RDSF SPRING GIVING 2021 E-NEWSLETTER

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Serving families affected by HIV, Viral Hepatitis & Substance Use Disorders

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Our personal experiences with AIDS, Hepatitis, and Substance Use Disorders make clear 3 pertinent ideas: 1. Together with love and effort we can do anything.

2. Our spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical wellness are the MOST

important things.

3. With proper funding we can serve more people more effectively.

Please make your donation today!!

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The Reginald & Dionne Smith has been serving the unmet needs of people like Joy for over 10 years.

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Providing education and resources to people like Joy is what your donation will help the Reginald & Dionne Smith Foundation to do.

Please give generously!!

Mission The RDSF works with communities, organizations, health care providers, and social support providers in order to improve care, support, and education for men and women living with HIV/AIDS and/or viral Hepatitis, their partners, family members, and advocates with the goal of enhancing the physical, mental, sexual, and emotional health of these men, women and families.

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Vision The Reginald & Dionne Smith Foundation, Inc. will change the way people think about HIV/AIDS and viral Hepatitis, by using education, advocacy, resources, and linkage to care to build the preeminent community of support for families affected by those diseases.

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The Wellness, Awareness & Recovery Community We support the Wellness, Awareness & Recovery Community as a place that brings together people in long term recovery to build practices and habits that are important to us and are nearly impossible to do on our own. It is where we can take the next steps toward having peaceful families, attracting abundance, and achieving optimum spiritual, emotional and physical wellness.

It is an interactive network for recovering people raising their spiritual & emotional vibrations to achieve total wellness. Would you like to heal and grow with like-spirited people?

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The Reginald & Dionne Smith Foundation (RDSF) provides education, advocacy, resources and linkage to care for families affected by HIV, Hep, and SUD'S. Dr. Luther Virgil, Jr. regularly updates us on the latest information on the medical data, vaccines and other issues concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.

We discuss fact based information to hopefully better inform our decision making processes.

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Advocacy As health advocates, the Reginald and Dionne Smith Foundation, Inc. (RDSF) team provides direct service to men and women living with HIV/AIDS and viral Hepatitis, their partners, family members, and advocates. We also provide information and tools for self-empowerment in patients’ health and social care while working both alone and with others to ensure that the needs of those infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS and viral Hepatitis are recognized, heard, and acted upon.

Advocacy in HIV/AIDS and viral Hepatitis takes many forms. Some organizations provide advocacy at the local level, aiming to improve treatment and support programs for person infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS and viral Hepatitis in their community. Other organizations work nationally to increase funding for treatment, research, or prevention of those diseases. Others advocate for services for specific groups such as men who have sex with men, women, children or minorities.

Resources Hepatitis American Liver Foundationhttp://www.liverfoundation.org National nonprofit organization dedicated to the prevention, treatment, and cure of hepatitis and other liver diseases through research, education, and advocacy.

HEPhttp://www.hepmag.com/index.shtml Hep is an award-winning print and online brand for people living with and affected by viral hepatitis. Offering unparalleled editorial excellence since 2010, Hep and HepMag.com are the go-to source for educational and social support for people living with hepatitis.

Hepatitis B Foundationhttp://www.hepb.org/index.html Nonprofit organization dedicated to finding a cure and improving the quality of life of those affected by hepatitis B worldwide through research, education, and patient advocacy.

Hepatitis Foundation Internationalhttp://www.hepfi.org/index.html Work includes prevention of viral hepatitis by promoting liver wellness and healthful lifestyles, advocating for hepatitis patients and the related medical community worldwide, and supporting research into prevention, treatment, and cures for viral hepatitis.

National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project: Hepatitishttp://natap.org The mission of the National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project is to educate individuals about HIV and Hepatitis treatments and to advocate on the behalf of all people living with HIV/AIDS and HCV. Their efforts in these areas are conducted on local, national, and international levels.

HIV Advocates for Youthhttp://www.advocatesforyouth.org/hiv-home Advocates for Youth partners with youth leaders, adult allies, and youth-serving organizations to advocate for policies and champion programs that recognize young people’s rights to honest sexual health information; accessible, confidential, and affordable sexual health services; and the resources and opportunities necessary to create sexual health equity fo all youth.

Black AIDS Institutehttp://www.blackaids.org

The Black AIDS Institute is the first Black HIV/AIDS policy center dedicated to reducing HIV/AIDS health disparities by mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront the epidemic in their communities.

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundationhttp://www.pedaids.org The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation seeks to end pediatric HIV/AIDS through research, advocacy, and prevention and treatment programs.

Gay Men’s Health Crisishttp://www.gmhc.org The mission of Gay Men’s Health Crisis is to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with HIV maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment and cure of HIV an urgent national and local priority.

National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc.http://www.nblca.org The National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBLCA) is the oldest and largest non-profit organization of its kind in the United States. Our mission is to educate, mobilize, and empower black leaders to meet the challenge of fighting HIV/AIDS and other health disparities in their local communities.

NMAChttp://www.nmac.org NMAC leads with race to urgently fight for health equity and racial justice to end the HIV epidemic in America.

The Well Projecthttp://www.thewellproject.org The Well Project is a non-profit organization whose mission is to change the course of the HIV/AIDS pandemic through a unique and comprehensive focus on women and girls. The Well Project advocates that every woman and girl should have access to quality, up-to-date information about HIV/AIDS. Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseasehttp://www.womenhiv.org WORLD improves the lives and health of women, girls, families and communities affected by HIV through peer-based education, wellness services, advocacy, and leadership development.

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