Last year, APLA Health launched ROAR - Reaching Out and Reclaiming. This program is a call to action for women to come - individually and collectively - to reclaim their bodies, minds, and voices, and to prioritize their wellness to be better equipped to care for their families and communities.

ROAR was founded by APLA Health board member Janice Littlejohn, and made its presence known with a free wellness and health fair for South L.A.’s lesbian, bi-sexual, and queer community and all self-identifying women.

At our ROAR wellness events, APLA Health medical staff provide health screenings, including blood pressure and HIV testing, counseling services, wellness workshops and group fitness activities led by our community partners.

Help us grow the legacy of ROAR by fundraising for Support programs during AIDS Walk 2020.

What to do this week

Submit your story! We all Walk for a reason and for our digital walk it’s more important than ever to make your story heard. Who inspires you to Walk? What’s your personal participation history? Have an amazing memory from a past AIDS Walk you just have to share? We welcome all stories about the people and causes that have moved you to get with us this year. Submit your story here.

Michael Shahin

first time AIDS Walk participant in 2019

“Last year, I participated in AIDS Walk Los Angeles for the first time. It was such an inspiring and uplifting event. There is so much support, love and open mindedness in Los Angeles when it comes to people who are affected or living with HIV/AIDS. The diversity and mixture of people who attended AIDS Walk last year was mind blowing and was so beautiful to experience. I am so grateful that I was able to walk and raise awareness that HIV/AIDS is still alive and strong in our community and still remains to be an imminent threat to our well-being.”