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PA30 focuses on leaders, influencers, and readers who stand out as champions who have helped pave the way for others and who help inspire the champion within each of us. Through PA30, we invite readers and followers to share your stories and celebrate PA’s impact in their treatment decisions and personal journey with HIV. 



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“I’d only been out of pharmacy school for a few years when the first AIDS case was documented in 1981... At first, nobody knew what was happening; we just knew people were dying and there was no cure. There was a lot of stigma, fear and confusion in those days, and the community wasn’t sure who they could trust. Along with other doctors, nurses, social workers, as pharmacists, we helped people ease their suffering with the limited options we had. We were all scared, but did what we could.” —Glen Pietrandoni, RPh, AAHIVP, from the July+August 2020 issue of Positively Aware positivelyaware.com

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Celebrating our 30th anniversary this year, @posaware pays tribute to some of the champions who’ve been featured in the magazine: . Robert Suttle (@suttlevision): "You care about HIV criminalization, you just don’t know it yet. We need your support and involvement to make sure we take the path that will improve public health and deliver on the promise of justice to every person, including those of us who have HIV.” —from "Ending Criminalization of HIV,” SEP+OCT 2018 For more, go to positivelyaware.com/pa30. #PA30

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Celebrating our 30th anniversary this year, Positively Aware pays tribute to some of the champions who’ve inspired our readers: Masonia Traylor: Diagnosed with HIV in 2010 at the age of 23, it wasn’t long before Masonia became an advocate: “I would rather others be uncomfortable because I am public with my status than for them to ever make me feel ashamed and uncomfortable with it.” —from “Social Justice Sheroes,” May+June 2019. Click on link in bio to go to #PA30.

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