Dázon Dixon Diallo is a recognized visionary and advocate in the struggle for human rights through sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice, and the fight against HIV, STIs, and gender-based violence. Dázon is the Founder and President of SisterLove, Inc, established in 1989, the first women’s HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Justice organization in the southeastern United States.

She is a proud member of In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda Partnership, where she advocates for sexual and reproductive health, rights and justice in public health and prevention policies and programs.

Dázon has built a deep reach with a diverse community of listeners for 27 years as producer and host of a weekly radio program focused on Black women. She is a member of the Women-At-Risk Subcommittee and the Scientific Advisory Group of the  HIV Prevention Trials Network, UNFPA Global Advisory Council, the Women’s Research Initiative and a founding member of SisterSong Reproductive Justice Collective. She is the creator and convener of the Prevention Options for Women at Risk-POWaR–Partnership and WomenNOW! PowerShift for SRHRJ for Girls & Women of African Descent worldwide. Dr. Diallo is a cochair for the Act Now: End AIDS National Coalition.

Dr. Diallo holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Bachelor’s Degree from Spelman College. In 2012, Dr. Diallo had the distinct honor to receive an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from her alma mater, Spelman College. In the HIV/STI and sexual/reproductive justice arenas she has been accredited for developing and implementing “Healthy Love." In 1999, Dázon opened SisterLove in South Africa. Dázon continues to learn and to lead in the fight for sexual, reproductive, gender, racial, and economic justice with authenticity, transparency and integrity.

Gloria Searson is an Accredited Certified Social Worker. A talented entrepreneur, renowned healthcare advocate, community leader, educator and facilitator in the area of HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention and aging, Hepatitis C, community screening and outreach models, substance use disorder. Gloria has earned a BA in Political Science from the University of NY at Albany, as well as a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She has CASAC and is CRC certified.   

With more than 30 years of professional experience in health care, Gloria is considered an expert in the field of viral hepatitis . HEP Magazine named Gloria one of the Top Ten HCV Advocates of 2014. She has had the opportunity to be the guest/keynote speaker in cities across the country as well as abroad. Her advocacy efforts include sharing her testimony in Washington DC before Congress and at the White House. 

Driven by her passion to serve and encourage people in need, Gloria birthed the Coalition On Positive Health Empowerment (COPEhealth.org). As President and Founding Director, Gloria leads COPE in its commitment to eliminate HIV and hepatitis C through advocacy, education, patient screening, counseling, and peer support.  Her focus has been to equip participants with knowledge and confidence to become actively involved in their healthcare. COPE's mission is to help patients receive the care they need, To help fill the missing gaps in wellness efforts in order to achieve self love and overall health care goals.

In addition to her public patient advocacy endeavors, Gloria’s professional background includes teaching graduate students and medical providers on chronic disease management, and substance use social determinants , barriers to quality health care and the importance of empathy for patient improved outcomes . She has worked for industry leaders including Abbott laboratories, NYC Department of youth Services, North General Hospital in Harlem, NY; and NATAP, where she organized NATAP’s 1996 Day for Women, a pioneering women-specific HIV treatment forum. Gloria Searson is published in Liver International Journal and a presenter on WebMD. Gloria Searson is a consummate business woman, devoted to enriching, motivating and helping those in need aspire to greater health and next level living!

Her other community efforts include :
-White House hepatitis elimination advisor (2011-2016)
-New York AIDS Advisory Council (2017-present)
-AASLD Guideline Guidance Committee (2016-present)
New York Hepatitis Advisory Council (2018-present)

Phill Wilson is an African American HIV/AIDS activist who founded the Black AIDS Institute in 1999 to promote awareness and prevent the spread of AIDS in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals. Wilson served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Black AIDS Institute for over 20 years.

Wilson attended Illinois Wesleyan University, where he earned his B.F.A. in theater and a B.A. in Spanish literature. In 1982, he moved to Los Angeles with his partner, Chris Brownlie. They joined the National Association of Black and White Men Together – a gay multicultural, anti-racism organization committed to fostering supportive environments wherein racial and cultural barriers could be overcome and the goal of human equality realized. However, the developing AIDS crisis would spur Wilson’s increased activism: He and Chris were both diagnosed with the disease in the early 1980s. (Chris died of HIV – related illnesses in 1989.)

In 1990, Wilson became a special assistant to Mayor Tom Bradley, working as the AIDS Coordinator for Los Angeles. From 1990 to 1995, he served as the co-chair of the Los Angeles HIV Health Commission. In 1995, he was appointed by President William Jefferson Clinton as a member of the Department of Health and Human Services’ HRSA AIDS Advisory Commission. In 2010, President Obama appointed Wilson to his President’s Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. Wilson has said that, when he dies, he hopes people will remember him for not giving up. His biggest fear is that the Black community will give up fighting AIDS before the pandemic is over. Wilson has served as a trustee for amfAR: The Foundation for AIDS Research.