_"Stigma remains the single most important barrier to public action...It helps make AIDS the silent killer, because people fear the social disgrace of speaking about it, or taking easily available precautions. Stigma is a chief reason why the AIDS epidemic continues to devastate societies around the world."  Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations stated that and the International Society, Does HIV Look Like Me? believes that leadership by people living with HIV is a key component to real change in the fight against HIV.  The organization strives to educate, inspire, empower and challenge stigma. We provide and produce projects, trainings, and campaigns that reach the hearts and minds of our audiences, making a real and lasting impact on the fight against HIV, AIDS. 

They strive to, and inspire their community to;
* Be part of the solution by ending the stigma & discrimination against those living with HIV or AIDS
* To encourage people to know their HIV status, so they can take control of their healt
* Educate the general public about HIV/AIDS
* Reducing stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS
* To provide a personal connection by sharing the realities of those living with HIV or AIDS

_Check out the new video below!

The DOES HIV LOOK LIKE ME? United States campaign, produced by Hope's Voice International, a leading HIV and AIDS education organization, is expanding to communities and countries around the world. The campaign consists of videos created by ambassadors; young people between the ages of 15 and 29, living with HIV or AIDS (YPLHIV/A). The ambassadors are human rights leaders standing up to fight misconception, stigma and inequality with their faces, voices and individual stories.

As we pass 30 years of this epidemic, we recognize it is time for an approach that features young people. The fear-based campaigns that have dominated the global response to the epidemic have made people in society afraid of those living with HIV or AIDS. The DOES HIV LOOK LIKE ME? United States campaign is proud not to use fear, but instead corrects the misconceptions and shares the realities surrounding the lives of those living with HIV or AIDS. This helps to end stigma by encouraging communities to have open dialogue.

The DOES HIV LOOK LIKE ME? United States campaign is mobilizing young people to define their disease in turn redefining their life and ending stigma.  Watch a few of the videos from this campaign below!