10/14/2026
Congratulations to Mechelle + Keshia, and all our staff at Unity Wellness Center! Our outstanding Prevention and Outreach team received the "Rural Health Rockstar Award" today at the 2026 Alabama Update meeting in Birmingham.
This award recognizes "an outstanding organization that has demonstrated exceptional dedication to improving HIV and STI prevention, testing, treatment, and support services in Alabama's rural communities."
We're so grateful for Mechelle and Keshia's tireless efforts to work with and expand our community partnerships, to get more folks tested for and educated about HIV! They have made an incredible difference not only at our organization, but across our community!
Thank you to the ADPH HIV Managers for selecting our staff, and to Tracy for accepting the award on their behalf, as they were out at a testing event today (and at events all week). We all play a role in ending the unnecessary stigma that surrounds HIV, as well as to get people living with and at risk for HIV connected to care, and we're so thankful to work with a staff that truly lives that mission!