AFC Policy and Advocacy Resources
Policy Priorities
- AFC 2026 State Legislative Advocacy Agenda
- A Positive Way Forward: AFC 2025-2026 Policy Agenda
- AFC 2025 Advocacy Agenda
- Center for Housing and Health 24-25 Policy Priorities
- AFC 2024 Policy Priorities Power Point Presentation
- AFC 2024 Policy Priorities
- AFC 2024 Policy Priorities_Spanish
- 2023 Policy Priorities One-Pager
- 2023 Policy Priorities (English)
- 2023 Policy Priorities (Spanish)
- 2023 Policy Priorities PowerPoint Presentation
- 2023 Policy Priorities Community Survey Results
- 2023 AFC Policy Priorities Stakeholder Listening Sessions2024 Policy Priorities Webinar
- 2023 AFC Policy Priorities Stakeholder Listening Sessions Word Cloud
- AFC Policy Priorities Development Process
- AFC Policy Priorities Development Survey Final Formatted Version
- 2022 State Legislative Policy Priorities
- Prioridades de política legislativa estatal para 2022 Español
- 2022 State Legislative Priorities Word Cloud
- 2021 State Legislative Policy Priorities
- 2020 State Legislative Policy Priorities
- 2019 State Legislative Policy Priorities
- 2019-2020 Policy Priorities
- 2017-2018 Policy Priorities
- 2015-2016 Policy Priorities
- 2011 Policy Priorities
Advocacy Resources
- HIV In Illinois | November 18, 2025
- HIV in Chicago | May 14, 2024
- HIV in Illinois | May 14, 2024
- HIV and Harm Reduction | April 24, 2024
- How to File a Witness Slip | March 20, 2023
- Policy Statement: Racism is a Public Health Crisis | Issued February 7, 2023
- Priority Population: Black Cisgender Women | February 7, 2023
- Priority Population: Black Gay, Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) Same Gender Loving (SGL) and Bisexual Men | February 7, 2023
- Priority Population: Latin/o/e/x Gay, Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM), Same Gender Loving Men (SGL) and Bisexual Men | February 7, 2023
- Priority Population: Transgender Women of Color | February 7, 2024
Illinois/State Resources
- Letter re: People Living with HIV Exemption from Medicaid Work Requirements | May 2026
- FY 2027 Appropriations for State HIV Sector | April 2026
- HB4410 SB2814: Strengthening and Protecting Illinois HIV Funding Infrastructure (SPIHFI) | April 2026
- Medicaid in Illinois: The Backbone of the HIV Response | Mar. 2026
- AFC Letter to Governor on FY27 State Funding | Dec. 2025
- HB 2929 Overdose Prevention Site | Jan. 2026
- HB4410 SB2814: Strengthening and Protecting Illinois HIV Funding Infrastructure (SPIHFI) | Jan. 2026
- HB 2584: HIV Open Access 2026 | Jan. 2026
- HB4359 SB2805: HIV and LGBTQ+ Long-Term Care | Feb. 2026
- Strengthening and Protecting Illinois HIV Funding Infrastructure (SPIHFI) | Feb. 2025
- Invest $2.8 Million in Permanent Supportive Housing for People Living With HIV | Feb. 2025
- HB 2584: Open & Unrestricted Access to HIV Prevention & Treatment Medications | Feb. 2025
- HB 2929: Overdose Prevention Site (OPS) Pilot Program | Feb. 2025
- HB 1443: Prescription Drug Affordability Board | Feb. 2025
- GTZ-IL Plan 2.0 Policy Brief | Feb. 2025
- Understanding the Illinois Department of Insurance PrEP Bulletin 2024-18 | January, 2025
- HB2 Overdose Prevention Site Fact Sheet | March 25, 2024
- HB4472 Prescription Drug Affordability Board Fact Sheet | March 25, 2024
- HB5051 Prior Authorization Ban Fact Sheet | March 25, 2024
- HB5251_SB2158 Chicago 400 Fact Sheet | March 25, 2024
- HB5395_SB3739 Healthcare Protection Act Fact Sheet | March 25, 2024
- HB5417 HIV TLC Act Fact Sheet | March 25, 2024
- HB5667_SB3908 SPIHFI Fact Sheet | March 25, 2024
- HIV Funding Omnibus Factsheet | March 20, 2023
- Housing Omnibus Bill Factsheet | March 15, 2023
- Healthcare Affordability Bill Factsheet | March 15, 2023
- Overdose Prevention Sites (OPS) Bill Factsheet | March 15, 2023
- Healthy Illinois Campaign Bill Factsheet | March 15, 2023
- Healthcare Cultural Competency Bill | March 15, 2023
- Private, Safe and Inclusive Restrooms Bill | March 15, 2023
- HIV Funding Support Letter | February 16, 2023
- SB1319 Factsheet – Advancing Equity for LGBTQ Elders Initiative
- FY23 Budget Asks Factsheet | January 27, 2022
- HB4264/SB3632 GTZ Omnibus Factsheet | January 27, 2022
- HB4430 Pharmacists Prescribing PrEP PEP Factsheet | January 27, 2022
- HB4437 Healthy Illinois for All Factsheet | January 27, 2022
- HB4656/SB3490 LGBTQ Older Adults Bill Factsheet | January 27, 2022
- HB4343 Medicaid Churn Act Factsheet | January 27, 2022
- GTZ-IL Housing Inventory One-Pager | December 2022
- Positive Impact: 2021 Illinois Legislative Session Report | June 7, 2021
- Telehealth Fact Sheet | May 26, 2021
- How to file a witness slip | May 13, 2021
- SB 818 Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act Fact Sheet | April 29, 2021
- SB2133 Demographic Data Collection Factsheet | April 16, 2021
- HB 3493 Healthy Illinois for All Factsheet | April 7, 2021
- Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations-Health Committee (SB448: FY22 IDPH Funding) | March 24, 2021
- Accelerating HIV Improvements in Prevention, Education & Care (Fiscal Year 2022) | March 19, 2021
- COVID-19 Emergency Housing Act Factsheet | March 19, 2021
- HB2877 SB177 Prior Authorization Factsheet | March 19, 2021
- Out of Pocket HB1745 SB275 Factsheet | March 19, 2021
- SB655 HIV Decriminalization IL Factsheet | March 19, 2021
- 2021 State Legislative Agenda Full | March 2, 2021
- 2021 State Legislative Agenda Overview | March 2, 2021
- Agenda Legislativa del Estado de Illinois para 2021 Resumen
- Summary of HB 3653: The SAFE-T (Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity- Today) Act | Feb. 23, 2021
- Myths and facts about HB 3653: The SAFE-T (Safety, Accountability, Fairness, and Equity- Today) Act | Feb. 23, 2021
- What is the Illinois Alliance for Sound AIDS Policy (IL ASAP) | January 19, 2021
- AFC State Legislative & Administrative Policy Priorities Highlights, 2016-2020 | August 27, 2020
- AFC 2021 Policy Priorities Development Stakeholder Listening Session Presentation | August 27, 2020
