POZ magazine has named Chioma Nnaji, senior program director of the Roxbury, Mass.–based Multicultural AIDS Coalition (MAC), to its annual “POZ 100” list, which spotlights and celebrates HIV advocacy work in communities throughout the US. The 2021 list focuses on the work of Black advocates making a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
At MAC, says POZ, Nnaji “is responsible for community-led research, capacity building, technical assistance and community mobilization. She’s been working at the intersection of HIV, racial justice and immigrant rights for more than 20 years. She founded and currently directs the first state-funded program in Massachusetts that provides culturally and linguistically appropriate HIV outreach, education, testing and linkage to care services to Black immigrants.
“She is #unbought #unbossed and #unapologetic in her passion to bring the voice and needs of African diaspora communities to the table.”
The Multicultural AIDS Coalition mission is “to mobilize communities of color to end the HIV epidemic. MAC supports broader efforts to eradicate conditions that fuel the epidemic, including substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections, lack of healthcare access, homelessness, incarceration, and discrimination based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity.”
Congratulations, Chioma! We are grateful for all that you do!
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