AFC in the News

2008
July 20
Chicago Tribune, AFC's Johnathon Briggs contributes an article on the 'real sex in the city.'

July 18
POZ Magazine, AFC's David Ernesto Munar writes an editorial on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's new HIV incidence numbers.

Summer 2008
Thrive, AFC's Jim Pickett writes about the need for greater advocacy for rectal microbicides.

June 30
Chicago Tribune's health blog, Triage, addresses raising HIV rates among gay men

June 4
POZ Magazine spotlights AFC's groundbreaking collaboration with black churches

May 28
Peoria Journal-Star editorial calls for increased public awareness of HIV/AIDS

May 15
Medill Reports discusses HIV infection amongst Chicago teenagers

May 8
Chicago Tribune publishes Rev. Doris Green's comments on HIV/AIDS conspiracy theories

May 8
Timeout Chicago features Junior Board's signature event, Make a Statement: Design for the Cure

April 30
Medill Reports reviews new PEERSpeak website

April 23
Windy City Times reviews interactive HIV/AIDS educational tool

April 23
Chicago Free Press discusses gay health forum sponsored by Lifelube.org and Project CRYSP

April 20
AFC grantee Jo-Ray House featured in the Chicago Tribune

April 16
Chicago Tribune's health blog, Triage, promotes PEERSpeak- AFC's new educational resource

April 10
AFC's John Peller addresses Illinois' "broken health-care system" in the Chicago Tribune

April 10
Chicago Public Radio promotes efforts to get heroine antidote into the hands of drug users

April 9
Windy City Times features AFC's successful 2008 Lobby Days

April 9
Windy City Times interviews David Halperin, author of "What do Gay Men Want?"

April 3
Advocates push for more funding for voluntary HIV testing at AFC's 2008 Lobby Days in The State Journal-Register

April 2
Rockford Register Star highlights HIV/AIDS activists asking for Medicaid expansion at AFC's 2008 Lobby Days

April 2
AFC Board Member Rev. Charles Straight interviewed on Feast of Fools (link to podcast)

March 31
Rev. Doris Green addresses the importance of vaccine research in a Chicago Tribune editorial

March 25
Chicago Sun-Times profiles AIDS Marathon participant Jason Taylor

March 18
Aidsmeds.com features Jim Pickett and the 2008 Microbicides Conference in New Delhi

March 16
A new front in the STD war, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette

March 13
STD Legislation falls short with Senate panel, The State Journal-Register

March 5
The Wall Street Journal features AFC's 'Housing First' Program

February 28
BBSNews covers the 2008 Microbicides Conference in New Delhi

February 6
Johnathon Briggs' Chicago Free Press editorial- "Bring Sexy Back"

January 14
Quick, free HIV tests in high-risk areas promoted in The State Journal-Register

January 10
The Chronicle of Philanthropy recognizes new AFC hires

January 9
Mark Ishaug's Windy City Times editorial on electing the AIDS President

January 6
Chicago Tribune highlights teen testing

2007
December 10
AIDS Weekly discusses AFC's presidential polling efforts

November 30
Business Wire commends award-winning AFC websites

November
Contemporary Sexuality examines anal sex taboos