- AFC 2021 Policy Priorities Development Stakeholder Listening Session Recording | August 27. 2020
- Webinar: AFC End of 2020 Legislative Session Wrap Up | July 1, 2020
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- Webinar Slides: AFC End of 2020 legislative Session Wrap Up
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- Letter Opposing Proposed Cook County Resolution 20-2378 to Share Addresses for Emergencies with First Responders | May 20, 2020
- AFC Comments: HIV Quality Measures Data Sharing – IDPH Proposed Rule | May 12, 2020
- FY21 State Budget Statement | March 26, 2020
- 2020 Illinois State Legislative Priorities Fact Sheet | March 26, 2020
- Fact Sheet: Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) Bill HB 3493 | March 3, 2020
- Fact Sheet: Healthy Youth Act HB 5012 | February 19, 2020
- Fact Sheet: Healthy Youth Act SB 3788 | February 19, 2020
- January 2020 MMCO Formulary Analysis | January 29, 2020
- 2019 MCO Preferred Drug List Plan Assessment (July release) | July 18, 2019
- Public Comment on Proposed Regulations Addressing Illinois Medicaid Coverage for Surgical Treatment of Gender Dysphoria | June 25, 2019
- Letter to Governor Pritzker: Proposed Regulations Addressing Illinois Medicaid Coverage for Surgical Treatment of Gender Dysphoria | June 25, 2019
- Fact sheet: HB 2665 calls for more preventative options for young people | March 26, 2019
- Fact sheet: HB 2259 seeks transparency in the decision-making process of the Medicaid Drugs and Therapeutics (D&T) Board | March 26, 2019
- Fact sheet: SB 2021 helps Illinoisans access and stay covered by Medicaid | March 26, 2019
- Fact sheet: Accelerating HIV improvements in prevention & care – Fiscal Year 2020 | March 26, 2019
- 2019 MCO Preferred Drug List Plan Assessment | March 8, 2019
- Testimony Before the Joint Hearing of the House Committees on Insurance and Prescription Drug Affordability & Access | March 1, 2019
- HB 815 Support Written Testimony | February 26, 2019
- Letter to Illinois health insurers calling for swift DAA coverage | December 13, 2018
- 2018 MCO Preferred Drug List Plan Assessment | October 1, 2018
- Letter to IL D&T Committee urging inclusion of Biktarvy in Preferred Drug List | July 19, 2018
- 2018 Illinois Medicaid Coverage of HIV and Hepatitis C Medications | May 10, 2018
- Fact sheet: HB 4096 seeks to prevent rationing of healthcare by the State as it seeks to establish a Medicaid single drug formulary | Oct. 11, 2017
- Letter to Aetna Better Health on discriminatory prior authorization policy | Jan. 18, 2017
- Coalition letter urging Gov. Rauner to protect ACA & Medicaid | Dec. 15, 2016
- Letter to IL DOI Director Dowling urging them to protect the ACA | Dec. 14, 2016
- Letter to IL HFS urging the removal of HCV medication restrictions | Dec. 8, 2016
- 2017 Illinois Marketplace plan assessment | Dec. 8, 2016
- The Affordable Care Act Keeps Illinois Healthy talking points | Dec. 7, 2016
- 2017 Illinois Marketplace PrEP plan assessment | Nov. 22, 2016
- AFC’s comment on Illinois proposed 1115 Medicaid Waiver | Sept. 28, 2016
- Office for Civil Rights complaint over Humana’s discriminatory insurance plans in Illinois | Sept. 6, 2016
- Comments on the 2017 proposed Illinois Individual Marketplace ACA-Compliant rates | Aug. 18. 2016
- AFC and Chicago-area clinicians letter to Medicaid urging unrestricted access to HIV medications | May 31, 2016
- 2016 Illinois Marketplace plan assessment | Jan 12, 2016
National Resources
- Letter to HHS and CDC Urging Renewal of the Comprehensive
High-Impact HIV Prevention Programs for Community-Based Organizations Cooperative Agreement | Feb. 2026 - Public Comment to DHS Expressing Strong Opposition to Proposed Public-Charge Rule | Dec. 19, 2025
- Public Comment on Proposed Rule Making for Improving Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program Part A and B | December 8, 2025 - Public Comment to CDC in Support of continued HIV Surveillance Data Collection | Nov. 4, 2025
- Impact of FY 26 Federal Budget Cuts
- AIDS Foundation Chicago Comments re TennCare III Project | October 6, 2022
- HHCAWG | October 5, 2022
- Federal Evidence Agenda on LGBTQI+ Equity RFI | October 3, 2022
- Cicilline Pocan Maloney Monkeypox Funding Letter to HHS and CDC | August 23, 2022
- Letter in support of Real Education and Access for Healthy Youth Act (REAHYA) | May 24, 2021
- Federal Policy Updates: The Debrief | March 17, 2021
- AFC States Support for Equality Act | March 17, 2021
- Policy & Advocacy Fireside Chat: What’s at Stake This Election | Oct. 19. 2020
- HUD Transphobic Proposed Rule on Shelters – BSA AFC CCH Comment | Sept. 29, 2020
- Comment on interim final rule, “Visas: Ineligibility Based on Public Charge Grounds” | Nov. 12, 2019
- AFC comments about Fair Housing Act’s Disparate Impact Standard | Oct. 18, 2019
- AFC declaration in support of Cook County/ICIRR lawsuit against public charge rule | Sept. 26, 2019
- HHCAWG Comments: Section 1557 Proposed Rule | August 13, 2019
- AFC comments: Response to Proposed Rulemaking: Verification of Eligible Status | July 7, 2019
- Comments on Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Mixed Status Housing Proposed Rule | July 7, 2019
- HHCAWG comments: Proposed Rule Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage | Jan. 17, 2019
- Protecting HIV Medication Treatment and Access in the Medicare Part D Program | November 8, 2018
- FY2019 Community Requests for Domestic HIV/AIDS and Related Programs | March 13, 2018
- Letter to the Illinois Department of Insurance on enforcing non-discriminatory practices in Marketplace plan design | Oct. 6, 2017
- Letter from IL health departments on AHCA to U.S. senators Durbin and Duckworth
- The American Health Care Act (AHCA) Will devastate health care for people with HIV in Illinois | May 11, 2017
- HHCAWG comments: American Health Care Act will harm people living with HIV | March 21, 2017
- AFC: American Health Care Act (ACA repeal bill) Factsheet | March 15, 2017
