PreventionWorks was featured in an article in today’s New York Times. There’s also a multimedia presentation that is really great. You can watch it here. Let’s hope this publicity leads Congress to allow DC to spend its own funds on needle exchange so more people can be reached and HIV transmission can be reduced in [...]

A note for our mothers on Mother’s Day…

It sounds like a headline from the Onion, right?  But this mom was actually kicked off a Delta airlines flight because she was breastfeeding her child.  The following story came directly from Moms Rising.  If you’re outraged, sign the petition at the link that follows. “She was sitting on an airplane nursing her child in [...]

PreventionWorks was listed in the Catalogue for Philanthropy, a publication that is distributed to businesses and potential donors all around the DC metropolitan area right at the start of the holiday giving season.  I went to a celebration this morning for the official launch and became very excited about the Catalogue.  Anyone that works for [...]

Email sent to 2020@abc.com: Dear 20/20 Editors, I would like to thank you for dedicating the first segment of Friday’s show to the issues facing working mothers in America.  This is an important issue and the fact that it was Elizabeth Vargas’ first day back from maternity leave served to highlight the main points.  I [...]

PreventionWorks is featured in this 8 minute film produced by Charles Sessoms, a former employee who now works at the DC Department of Health.  Two of the people interviewed are people that Kristen works with every day — Paola Barahona is the Executive Director and Ron Daniels is the Program Manager.  The film is very well done and [...]