The COVID-19 global pandemic has highlighted the inequitable distribution of health risk and disease among Black communities in the U.S. In addition to accounting for 42% of all new HIV cases in the U.S. annually, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that Blacks are 5.0 times more likely than whites to have COVID-19, and are 3.8 times more likely to die from it. HIV and COVID-19 disparities reflect socioeconomic inequities common in many Black communities, such as poverty, lack of insurance, and under/unemployment, which create barriers to testing, treatment, and care. Addressing the intersection of these diseases has been challenging as public officials work to incorporate social justice issues thoughtfully into public health policy and practice and large numbers of the HIV public health workforce are redirected from HIV to COVID-19.