- AFC comments: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Stabilization | March 15, 2017
- Congressional district HIV factsheets | March 13, 2017
- FAPP comments: Transition Plan for the Trump Administration to End the HIV Epidemic
- Open Letter to Manufacturers of HIV and Hepatitis Medications Opposing 2017 Price Increases | Nov. 29, 2016
- Comments on “Illinois’s Behavioral Health Transformation” 1115 Demonstration Waiver | Nov. 22, 2016
Issue Briefs
- Budget Brief: A case of governmental dysfunction | Jan. 23, 2017
News/Media
- Addressing the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court Decision Leak by Omar Martínez González | May 3, 2022
- AFC Public Comment for ISBE on Implementation of Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act by Nadeen Israel | April 25, 2022
- IL General Assembly Leads Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic by Passing Landmark Legislation and $10 Million HIV Funding Increase by Timothy S. Jackson | April 11, 2022
- Getting To Zero Omnibus Bill included in the Illinois State Budget in historic investments with a vote of 72-42 by Indigo Quashie | April 9, 2022
- Legislation expanding Medicaid coverage regardless of immigration status passes with a vote of 71-42 by Indigo Quashie | April 9, 2022
- Legislation to Increase Critical Access to HIV Prevention Medications Passes with a House Vote of 72-30 by Indigo Quashie | April 8, 2022
- Legislation supporting LGBTQ+ Older Adults passes the Illinois House with a vote of 71-32 by Indigo Quashie | March 31, 2022
- Legislation that increases access to preventative HIV medications passes 14-2 out of Senate Executive Committee by Indigo Quashie | March 24, 2022
- 2022 Illinois’ HIV Advocacy Day motivates advocates to make 645 connections with their elected officials by Indigo Quashie | March 18, 2022
- Legislation to increase access to PrEP & PEP moves through the House with a vote of 71-24 by Indigo Quashie | March 7, 2022
- Legislation disrupting disparities for LGBTQ+ older adults passes the Senate 37-09 by Indigo Quashie | March 4, 2022
- Legislation Introduced to Increase Critical Access to HIV Prevention Medications by Meg McElroy | February 16, 2022
- Her win, Illinois’ loss: HIV advocates meet with Hillary Clinton by Ramon Gardenhire | May 19, 2016
- Fighting for Black liberation in Chicago by Maxx Boykin | December 22, 2016
- AFC Position Statement on Gun and Community Violence | Oct. 24, 2016
- AFC Statment on the Pulse Nightclub shooting | June 16, 2016
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30 Under 30 Honors Young LGBTQ+ Luminaries
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Illinois LGBTQ+ Communities Issue Statement on Pulse Nightclub Shooting Anniversary
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The Resolute Advocacy of Community: 2026 End of Legislative Session Report
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Seven Days in June Chicago Event Guide
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Pride Action Tank’s OUTAging Committee members on how we can honor our LGBTQ+ elders
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AFC’s Ryan White CAB Support Group helps people living with HIV come together in a safe space
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How to fight and win: What can be learned from ACT UP Chicago’s resistance and the legacy of Danny Sotomayor
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AIDS Foundation Chicago Announces Transition of President and CEO John Peller After 12 Years of Leadership
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Trump Admin’s 2027 Budget Calls Out AFC, Slashes HIV, Health, and Housing Funding
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“We don’t wait. We stand up”: Advocacy Day 2026 meets the urgency of this moment
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We asked 2026 Illinois primary candidates for their positions on HIV and housing issues. Here’s what they had to say.
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World of Chocolate Raises over $250,000 for People Living with HIV
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AFC’s Learning Circle Collaborative: Helping emerging organizations to thrive and achieve
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Investing in HIV Isn’t Optional: AFC Responds to Governor’s FY27 Budget
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World of Chocolate Sneak Peek: Meet the Chocolatiers!
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Ignorant and Dangerous: AFC Statement on Trump Admin’s Feb. 2026 HIV, STI Prevention Cuts
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HIV HUB Enters Sixth Year of Helping Chicagoans Get Healthcare
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Congress Approves FY26 HIV Funding, Provides $24 Million Increase for HOPWA
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AFC Urges Congress to Work Diligently to Re-Open Government, Fully Fund HIV and Housing Programs, and Enact Vital Guardrails for ICE
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Welcoming the 2026 AFC Board of Directors and new Board Chair Yusef Garcia
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AFC Statement on the ICE Killing of Alex Pretti
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Legacy Giving Spotlight: Robert Neubert reflects on his decades of service and support to AFC
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City of Chicago funds the Flexible Housing Pool at $6 million for FY 2026
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Congressional Republicans Advance Most Extreme Anti-Trans Legislation in American History
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Chicago to Lose 279 HIV-Dedicated Housing Units Due to Trump Admin Rule Change
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Support AFC Clients like David this Holiday Season: “I wanted to turn my mess into a message.”
