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10 days. 🖤 In 10 days, we gather in Atlanta for the Saving Ourselves Symposium 2026! Get ready for four days of learning, healing, connecting, and celebrating the Black LGBTQ+ community in the South. The sessions are set. The speakers are ready. The community is coming. Are you? If you haven't registered yet, there is still time. You don't want to miss this. 📍 August 20–23, 2026 | Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria 🎟️ Registration: $150 Link in bio to register. 🔗 #SOS2026 #SavingOurselvesSymposium #BlackLGBTQ #SouthernAIDSCoalition #ATL

Some people talk about change. Quinton Reynolds builds it from the ground up. 📣 We are honored to announce Quinton Reynolds as this year’s recipient of the SOS Founder’s Award; given in recognition of his extraordinary leadership and unwavering dedication to the Black LGBTQ+ community. Quinton is the Founder and Executive Director of Game Changing Men, a Certified Family Violence Facilitator, consultant, public educator, and a tireless advocate for Black transmasculine people, formerly incarcerated individuals, and TGNC communities across the South. His work is rooted in lived experience, collective care, and the belief that healing and justice belong to everyone. In receiving this award, Quinton joins a proud legacy of founders who have carried this community forward. And this August, we celebrate him in Atlanta. 🎉 Join us at SOS 2026, August 20–23. The Gala is where we make it official. Link in bio to register. 🔗 📍 SOS 2026 | Atlanta, GA | $150 to register #SOS2026 #FoundersAward #SouthernAIDSCoalition #BlackLGBTQ #SavingOurselvesSymposium

Your brand belongs in this room. 📣 SOS 2026 is calling on organizations and businesses who are ready to meet the Black LGBTQ+ community face to face. This is your opportunity to put your products and services directly in front of the people you serve; to build brand trust, gather real feedback, and share the passion behind what you do. Exhibiting at SOS means more than a table. It means connection. ✅ Increase your visibility ✅ Deepen your understanding of the community you serve ✅ Build trust through face-to-face engagement ✅ Two discounted conference registrations included ($125 each) Tables are limited. Don't wait on this one. Link in bio to reserve your spot. 🔗 📍 August 20–23, 2026 | Atlanta, GA #SOS2026 #ExhibitorOpportunity #SeekingVendors #BlackLGBTQ #SmallBusiness #ShopSmall #BlackOwned #WomanOwned #QueerOwned

Some people don’t just show up for the community; they show up in community. RaeShanda Lias is one of them. 🖤 We are honored to announce RaeShanda Lias as this year’s recipient of the SOS Fierce Advocate Award; given in recognition of her extraordinary leadership and unwavering dedication to the Black LGBTQ+ community. An entrepreneur, Army veteran, social media powerhouse with 3M+ followers, Out100 honoree, NAACP Image Award nominee, and recipient of the HRC Influence Award; RaeShanda has used every platform she’s been given to call people to action and give voice to those who feel drowned out. She joins a legacy of fierce advocates who have carried this community forward. And this August, we celebrate her in Atlanta. 🎉 Join us at SOS 2026, August 20–23. The Gala is where we make it official. Link in bio to register. 🔗 📍 SOS 2026 | Atlanta, GA | $150 to register #SOS2026 #SouthernAdvocate #RaeShandaLias #BlackLGBTQ #SouthernAIDSCoalition

Big news! 📣 We are proud to announce @GileadSciences as the Collective Impact Presenting Sponsor of SOS 2026! This is a partnership rooted in real history and lasting impact. As a COMPASS Coordinating Center, SAC and Gilead have been working side by side to address HIV in the South long before today. 75% of people worldwide living with HIV receive a Gilead-innovated treatment regimen; and their $100M+ COMPASS Initiative has invested directly in Southern communities like ours. Their continued support of SOS ensures that the voices who are often silenced have a place to come together, dream, and strategize for the future. Join us in Atlanta, August 20–23 to help us amplify our collective impact for Black LGBTQ+ Southerners. Registration is $150. We hope to see you there! Link in bio. 🔗 #SOS2026 #GileadSciences #COMPASS #BlackLGBTQ #CollectiveAction #HIVEquity

Registration is OPEN. 🗓️ SOS 2026 is coming to Atlanta, and it's time to secure your spot. The Saving Ourselves Symposium is where the Black LGBTQ+ community in the South comes to learn, heal, connect, and celebrate. This year, we're centering Collective Action for Collective Impact; because we've always known that when we move together, we change things. 📍 August 20–23, 2026 🏨 Atlanta Marriott Northwest at Galleria 🎟️ $150 Registration Cost Your registration includes a ticket to the Gala AND the Soulful Queer Brunch. Yes, we said both. Grab your spot before the early bird rate is gone. Link in bio to register. 🔗 #SOS2026 #SavingOurselvesSymposium #BlackLGBTQ #SouthernAIDSCoalition #CollectiveAction #HIVEquity #BlackHealthMatters #ATL2026

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