- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Gilead Sciences and Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Taking Action Toward Meaningful Change https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1249706?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1249706?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1249706?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Gilead Sciences and Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Taking Action Toward Meaningful Change&body=ESG News from Gilead Sciences https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/1249706?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Health & Healthcare](/CSR-News/health-healthcare) # Gilead Sciences and Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Taking Action Toward Meaningful Change Feb 26, 2024 8:05 AM ET Campaign: [Corporate Social Responsibility](/news/campaign/corporate-social-responsibility-3) ![C. Virginia Fields and quote.](/sites/default/files/2024-02/CVirgininaFields_gilead_021424.png) ▶ Video This year’s theme for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is “Engage, Educate, Empower: Uniting to End HIV/AIDS in Black Communities.” We spoke with C. Virginia Fields, President and CEO of National Black Leadership Commission on Health (Black Health), a Gilead grantee, about how together, we can take action toward meaningful change. We commend Virginia and our many community partners for continuing to honor and advance the decades of progress that Black communities have made in HIV. Learn more: **Inclusion & Diversity is key to our success as a company.** Building an inclusive and diverse workforce is critical to enabling Gilead’s mission – and, ultimately, will help us create a better, healthier world. We are highly committed to creating an inclusive culture, one that enables all people to do their best work and that is reflective of the diversity of our patients. At the same time, we recognize that we need to do more to accelerate our progress – for our people, for our business and for the world. Gilead’s overall Inclusion & Diversity aspirations are: - Be the **employer of choice** for diverse talent - Foster an **inclusive culture** where differences are leveraged to innovate and enable our mission - Be respected for **equitable and socially responsible** practices **Gilead Sciences** Gilead Sciences, Inc. is a research-based biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops and commercializes innovative medicines in areas of unmet medical need. The company strives to transform and simplify care for people with life-threatening illnesses around the world. Gilead has operations in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California. 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