Substance abuse can increase the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. How?

People who use substances, particularly people who use meth, are more likely to engage in sexual risk behaviors, including HIV transmission risk behavior. In addition, people who used stimulants such as meth were less likely to be virally suppressed than people who did not report stimulant use.

By supporting AIDS Walk Los Angeles, you’ll be helping many people receive services with APLA Health’s substance harm reduction programs, including with our counseling services and Party Wise, a program aimed at reducing the risk of HIV transmission and the social isolation caused by crystal meth. Party Wise consists of risk-reduction health navigation sessions and community events with gay men who use methamphetamine.

Supporting AIDS Walk Los Angeles helps APLA Health reach more Angelenos who may need mental health services, regardless of income, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression or HIV status.
How are you doing?
Take to your digital platform and share your stories. Share your successes, your unlikely triumphs, your reason for Walking. Are you, your friends, your team doing anything to mark the end of this 8-week fundraising sprint? AIDS Walk Los Angeles is a community and your voice is valuable to us, so let us hear you.

Heck, you might even be able to get a few more donations from your followers. Use #AWLA2020 and tag us @aidswalkLA.
End of this week = end of this Walk!
First, we just want to say thank you to everyone who participated, donated, and led a team during this AIDS Walk Los Angeles, which has been unlike any we’ve ever put together. You absolutely CRUSHED IT for APLA Health and over 18,000 people in LA County who rely on their programs for Care, Support and Education.

The work isn’t quite done yet though! You still have until September 13 (Sunday) to ask for donations. And there’s a good incentive to keep going this week — our top Walkers will get a special shoutout on AWLA social media after the Walk. So dig in, reach out to your network, and let’s squeeze every last drop of success out of your amazing efforts in 2020!
AIDS Walk Los Angeles
213.201.9255 (WALK) · aidswalkla.org