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Trump Abandons World AIDS Day Commemoration and the Global HIV Movement
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Cook County Takes Action for Housing, Funds the Flexible Housing Pool
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Using silence to hear the way forward: Reflections for Transgender Week of Awareness
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Billionaire Trump’s Regime to Defund Housing for 170,000 Americans
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Dreaming up a Positive Way Forward: Fall Fireside Chat Series
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Hope for New Beginnings – Courageous Conversations: Community Healing & Empowerment Session Report
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Billionaire Withholds Food from American Families: The Trump Regime Stops SNAP
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Celebrating 10 Years of Pride Action Tank
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Men’s Wellness Summit: Identity, Wellness, and Faith
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There is no separating safety from health. Trump’s deployments are dangerous for people living with HIV, and all our well-being.
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38 HIV Sector Organizations Send Letter to Mayor and Alders Urging Stable HIV Funding
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Citing “shared American values,” HUD leaves non-English speaking Americans out in the cold
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Christopher Pazdernik on CommunityDirect and AIDS Run & Walk Chicago: “It’s just more important than ever”
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The Eighth Annual Women’s Connection Summit of Hope: “When women support each other, incredible things happen.”
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Welcome our new Associate Board members!
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August Spree: the force behind AIDS Run & Walk Chicago and AFC events
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Prison for the Poor, Tax Breaks for Billionaires: Trump Executive Order Criminalizes Homelessness, Mental Illness, and Substance Use Disorders, in Latest Blow to Social Safety Net
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Case Manager Carla Davis on Her Career, Faith, Community, and Life After Diagnosis
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Narcan Newsstand Celebrates its 2nd Birthday
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U.S. House Republicans Pass Trump’s Big BS Bill, Taking the Final Step to Terminate Healthcare for Millions
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Take Action to Stop the Big BS Bill: U.S. Senate Passes the Largest Cut to Medicaid and the ACA in History
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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds ACA Preventive Services Mandate, Protects PrEP Access at No Cost Sharing
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Remembering Kerry Journey
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SCOTUS’ US v Skrmetti Ruling: An Outright Act of Discrimination
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LGBTQ+ Organizations Stand in Solidarity to Condemn Harmful Actions and Rhetoric Against Trans and Gender-Expansive Communities
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30 Under 30 Awards honor two AFC employees and young leaders of the LGBTQ+ community
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Rise Up and Fight Back Against Cruel and Unprecedented HIV Cuts in Trump Administration’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget
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Check out AFC’s 2025 Pride Guide
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Amid uncertainty, strong support for HIV funding yields mixed results in the FY 26 state budget
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AFC Statement on the Passage of the Republican Budget Reconciliation bill in the U.S. House of Representatives
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You don’t have to go through this alone: AFC’s Behavioral Health program
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AFC Board of Directors Welcomes New Members
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AFC40 Raises Over $770,000
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Trump, Kennedy decimate HHS and CDC workforce, imperiling decades of progress to end the HIV epidemic
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Windy City Times issues call for 30 Under 30 nominees
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AFC Opposes Trump Admin’s Plan to Eliminate HIV Prevention Funding at CDC
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Where There’s People, There’s Power: A Reflection on the Power of Advocacy Through Storytelling
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Representative Robin Kelly leads the charge for PEPFAR Reauthorization
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AIDS Foundation Chicago Hails Chicago Man Possibly Cured of HIV and His Care Team
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HIV HUB enters fifth year of helping Chicagoans get health care
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Action Needed: Stand up for Medicaid – call these Reps now
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AFC urges Governor Pritzker and General Assembly to protect Health Benefits for Immigrant Adults program, HIV funding
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AFC and others sue Trump administration over executive orders barring DEI work and erasing transgender people
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AFC40 to honor ITW for its longstanding support of the LGBTQ+ and HIV communities
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AFC’s 2025 State Advocacy Agenda and Action Center launches on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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Pride Action Tank responds to Trump Executive Order “PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM CHEMICAL AND SURGICAL MUTILATION”
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Take action: Trump order threatens housing and health for thousands living with HIV
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“We stand ready and energized to fight back”: AFC responds to first wave of Trump executive orders
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AFC 40 to honor Craig W. Johnson, former AFC Board of Directors member and national leader in LGBTQ+ health
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Unprecedented rise in homelessness nationwide requires urgent action and housing-first approach from all levels of government
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AFC’s Best of 2024 in pictures
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City to flat-fund Flexible Housing Pool in approved 2025 Budget
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What makes a home?
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On World AIDS Day, we honor 40 years of AFC history, and outstanding supporters of our cause
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Staying Visible: Reflections for Transgender day of Remembrance
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Meg McElroy named Director of Special Projects for Getting to Zero Illinois
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Aging (Re)-Focused: A Deeper Look into Intimacy and the Experiences of Older Adults
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The fight for our rights does not end with Election Day
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Center for Housing and Health calls on city to fully fund the Flexible Housing Pool
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Get to know the Ryan White Community Advisory Board, launching a new support group in December 2024
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Rosa E. Martínez Colón: It’s time to return to basics to address the HIV epidemic among Latine communities
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Celebrating 10 Years of Leadership with John Peller, President & CEO of AFC
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To end the epidemic, we need HIV TLC. Tell your state senator to support HB 5417.
