From October 17-18, 1988 the NBWHP hosted From Cries and Whispers: Black Women Talking About AIDS, this conference took place in Washington, D.C., and served as a place for Black women, including women living with HIV/AIDS, advocates, caregivers, government representatives, and health and social service providers to work to address the AIDS epidemic. The conference had three panels, one consisted of women with AIDS speaking about their experiences and needs, the second consisted of government representatives and the third had advocacy representatives. The panels were each followed by a small group discussion hosted in the model of the NBWHP's self-help groups. The conference clearly centered on the needs and oppression faced by Black women with HIV/AIDS including the conference report noting the effects from family abandonment to denial of health care and ambulance transportation to job discrimination that can happen to Black women with HIV/AIDS and the conference and report emphasized the need to provide physical, emotional, social and financial support to people with HIV/AIDS and their families.