35 Years of Reproductive Justice

SisterLove, Inc., was founded in July of 1989 by Dázon Dixon Diallo in response to a lack of attention and resources for Black women impacted by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Atlanta. Beginning as a volunteer group of women, we recognized the necessity of educating communities in Atlanta, especially women of color, about HIV prevention  and safer sex techniques in an inclusive and non-judgemental way.

The MotherHouse, our primary location for HIV/STI testing in Atlanta, opened in the historic West End neighborhood. To this day, it serves as a landmark and living beacon of the reproductive justice movement, and offers daily HIV/STI testing, including appointments and walk-ins, as well as serving as our distribution hub for our CDC-funded home HIV self-test kits.

SisterLove held its first Healthy Love Workshop, a Centers for Disease Control-recognized sex-positive sex education intervention that uses an affirmative, pleasure-based approach to educating at-risk persons about safer sex techniques, bodily autonomy, and sexual and reproductive health.

WomenNOW! began as a sister event to the International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA) in order to place special attention to the specific intersectional sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice issues that women across the African diaspora face. It continues to this day as a biennial summit that brings together community leaders, gender and social justice advocates, and public health professionals in solidarity to create sustainable solutions that advance health and social equity for Black women across the globe.