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40 years after his HIV diagnosis, survivor and activist Mark S. King is inspiring future generations
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From Diagnosis to Empowerment: DeMarsh and the impact of cultural competency in health care
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CommunityDirect Partners: Uniting for Impact at AIDS Run & Walk 2024
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Re-envisioning aging with Pride Action Tank’s OUTAging committee
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Public Health Boot Camp: Fostering Future Leaders
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Center for Housing and Health releases first-ever policy priorities
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Correcting the record: Gaetan Dugas, stigma, and the Patient Zero narrative
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Continuing the Conversation: reflections on the 2024 Illinois PrEP Summit
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AFC Responds to SCOTUS ruling in Johnson vs. Grants Pass
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Women’s Connection Summit of Hope lives up to its name
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Windy City Times’ 30 under 30 Honors 4 of AFC’s Brightest Stars
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2024 End of Session Wrap Up
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Meet DeWayne Elliot
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AIDS Foundation Chicago announces AIDS Run & Walk 2024, summer programs
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Sisterhood Sips & Solutions empowers Southside women with career resources and skill sharing
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Welcoming Rosa Martínez Colón, new Vice President of Housing Strategy for the Center for Housing and Health
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140 Advocates send 1,300 messages of support for HIV Advocacy Day 2024
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Narcan: the only FDA-approved time travel machine
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Tiny Home Summit 2.0 convenes experts to explore affordable, small-scale housing June 13
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Will Pettway is tackling HIV stigma as a high school sex ed teacher
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Fresh faces and farewells: The 2024 AFC Board of Directors
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If you listen to them they will teach you: How AFC’s Freddie Shufford is building a Care program responsive to the needs of clients and caseworkers
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Bring Chicago Home Campaign issues statement after election loss: “Join us to keep fighting for a solution to end homelessness”
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AFC Responds to President Biden’s 2024 State of the Union Address
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Nothing About Us Without Us: Illinois’ 2024 Virtual HIV Advocacy Day is April 10
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Terry Dudley: Access to healthcare – and culturally competent care – should not be a privilege
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AIDS Foundation Chicago responds to Governor Pritzker’s FY2025 budget address
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Making Black History in Chicagoland: New Learning Circle Collaborative Cohort Announcement
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HIV HUB enters fourth year of helping Chicagoans get healthcare
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Windy City Times has revived its 30 Under 30 Awards
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Johnny Pitts: The Transformative Power of Housing as Healthcare
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Honoring the neighbors we have lost on Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
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Your questions about Doxy-PEP, answered by India Willis, MPH, MSN, FNP-BC
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“Tell Congress NO to anti-LGBTQ, anti-civil rights and anti-reproductive care amendments in LHHS funding bill!”
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AIDS Run & Walk Chicago: A Q&A with Race Winners and Top Fundraisers
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Support SB 2158: Proposed Bill Would End Housing Banishment in Illinois
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“Hispanic Heritage Month: HIV continues to disproportionally impact the Latinx community. So why aren’t we talking about it?”
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Welcoming Andrew Anderson Devine: Our New VP of HR and Talent Management
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AFC Applauds Bipartisan Passage of Continuing Resolution to Avert Government Shutdown
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Welcoming Freddie Shufford: Our Newest VP of Care
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AFC’s Kim Hunt: Pride in Action
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Narcan Newsstands: FREE NARCAN! Yes you CAN carry Narcan!
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Women’s Equality Day: A Celebration of Champions
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Nadeen Israel: A Life with Purpose
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Bringing About Meaningful Change: AFC Celebrates the Work of Tamika Foust and L’Oreal Bailey
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For the first time in 15 years, longtime advocate Frank Morreale is selling his art in support of the HIV/AIDS community
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AFC Welcomes Our Newest Associate Board Members
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“I felt seen.” Meet William Pettway, 2022 Non-Binary Winner of AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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Donald Bell is Creating a Legacy of Advocacy
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¡Navegar el Sistema de salud es un dolor de cabeza! AFC y Center on Halsted están cambiando esto con #HIVhub
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HIV HUB provides sexual health and LGBTQ+ health services, regardless of immigration status
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HIV HUB provides sexual health and LGBTQ+ health services, regardless of immigration status
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El HIV HUB ofrece servicios de salud sexual y LGBTQ+, independientemente de estatus migratorio
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Show Up and Show out for AIDS Run Walk Chicago 2023
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Women’s Connection Summit of Hope Goes Above and Beyond
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End of Session Wrap-Up: 2023 State Legislative Session
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Show Up And Show Out For AFC This Pride
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Keep Empowering Young Adults Living with HIV to Succeed
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AIDS Foundation Chicago Awards $30,000 to Six Black-led Organizations
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“House Republicans’ Debt Ceiling Bill Jeopardizes the Lives of People Living with HIV”
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Illinois HIV Advocates Call for Increased State Funding to End the HIV Epidemic & Advance Racial Health Equity
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AFC Leads Illinois Delegation at AIDSWatch 2023 in Washington, D.C.
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AFC Leads IL Delegation at AIDSWatch 2023 in Washington, D.C.
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AFC Calls on Biden-Harris Administration to Swiftly Appeal Flawed and Reckless Braidwood v. Becerra Decision
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Swim Bike Run
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Life is Work commemorates Trans Day of Visibility 365 days a year
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Welcome to our New Board Members
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Recognizing Two Decades of Partnership Between AFC and Mother and Child Alliance During Women’s History Month
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2023 Illinois State Legislative Agenda Overview
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Governor Pritzker Proposes $5 Million Cut to State HIV Funding
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“One day that’s going to be me” From growing up watching the Food Network on Chicago’s Southside to winning Netflix’s Sugar Rush
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Racism is a Public Health Crisis
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Flexible Housing Pool houses 1000th Person!
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FDA Updates to LGBTQI Blood Donation Guidance Show Significant Progress; Work Remains to Expand Pool of Eligible Donors
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Welcome and Farewell: AFC’s New Board Leadership
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AFC Response to Federal Fiscal Year 2023 (FFY23) Omnibus Budget Bill Signing
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2023 Illinois Lame Duck Legislative Session Wrap-up
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Community Organizing is at the core of Pilsen Neighborhood Community Council
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AFC Thanks Congressman Mike Quigley for providing $250,000 to AIDS Foundation Chicago for HIV & Aging
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Let’s Talk PrEP: An Interview with Dr. Terrance Weeden
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Navigating Healthcare sucks! How AFC and Center on Halsted are working to change that with the #HIVhub!
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AFC awards $8.82 million in Ryan White grants to 40 organizations to provide HIV-related care and services
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GTZ-IL Dashboard Update & Relaunch
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CCLC Upclose (Series): TCA Health
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Join AFC staff and community throughout the week to commemorate World AIDS Day 2022
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Statement by AFC and Pride Action Tank on the Deadly Shooting in Colorado Springs
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Housing is an Essential Part of Healthcare
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AFC’s Strategic Plan: Unifying for Impact and Race Equity Action Plan Update!
