THE WELL PROJECT INC A NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION

The Well Project 2023 Accomplishments:General Programming: Education and Health Literacy:Reviewed and updated 97 English fact sheets, 45 Spanish fact sheets, and 21 English slide sets and 15 Spanish slide sets; translated 13 existing fact sheets into SpanishDeveloped 4 new fact sheets (both in English and Spanish, launching at the same time) with accompanying slide decks Disseminated 13 conference updates, written by CAB members and The Well Project teamDisseminated 13 monthly newsletters to 12,000 subscribers; 43 weekly updates in English to 8000 subscribers; and 12 monthly updates in Spanish to 2,000 subscribersReached more than 1,500,000 via The Well Project website and engaged 24,000 individuals daily through our social media platformsEngaged regularly with 60+ established partner organizations, including disseminating 2 Dear Partner newsletters and participating in 15 in-person and virtual events with partnersWelcomed 6 new partner organizations including, Black Mothers Breastfeeding Association, NASTAD, National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV)s Positively Safe Project, Ribbon, The Pleasure Project, and The Reunion ProjectAttended, presented and/or exhibited at 12 conferences (including scholarships for CAB members to attend) Website updates/improvements including development updates/migration to website platform, major updates to website navigation, and community needs assessment for website homepage redesign to increase usability/engagementGeneral Programming: Community Connection and Leadership Development:Provided 51 discrete compensated opportunities for women living with HIV Provided ongoing contract work to 6 women living with HIV Employed 3 women living with HIV in F/T staff positions Supported 13 CAB members for annual participationProvided 9 full or partial scholarships and stipends for CAB members to attend and/or present at 5 national conferences including the International Workshop on Women and HIV, 2023 National Latinx Conference on HIV/HCV/SUD, the 2023 HIV is Not a Crime Academy, and USCHA 2023 Engaged 6 CAB members in conference abstract developmentSubmitted patient perspective to the HIV Research and Clinical Practice JournalProduced webinar for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness that featured a private screening of the documentary short, Unexpected5 episodes of A Girl Like Me LIVE, featuring 12 Black women living with HIV2 Leadership Exchange LIVES, featuring 2 Black women living with HIV and medical providers from the field Added 14 new bloggers to A Girl Like Me/Una Chica Como Yo; published and disseminated 115 blogs (104 English/11 Spanish) written by women living with HIVGeneral Operations and Infrastructure Development:Conducted in-person team retreat Created ad-hoc fundraising committee with 3 board members to develop new strategies for major gift donorsContinued process for developing organizational values Published 8 monthly interviews/communications for our Hearts and Minds of The Well Project series https://www.thewellproject.org/hiv-information/hearts-and-minds-well-project in honor of our 20th anniversary Conducted annual financial auditDeveloped new budgeting tracking systemConducted 4 meetings with the Board of Directors (3 virtual and 1-in person) Hired a human resources consultant, Valisha Fullard-Harris, to support executive coaching and personnel management.BEEEBAH (Building Equity, Ethics, and Education on Breastfeeding and HIV) 2023:Developed and widely disseminated press release, The Well Project Applauds Updates to Perinatal HIV Clinical Guidelines around Breast/Chestfeeding for Women and Other Birthing Parents Living with HIV after federal guidelines were updated: https://www.thewellproject.org/news-press/well-project-applauds-updates-perinatal-hiv-clinical-guidelines-around-breastchestfeeding. Developed and disseminated postcard on breastfeeding guideline updatesLeadership Exchange Live on Infant Feeding Guidelines Updates: Updated Get the Facts: Breast/Chestfeeding and HIV pamphlets, translated to Spanish and printed 30,000 for wide dissemination Disseminated survey to pamphlet recipientsCo-Hosted webinar The HIV and Infant Feeding Guidelines at Six Months: Perspectives from National Leaders July 2023 with NCCCCreated private BEEEBAH FB group for community networking and supportDeveloped discussion guide for talking to provider: https://www.thewellproject.org/hiv-information/resources-talk-your-provider-about-breastfeeding-and-hiv Presented at 4 national and 1 international conference on infant feeding and HIV Women Like Us: Aging Positively 2023:Topical section developed for Aging and HIV resources including live events/webinars led and hosted by women aging with HIV, blogs from women in the community, and facts sheets relevant to the needs of women aging and living with HIV. Developed an online and print pamphlet Get the Facts: Aging Positively with HIV in English and Spanish to disseminate widely in the US and at conferences: https://www.thewellproject.org/sites/default/files/Get-the-Facts-Aging-Positively-HIV.jpg A Girl Like Me LIVE: Combatting Loneliness and Isolation with HIV - Building A Village Leadership Exchange LIVE: HIV, Women, and Menopause (October 2023)Created private Facebook group for women aging with HIV to connect and share resources: https://www.thewellproject.org/news-press/theres-place-social-media-women-us Established two new partnerships with organizations focused on aging and HIV (Ribbon and The Reunion Project)Added 4 new bloggers of women aging with HIV (50+) in 2023 and posted 50 blogs in English and Spanish from women aging with HIV in 2023SHE/HER/THEY (Sexual Health Education/HIV Empowerment Resources/Treating HIV Equally) 2023:Developed and disseminated 2 new topical sections on The Well Project website Sexual Health and Pleasure https://www.thewellproject.org/resource-highlight-topics/sexual-health-and-pleasure and Reproductive Options https://www.thewellproject.org/resource-highlight-topics/reproductive-options including fact sheets, blogs, events, videos, and reportsDisseminated conference updates Sex, Pleasure, and Making the Uncomfortable Comfortable (Kim Canady) from the International Workshop on HIV & Women 2023 and Centering Sex, Pleasure, and Women: Recaps from the 2023 Biomedical HIV Prevention Summit (Marissa Gonzalez)Conducted 2 A Girl Like Me LIVE episodes tied to SHE/HER/THEY objectives;HIV, Women, & Sexual Pleasure with Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin and CAB member Kim Canady Women, Sexuality, and HIV with Ci Ci Covin and CAB member Marnina Miller Developed and disseminated two new educational pamphlets (in English and Spanish): Get the Facts: Sexual pleasure and HIV and Get the Facts: Reproductive Health and HIVPresented a poster "Let's Talk About Sex: Facilitating Engagement About Sex and Pleasure Between Providers and Women Living with HIV" at the International Workshop on HIV and Women in February 2023 in Seattle, WA. Co-hosted webinar with The Afiya Center Birth and Postpartum Support and HIVPresented on the ANAC (a national nursing association) DEI Committee's Series on Sex PositivityWRI (Womens Reseach Initiative on HIV/AIDS) 2023:Hosted two and a half-day meeting focused on Optimizing the Behavioral Health and Overall Well-being of Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIV and included presentations from key experts and stakeholders on a variety of topics including gaps in research and policy Panel presentation by policy experts.Developed and widely disseminated the 2023 WRI Issue Brief: Optimizing the Behavioral Health of Women Living with and Vulnerable to HIVCreated and promoted fact sheet, Mental and Behavioral Health, Women, and HIV, based on content from WRI meeting Unexpected 2023:Virtual screening and Q&A for National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), March 2023Screening at 2023 Womens Research Initiative on HIV/AIDS convening, April 2023Screening and presentation at USCHA 2023, September 2023 Screening at the CityMatCH Maternal and Child Health Leadership 2023 Annual Conference