The Black AIDS Institute aims to expand and diversify the pipeline for the future HIV workforce by Building the HIV Workforce and Strengthening Engagement in Communities of Color (B-SEC). Two Historically Black Colleges and Universities have been identified to join…

Overview  The devastating effects of HIV upon historically marginalized populations and their exclusion from clinical trial development have led to increasing controversies around HIV prevention treatment. In 2020, the Black AIDS Institute launched “We The People: A Black Strategy …

Overview  The Community Mobilization College (CMC) is an African American HIV University (AAHU) training and leadership development program that focuses on building grassroots skills to engage key stakeholders and communities in initiatives to combat HIV/AIDS. Program modules are completed quarterly…

Overview  The Science and Treatment College (STC) is an African American HIV University (AAHU) training and leadership development program that focuses on HIV and its relationship to human biology, virology, and epidemiology. Program modules are completed quarterly among one academic…

Overview The African American HIV University (AAHU) is the Black AIDS Institute’s comprehensive training and leadership development initiative, designed to increase knowledge, decrease stigma and strengthen workforce capacity and engagement, ultimately to address and end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black…

“..the job of those involved in COVID-19 and HIV science is to educate people to enable them to make informed decisions. And, the simplest way is to tell people that vaccine won’t kill but COVID-19 can..”Reverend Rob Newells, Director, National…

About This program is currently in its pilot phase and will open to the public in mid-2021. Since 1999, the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) has educated health department staff, peer educators, community organizations, and public health professionals to act upon…

BAI’s Health Department initiative helps form planning bodies, task forces, and working groups to focus on health-department-related issues such as outreach to key populations, Rapid ART and PrEP implementation, and “Ending the HIV Epidemic” planning and implementation. We recognize that…

Overview Black AIDS Institute provides training and capacity-building assistance* to organizations serving Black communities. We apply a uniquely and unapologetically Black lens, tailoring our assistance to fit each organization’s needs. *Please note: Until risk from the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, BAI will…

Cut The Stigma – Southern University Cut The Stigma is a joint public education campaign created by Lambda Legal and BAI. It is focused on dispelling misconceptions surrounding HIV transmission and reducing HIV stigma and its resulting discrimination within the…