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Navigating Healthcare sucks! How AFC and Center on Halsted are working to change that with the #HIVhub!
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Building a better future for all Chicagoans
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AFC honors the life and legacy of Clinton Latimore
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Led by all Black women, AFC’s Care Team consistently goes above and beyond
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GTZ-IL awards $200,000 in grants to support ending the HIV epidemic in Illinois
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Caprice Carthans believes transgender health care must be rooted in reality and healing
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Meet Dominique Hayes, AFC’s Lead Care Coordination Specialist
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Meet AFC’s new Associate Board members
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Congress passes Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, sends to President Biden for signature
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For Joel, AIDS Run & Walk Chicago is a chance to give back to his community
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AFC is seeking candidates for board membership
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Illinois Members of Congress support letter to Biden administration demanding $100m for Monkeypox Response
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PAT’s Co-Creating Futures 2021 summit report shares how BIPOC and LGBTQ+ leaders can be involved in public policy work
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Welcome our new Getting to Zero Illinois team members!
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Nothing is more American than a 4th of July parade
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds harmful Mississippi abortion ban and strikes Roe v. Wade
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LGBTQ+ youth share their DCFS experiences at Pride Action Tank Youth Summit
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Connection to Care Learning Collaborative launches to increase LGBTQ+ and HIV cultural competency in Chicago’s Health Centers
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Stefanie Clark shares her story and advocate journey towards becoming a Renaissance Woman [VIDEO]
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Kim Hunt’s Innovative Approach to Storytelling Creates Lasting Systemic Change in Illinois and Beyond
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Governor Pritzker signs Medicaid Omnibus legislation that increases access and equity in Illinois’ health care system
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Meet our new Senior Manager of GTZ-IL, Christian Castro!
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Governor Pritzker signs legislative bill supporting LGBTQ+ older adults on National Honor Our LGBTQ+ Elders Day
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My client experiences with the Medicaid Redetermination process pre and post COVID-19
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Addressing the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court Decision Leak
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Kennedy Bradley shares a Thank You Letter to the GTZ-IL community
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IL General Assembly Leads Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic by Passing Landmark Legislation and $10 Million HIV Funding Increase
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Legislation expanding Medicaid coverage regardless of immigration status passes with a vote of 71-42
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Getting To Zero Omnibus Bill included in the Illinois State Budget in historic investments with a vote of 72-42
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Legislation to Increase Critical Access to HIV Prevention Medications Passes with a House Vote of 72-30
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Legislation supporting LGBTQ+ Older Adults passes the Illinois House with a vote of 71-32
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Meg McElroy looks back on how AFC made her feel like a whole person
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Legislation that increases access to preventative HIV medications passes 14-2 out of Senate Executive Committee
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AIDS Foundation Chicago wishes a happy 12th birthday to the Affordable Care Act
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Trans advocate and community leader Elise Malary remembered, honored, and gone too soon
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Stories from Your Chosen Family
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2022 Illinois’ HIV Advocacy Day motivates advocates to make 645 connections with their elected officials
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Advocate Care
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Legislation to increase access to PrEP & PEP moves through the House with a vote of 71-24
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Legislation disrupting disparities for LGBTQ+ older adults passes the Senate 37-09
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Legislation Introduced to Increase Critical Access to HIV Prevention Medications
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Peter Toepfer says Center for Housing and Health’s Racial Equity Action Plan is the first step against homelessness in Chicago
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“We Stayed Open.” Project Vida utilizes GTZ-IL’s Community Grant to support Black Gay, Bisexual men in the face of a pandemic
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AFC announces first-ever Racial Equity Action Plan on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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AFC Statement on Gov. Pritzker’s State of the State and Budget Address
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AFC presents its 2022 State Legislative Policy Priorities
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When it comes to ending the HIV epidemic, these T2 athletes aren’t slowing down
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What my internship at AFC taught me
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How Life is Work is supporting transgender and gender non-binary communities of color
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Three ways the GTZ-IL Dashboard can help you
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Housing is Healthcare
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AFC staff, advocates commemorate World AIDS Day at events throughout the week
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How Margaret supports people living with HIV through AIDS Run and Walk Chicago
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U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services visits AFC to discuss Open Enrollment
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Davon Lawrence, AFC’s new Director of Prevention Capacity Building, brings a passion for service to AFC
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Illinois residents share experiences, ideas to improve the state’s Medicaid program
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Dear God, I’m Here
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Chris chooses to “option up” at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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AFC celebrates the “Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act” Becoming Law
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AFC’s Learning Circle Collaborative awards $72,000 to strengthen eight POC organizations
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Ryan White case manager stops opioid overdose minutes after receiving training from AFC
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Remembering Debra La Joyce Thornton: Longtime housing advocate, woman of faith and mother
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AFC mourns the passing of Ed Negron
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Learning the Art of Living: My Uncle Kevin’s Legacy
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AFC welcomes four new associate board members
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“Our legacy is our people”: Celebrating the legacy of the Chicago Black Gay Men’s Caucus
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Living Our Best Sexual Lives in the After Times
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First-ever Getting to Zero Illinois Community Grant Program awards over $350,000 in grants
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Naming and celebrating bi+ identities during Pride and beyond
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COVID-19 Resource Center
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Coming out and how it led me to advocacy
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End of Session Report: 2021 State Legislative Session
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Digital drag shows: Pride in the age of COVID-19
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Marc reflects on a year working as an ER trauma nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic
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How to get vaccinated in Chicago and Cook County
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AFC and IL HIV Action Alliance celebrate Illinois Senate voting to end criminal penalties against people living with HIV
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Senators Villivalam and Villanueva commend Illinois Senate for passage of the Keeping Youth Safe and Healthy Act
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How Judy has used empathy and advocacy to embrace living with HIV
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How Roy found new purpose through advocacy
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CDC recommits to recognizing and acting on racism as a public health threat
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The Editor’s Desk: Why we include the people we interview in our editing process
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George Floyd’s murderer found guilty; AFC pledges continued action to end systemic racism
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AFC Statement on the killing of Matthew Zadok Williams on April 12, 2021
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Advocate with AFC during Virtual Advocacy Week starting Monday, April 19
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We will remember Daunte Wright. We must demand overdue change.
