Unity Arc Advocacy Group

07/09/2026

I am incredibly energized to announce the launch of a powerful new joint initiative between Unity Arc Advocacy Group and the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP). We are officially opening recruitment for our Community Storytelling Project, a trauma-informed initiative specifically structured to gather, honor, and elevate the lived experiences of people living and aging with HIV.

06/05/2026

Today is National HIV Long Term Survivors Day. A day of action as part of Seven Days In June a week of protest against funding cuts to healthcare. Please read my Substack article and follow me.

On Long-Term Survivors Day, I am reading my Pre-Obituary because H.R. 1’s health cuts are not abstractions. They are warnings.

06/01/2026

********Action Needed******
- Urge Congress to increase FY27 funding for HIV programs

SHF FY27 Action Alert is now live: https://savehivfunding.org/fy27hivfunding/

Please call (888) 308-9143 your Senators and Representative and urge them to pass FY27 LHHS, NSS, THUD appropriations bills that increase funding to expand access to health care and supports for people living with and vulnerable to HIV in the U.S. and globally.

Overview The House and Senate have begun to consider FY27 appropriations bills for domestic and global HIV programs. The Save HIV Funding (SHF) campaign urges the House and Senate to pass the Labor…

05/30/2026

How artificial intelligence can help close health gaps — if communities lead, privacy is protected, and accountability comes before innovation.

05/20/2026

04/25/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/unityarc/p/you-cant-separate-trans-hiv-prevention?r=55uj33&utm_medium=ios

HIV prevention is not just about condoms, PrEP, or testing. It is also about whether people trust the health system enough to walk through the door, stay in care, and be treated with dignity.

04/25/2026

New on Substack: if we are serious about HIV prevention, we have to be serious about gender-affirming care.

HIV prevention is not just about condoms, PrEP, or testing. It is also about whether people trust the health system enough to walk through the door, stay in care, and be treated with dignity.

04/24/2026

Health equity is not charity — it is justice.

That truth is at the center of my work, my story, and my keynote: “The State of Health Equity and the Path Forward.”

I’m Malcolm Reid — CEO of Unity Arc Advocacy Group, longtime health equity advocate, speaker, and person living with HIV for over 30 years.

My work is rooted in lived experience, community power, HIV justice, aging with dignity, and the belief that the people most impacted by inequity must be centered in the solutions.

This keynote is not just about naming the problem. It is about moving people toward action.

We must center lived experience.
Expand access.
Confront stigma and structural racism.
Build cross-generational bridges.
Invest in community-led solutions.

Because justice in health is inseparable from justice in society.

If your conference, organization, health system, or community is ready for a keynote that moves people from insight to action, let’s connect.