{"id":25964,"date":"2026-04-28T17:33:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/?page_id=25964"},"modified":"2026-04-28T17:33:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T21:33:14","slug":"black-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/our-work\/black-communities\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Black Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"Imprisonment. Lack of culturally appropriate access to health services and resulting poor health. Poverty.<\/p>\n<p>Each of these factors increases a person\u2019s risk of contracting HIV \u2014 and in Canada, African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities suffer disproportionately from all of them.<\/p>\n<p>A key part of the HIV Legal Network\u2019s strategic plan (2022-2027) <strong>is to confront and draw attention to anti-Black racism in our work and on all of our issues by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Forging and strengthening relationship with organizations representing ACB communities. This includes the African Caribbean Council on HIV\/ AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO), Africans in Partnership Against AIDS (APAA), and Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP).<\/li>\n<li>Consistently considering the impacts of punitive laws and policies and criminalization on ACB communities in activities and outputs<\/li>\n<li>Seeking the equitable and meaningful engagement of racialized communities throughout the duration of projects<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"repeater-grid\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KYR-IPV-EN.png\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__body\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"repeater-card__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKnow Your Rights \u2013 A Guide for African, Caribbean, and Black Women Living with HIV and Affected by Intimate Partner Violence\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"repeater-card__link\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/know-your-rights-a-guide-for-african-carribean-and-black-women-living-with-hiv-and-affected-by-intimate-partner-violence\/?lang=en\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card__body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KYR-Drug-Laws-EN.png\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__body\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"repeater-card__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKnow Your Rights: on drug laws for African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) people who use drugs\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"repeater-card__link\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/know-your-rights-on-drug-laws-for-african-caribbean-and-black-acb-people-who-use-drugs-2\/?lang=en\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card__body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HIV-and-Criminal-Law.png\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__body\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"repeater-card__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHIV and the Criminal Law in Canada \u2013 Black Communities\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"repeater-card__link\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hiv-and-the-criminal-law-in-canada-black-communities\/?lang=en\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card__body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Hard-Time.png\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"repeater-card__body\">\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"repeater-card__heading\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHard Time Persists: Healthcare and Harm Reduction for Racialized People In Prison\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"repeater-card__link\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/hard-time-persists-healthcare-and-harm-reduction-for-racialized-people-in-prison\/?lang=en\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t   target=\"_self\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card__body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-card -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/.acf-repeater-grid -->\r\n\t\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HIV and the Criminal Law - What You Need to Know\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gj3YAamCQjM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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Lack of culturally appropriate access to health services and resulting poor health. Poverty. Each of these factors increases a person\u2019s risk of contracting HIV \u2014 and in Canada, African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) communities suffer disproportionately from all of them. A key part of the HIV Legal Network\u2019s strategic plan (2022-2027) is to confront &#8230; <a title=\"Black Communities\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/our-work\/black-communities\/?lang=en\" aria-label=\"More on Black Communities\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25964","page","type-page","status-publish"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25965,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25964\/revisions\/25965"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hivlegalnetwork.ca\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}