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AFC’s BIPOC associate board members share their COVID-19 vaccine experiences
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Celebrating more than 20 years of Dr. Cynthia Tucker’s advocacy for women
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We demand justice for the police killing of Adam Toledo
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What it has been like for me to work in a restaurant during COVID
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7 things to know about COVID-19 vaccines
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How telehealth services have made it easier for Milani to attend therapy
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Longtime LGBTQ+ leader, activist Román Buenrostro passes away
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It’s time to end racial inequities in responding to COVID-19
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7 things AFC staff have learned living through the COVID-19 pandemic
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How telehealth services have provided relief for Jo
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What people living with HIV need to know about COVID-19 vaccines
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Meet AFC’s new Board members
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Remembering Miss Tyianna “Davarea” Alexander
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Remembering Miss Courtney Eshay Key
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The Magic of Dr. Mildred Williamson
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Advocates and Legislators Introduce Bill to Decriminalize HIV in Illinois
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HB 3653 and the path toward increased community safety
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Proposed state budget misses the mark in addressing racial health disparities
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Flexible Housing Pool helps young families experiencing homelessness find permanent housing
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Remembering AFC Board Member Gary B. Beringer, Dr. P.H.: loving husband, man of science, epidemiologist
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The Editor’s Desk: Why we created and maintain a community-informed style guide
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Organizations need to support newer advocates making community change
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Queer Bronzeville: A Short History of Black Queer Chicago and AIDS Activism, 1920-1985
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Lambda Legal Hails Biden Administration Rescission of Ban on Speech about Systemic Racism, Sexism, and Implicit Bias
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AFC program partners with online job platform RiseKit to expand resources for returning citizens
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VICTORY! Judge Halts Implementation of Ban on Speech about Systemic Racism, Sexism, and Implicit Bias
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2021 Illinois Lame Duck Legislative Session Wrap-up
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Meet the new members of AFC’s Associate Board
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Welcome to the Wellness Quarterly Newsletter
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Yesterday was not a surprise.
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Meet Derrick Kimbrough: CPS administrator, former educator and lifelong learner
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AFC remembers Ben Montgomery
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Survival to Survivor
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Meet some members of AFC’s Ryan White Community Advisory Board
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I was sick and didn’t even know it’: How Medicaid helped Darrow Improve His Health
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New HIV cases in Chicago declined in 2019, but racial health disparities must continue to be addressed
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Meet Tim Jackson: AFC’s new Director of Government Relations
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AFC and Lambda Legal sue Trump administration over ban on speech about systemic racism, sexism, and implicit bias
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Craig Johnson, longtime advocate for Black and LGBTQ+ communities, appointed as next AFC Board Chair
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Meet the new members of AFC’s Board of Directors
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Here’s why LGBTQ+ Illinoisans should care about this election
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Dramatic shifts in the Supreme Court could upend the legal rights of many Americans
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Some young gay men of color found it easier to adhere to bimonthly injections rather than daily pills in recent PrEP study
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Seven things to know about the proposed Fair Tax Illinois constitutional amendment
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Protect the Affordable Care Act this election
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AFC remembers Timothy Ray Brown
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How I took civic action as an election judge, and how you can too this year
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Spring Cleaning
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Meet some of AFC’s behind-the-scenes, COVID-era essential workers
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This year, experience AIDS Run & Walk Chicago however you want
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AFC celebrates new Vice President of Care Bashirat Olayanju
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HIV HUB’s COVID-19 financial assistance has “changed the lives” of 289 people living with and vulnerable to HIV
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Blackbaud security breach impacts AFC donors
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Big dyke Energy
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HEALS Act ignores devastating impact of COVID-19; Congress & Trump Administration must do better and fast!
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The importance of self-care for communities of color
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AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
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AFC remembers longtime supporter, Ron L. Fritz
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Before you book your next gynecology appointment, read this (doctors, you too)
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AFC launches new hotel project for people living with HIV who are experiencing homelessness
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AFC seeks Board members to help achieve our mission
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Meet Abdul-Aliy Muhammad: a Black Queer Muslim HIV+ activist who has been fighting racism within LGBTQ+ spaces for years
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Supreme Court Ruling Grants Temporary Relief or DACA Recipients
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Until we are all free
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Supreme Court Title VII Civil Rights Act Response
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Illinois Lottery Launches Annual Red Ribbon Cash Instant Ticket
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Style Guide
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Counter-conference raises awareness of those left out of National HIV/AIDS Strategy
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End of Session Wrap-Up: 2020 State Legislative Session
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Today and every day, Black Lives Matter.
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Are we all in this together?
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In a landmark veto, President Preckwinkle protects privacy of people diagnosed with COVID-19
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Meet Marc: A T2 athlete and ER trauma nurse working on the front lines of COVID-19
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New form of injectable PrEP shown to work among certain populations, paving way for expanded HIV prevention buffet
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For our communities, masks present a safety challenge
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COVID-19 is ravaging Illinois’ Latinx community
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AFC helps returning citizens living with HIV shelter in place
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AFC’s new logo and brand identity center race equity and bold design
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Turning Point: remarks from President/CEO John Peller at 2019 annual meeting
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Proyecto Luz
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Governor JB Pritzker, Rep. Cabello, and the Need for Humanity
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2020 Public Health Boot Camp canceled due to COVID-19 crisis
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Sexperts! Know your options for HIV prevention!
