COMMON HOLD is UNSPUN’s material response infrastructure.

When policy is used to strip medication, coverage, or care, we move resources in the opposite direction.

This fund routes money directly to community partners providing:

rapid-response medication access
mutual aid for coverage disruptions
support for people living with HIV facing treatment loss
protection and care networks serving LGBTQ+ communities under policy pressure

Policy is not neutral paperwork.

It is a delivery system for abandonment.

Right now, Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) remains fragile. After sweeping cuts earlier this year threatened more than 16,000 people, sustained advocacy forced a reversal: the 2026-27 state budget restored eligibility to 400% of the poverty level and funded the program forward. But the fix is incomplete. Funding fell more than $40 million short of what the Senate sought, direct-dispensing enrollment is now capped at 21,000, and a projected collapse in pharmaceutical rebate revenue leaves the program’s real footing uncertain — the full impact won’t be known until September. Similar restrictions and funding pressures continue to emerge in other states.

The reprieve was real. It was also temporary, capped, and underfunded. This is exactly the terrain where people fall through.

COMMON HOLD exists to stabilize what policy destabilizes.

Our operating principles

Transparency — Cost breakdowns, total funds raised, transfer dates, and recipient organizations will be publicly reported.
Accountability — Updates will be shared as funds are transferred and confirmed. If institutions issue annual reports, so can we.
Refusal — We do not accept abandonment as policy.

The initial goal of $7,500 represents a stabilization threshold for emergency medication access and rapid-response support. If the goal is exceeded, additional funds will be routed to expanded mutual-aid and response networks as needs grow.

This is not symbolic giving. This is resource movement.

While policy debates timelines, people still need medication, coverage, and care to stay alive. Your contribution helps keep treatment uninterrupted and communities supported.

Policy kills.

We refuse to.

— COMMON HOLD x UNSPUN

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