Paul Kawata NMAC is launching its new “ESCALATE” — Ending Stigma through Collaboration And Lifting All To Empowerment — program designed to “reduce stigma against People Living With HIV at the individual, organizational and systemic levels.” The program is funded by a cooperative agreement with the Health Resources and Service Administration.
NMAC Executive Director Paul Kawata said ESCALATE will train participants in the 57 jurisdictions identified in “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America” to recognize and address HIV stigma, with a particular focus on transgender/gender nonconforming individuals, men who have sex with men and the Black/African-American community.