Grazell Howard exemplifies the Black AIDS Institute's motto of addressing HIV's impact on Black communities. She acknowledges past failures to include all affected groups, particularly Black and brown populations. As managing director, Howard aims to meet the entire Black community's needs, despite political challenges. She advocates for evolving messaging strategies that reflect changes in the HIV epidemic over the past 40 years. The Black AIDS Institute, founded in 1999, focuses on mobilizing Black American communities to combat HIV/AIDS comprehensively, recognizing the necessity for tailored approaches to eradicate the epidemic.
"I think what we did, unintentionally, is we went to the largest disease-burdened group, which were men who have sex with men - and that's fine, that's what you're supposed to do. However, we never then came back and said, 'It impacts of us. We are in it together.'"
"HIV 40 years ago is not HIV today. But what we have to do now is look at the messaging intergenerationally, look at the messaging intraracially, and then lay the truth on top."
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