About AFC: Press Releases and Media Alerts

4/26/2010
AIDS Awareness Mural Taking Shape on West Side. Residents, business owners, and artists unite to paint first-ever “With Me Comes A Cure” mural; project will be the centerpiece of planned community garden; ceremony planned for May 22

3/8/2010
Chicago Female Condom Campaign Wants You to “Put A Ring On It!” Health organizations launch citywide campaign to mark National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and increase awareness, availability of female condoms.

1/4/2010
AIDS Foundation of Chicago Launches New Endurance Training Program to Support the Fight Against AIDS (and Your New Year’s Resolutions). TEAM TO END AIDS endurance training program now open for registration.

12/15/2009
AIDS Foundation of Chicago establishes the Illinois Alliance for Sound AIDS Policy (IL ASAP). New team of AIDS advocates to lead Illinois in the fight to end AIDS.

11/13/2009
AIDS Foundation of Chicago announces new endurance training program to support the fight against AIDS. TRAIN TO END AIDS endurance training program to launch January 4, 2010

10/1/2009
AIDS Run & Walk Chicago: Olympic Spirit in Motion. Record number of pre-registrants for high-profile AIDS fundraiser; 5K event will feature “Kid At Heart Playground,” performances by R&B artist Adam Emil, Chicago Spirit Brigade and Get Up With The Get Downs

9/1/2009
New Website, Direct2Food.org, Connects Chicago Area Residents to Nutritional Resources. Searchable Online Database Locates Nearby Food Programs

8/3/2009
AIDS Foundation of Chicago Applauds Governor for Fully Funding State HIV Programs

7/22/2009
Chicago Cubs Charities Donates $50,000 to AIDS Foundation of Chicago. Check presentation scheduled for Monday, July 27 on Wrigley Field

6/17/2009
AIDS Foundation of Chicago Rallies to Save Essential HIV/AIDS Services. Open Letter to Lawmakers Urges Immediate Budgetary Reform

5/18/2009
Teens Create Safe Sex Ringtone for Citywide HIV/AIDS Campaign, "With Me Comes A Cure."

5/6/2009
The Chicago Housing for Health Partnership (CHHP), a program that provides chronically ill homeless individuals with housing and case management, reduced hospitalizations and emergency department visits, according to a first-of-its-kind study published in the May 6 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association.

4/27/2009
HIV-Positive Fashion Designer and Former “Project Runway” Contestant Jack Mackenroth Will “Make A Statement” May 7 At AIDS Fashion Fundraiser.

4/27/2009
AFC Helps Bring Ancient Practice of Physical Fitness Known as Qigong to Chicago. Practitioners say gentle, rhythmic movements reduce stress, build stamina, increase vitality.

4/14/2009
The Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative (PACPI) Launches new website pregnantandpositive.org.

4/7/2009
"With Me Comes A Cure" campaign coming to West Side neighborhood. Innovative public awareness campaign aims to trigger action against HIV/AIDS.

3/26/2009
The Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative (PACPI) Launches new 24/7 Hotline website for pregnant women.

3/26/2009
Public Health Advocates: Stem Spread of STDs in Illinois with Expedited Partner Therapy. Coalition Supports Bill Modeled On Laws in 15 Other States.

3/18/2009
Governor Quinn’s Budget Proposal Shaves Funding from HIV Services. AIDS Foundation of Chicago Supports Structural Budgetary Reform Proposal.

3/09/2009
AFC is awarded $4.2 million HUD grant to help fund the new Supportive Housing for Health Partnership which provides housing to Chicago's homeless individuals living with disabilites, including HIV/AIDS.

2/27/2009
Devoted Case Manager and Accomplished Director of Health Services Join Staff at AIDS Foundation of Chicago

2/11/2009
Pediatric AIDS Chicago Dissolves; Evolves. Prevention Initiative to Tackle Pediatric AIDS in Chicago.

1/27/2009
AIDS Foundation of Chicago Launches New "With Me Comes a Cure" Campaign.

1/22/2009
AFC Congratulates U.S. Senator Roland Burris
Group Urges Sen. Burris to Champion Healthcare Reform and HIV Prevention.