIV and STI prevention, testing and treatment, vaccinations, and comprehensive dental care.

*Want to bring your people? Host a table or become a Table Captain! Guests can purchase their own tickets and designate you as their Table Captain, or you can purchase a Pack of 10 and coordinate your table all at once.

🎟️ Get your tickets: https://www.healthcollective.org/OBE

Questions or interested in hosting a table? Contact Brayden Ransom at [email protected].

10/09/2026

10/08/2026

Condoms still matter. HIV treatment is prevention, and condoms protect against other STIs and unplanned pregnancy. Free condoms and free testing are closer than you think: ask your local health department or HIV prevention agency, or find a testing site at gettested.cdc.gov. Learn more at: www.healthcollective.org

09/27/2026

Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, celebrated annually on September 27. was founded to increase awareness of the impact of the HIV epidemic on gay and bisexual men in the United States and encourage HIV testing, prevention, and treatment services.

09/25/2026

Friends and neighbors in CT, your voice matters.

CWCSEO’s Affordability Survey is now open to learn more about the challenges residents face accessing essentials like food, housing, healthcare, childcare, transportation, and utilities.

Take a few minutes to share your experience and help shape future policy work.

🔗 https://bit.ly/CWCSEO_Affordability_Survey_ENG

The Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity (CWCSEO) is a non-partisan state agency within the Connecticut State Legislature. We listen to communities, gather data, and use research to identify policy issues affecting women, children and their families, seniors, and African Am...

09/18/2026

Today is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day.

People with HIV are living longer, healthier lives, and more than half of people living with diagnosed HIV in the U.S. are age 50 or older.

We recognize the many people aging with HIV and the importance of accessible, affirming care at every stage of life. At The Health Collective, we know that everyone deserves care that meets them where they are with dignity, respect, and without judgment.

09/10/2026

Last night we celebrated an "Evening of Gratitude," a wonderful opportunity of connection, community, and celebration.

Thank you to everyone who joined us last night, and a special thanks to Day Pitney LLP for hosting and helping make the evening such a meaningful one for The Health Collective.

We’re grateful for the opportunity to come together and celebrate our donors, community partners, friends, and allies who believe in the work we do and the people we serve.

Your support helps us continue creating access to critical, culturally competent health care, HIV prevention and testing, community resources, and so much more across Connecticut.

08/13/2026

Nancy Wyman had the backs of Connecticut’s LGBTQIA+ community for decades.

She showed up for us. She stood with us. She celebrated with us. And throughout her years of public service, she made it clear that LGBTQIA+ people deserved dignity, equality, respect, and a government that would stand alongside them.

For the Health Collective, Nancy was a longtime friend and champion of our organization and the community we serve. Her presence, encouragement, and genuine warmth meant so much to us over the years.

Connecticut has lost an extraordinary public servant, and the LGBTQIA+ community has lost a deeply valued friend and advocate.

We thank Nancy for her leadership, her support, and the love she showed our community. We will miss her tremendously, and we will always be grateful that she stood with us.

*Pictured: Lt. Gov. Nancy Wyman and Health Collective Board President E John McGarvey at One Big Event.