Over the coming weeks, Congress will be reshaped by a historic group of first-term legislators. This year’s incoming class is made up of people who have worked as educators, activists, health care providers, pastors, small business owners and even as nonprofit leaders. This class is historic in many ways but most notably for having the first two Black openly gay members of Congress.
We know that ending HIV will take a comprehensive effort from those dedicated to working on health care reform and access to racial justice and housing. For these reasons, we are hoping to see several members of Congress join Reps. Barbara Lee and Jenniffer González-Colón in the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus.
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