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COVID-19, Black America, and the Deadly Cycle of Racism
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AFC innovates to meet increased need for food, financial assistance amid coronavirus
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Censual Healing: Why LGBTQ+ folks need to get counted in 2020
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AFC remembers Chicago leader Marc Loveless
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AFC embraces Black AIDS Institute’s We the People Plan
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When 150 housing clients faced transition, AFC and people-of-color-led partners provided uninterrupted support
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Public charge rule goes into effect, invites discriminatory restrictions on dreams of permanent residency
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Viiv Healthcare reports on successes in AFC’s program for cis- and trans- women of color living with HIV
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One-stop hub for HIV services coming to Chicago on Valentine’s Day 2020
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago Opposes the Trump Administration’s Medicaid Block Grant Plan
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Team to End AIDS (T2) Helped Me Say “Yes” to Life
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Celebrating our communities for World AIDS Day and beyond
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Heads up! New Illinois Medicaid Prescription Drug Policy Coming Jan. 1, 2020
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31 organizations awarded $7.35 million to provide HIV care to Chicagoland area
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Navigating a difficult topic at your holiday events: immigration
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In the face of adversity, this mom’s resilience pushed her through
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Mental wellness and housing stability: a delicate balance
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[VIDEO] Meet this chocolatier and prepare to satiate your taste buds at World of Chocolate
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Tell Your Story! Get Engaged!
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A partnership to help expecting parents living with HIV evolves in 2020
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Do YOUR thing! Sign up for 2020 health coverage before it’s too late!
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Living with HIV and thinking about pregnancy? Start here!
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Over 2,000 HIV advocates “lived true” and raised $440K (and rising) at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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What you need to know about HIV criminalization in Illinois
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Finding his purpose through advocacy and community
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Inspiring action through community
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I advocate because…
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“There’s still life after HIV”
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Public Health Boot Camp accelerates learning for emerging health pros
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AFC remembers Michael Bauer’s life and impact
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Illinoisans are ensured more accessible lifesaving medications
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Eight leaders bring passion and experiences to AFC’s Board and Associate Board
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City of Chicago receives $1.8 million in new donations for Flexible Housing Pool
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How Open Door helps the HIV community thrive
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PAT issues statement on proposed LGBTQ discrimination against federal contractors
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Public charge rule finalized, harming immigrant families in the U.S.
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Critical medication assistance programs solidified in Illinois
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Illinois expands protections for LGBTQ older adults
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Illinois approves youth access to PrEP
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AFC denounces use of HIV status to justify family separation
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Illinois increases transparency of prescription drugs in Medicaid
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Jeraldine’s journey to better health
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AFC is on the move to better serve our community
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Pride for PrEP in Illinois
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Governor Pritzker, Please Revise Medicaid Rules for Gender-affirming Care
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Brick by brick, Stonewall paved the way for an effective response to AIDS
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Study shows PrEP4Love campaign reaches millions of individuals to build awareness about vital HIV-prevention tool
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Meet our new VP of Policy & Advocacy!
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The joy that’s coming
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New Statewide Coalition Created to End Criminalization of People Living With HIV
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Illinois’ 2019 legislative session improved access to health care and more
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Wearing History: Nightsweats & T-Cells
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Stop erasing rights for trans and gender non-conforming people!
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You know about PrEP, but have you heard of PEP?
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The State of Illinois, City of Chicago, and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago Announce Getting to Zero Illinois HIV Plan
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Meet two new leaders addressing HIV in Chicago’s Black communities
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Mid-session update on bills advancing health equity in Illinois
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Tony Tintinalli is ‘teeing up’ for AFC
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State Representative Lamont Robinson tackles Youth and PrEP in first bill passed out of IL House
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“Setting the Pace: remarks from President/CEO John Peller at 2018 annual meeting
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IL expands Medicaid coverage for trans and gender-nonconforming residents
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From Ryan White to running a marathon: my story
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Black women in Chicago invited to catch desire while preventing HIV
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How cannabis is helping people living with HIV
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IL Gov. Pritzker proposes level HIV funding in his first budget address
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Gov. Pritzker signs executive order supporting HIV/AIDS services
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Things on our team’s plate in 2019
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Pride Action Tank responds to Supreme Court ruling on trans military ban
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My father’s journey to get his wings
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Policy and legislative wrap up for 2018
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New grant opportunity for “small but mighty” community orgs
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Getting to zero through sex ed
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Join AFC’s Board in 2019!
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What a wonderful World of Chocolate: annual event raises sweet cash for HIV/AIDS support
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Housing is the foundation for better health
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Open Enrollment and what it means for Trans and GNC folks
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HIV on TV: Why representation matters
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AFC demands support for immigrant families
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Intimacy on Trial: The Case of Sanjay Johnson
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[VIDEO] Chocolatiers at Four Seasons Chicago prep for World of Chocolate
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Midterm elections redirect Illinois’ path forward
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago and Legal Council for Health Justice Statement on Medicaid Hepatitis C Treatment Restrictions
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Pride Action Tank: We See You
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Prevention advocates take unprecedented action to save choices for people at risk of HIV
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“After 30 years, what do you look for out of life?”
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Justice has been served — AFC lauds the justice received for the murder of Laquan McDonald but more must be done
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By reclassifying and renaming female condoms, FDA expands possibilities for sexual health
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Immigrant families are under attack! AFC joins the fight against public charge rule changes
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Sept. 23 declared “International Day of Bisexual Visibility in Chicago”
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Seeking treatment beyond medication
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago is shocked and angered by HIV funds being spent on family separation programs
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The national movement to decriminalize HIV right across state lines
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Building the pipeline toward bathroom equity in Chicago
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Seven community leaders join AFC’s Board in 2018
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AFC Statement on Governor Rauner’s veto to protect health equity legislation
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Join us NOW to override the governor’s veto of HB 4096
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AFC Mourns the Passing of Dan Bigg, Founder of Chicago Recovery Alliance
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A day in the life of a case manager
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HIV Prevention Justice Alliance says “farewell for now”
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This ‘magnetic couple’ runs to end stigma
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AFC issues FOIA request to support Medicaid recipients
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“One little prick of the finger determined my life”
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Paying the Price: the truth about HCV treatment on Medicaid
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AFC Statement Against Trump Administration’s Policy Banning People living with HIV from Military Service
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His Lifelong Journey to Being Poz and Proud
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Why we love sex ed (and you should, too): A case for more comprehensive, evidence-based sex ed in schools
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Supporting my uncle means supporting a community
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More than a call
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AFC Statement on the Trump Administration’s Zero Tolerance and Family Separation Policy
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Mr. Goode Goes to Springfield
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These eight organizations are the top HIV case management providers in Chicago
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Turning a personal story into a platform for action
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10 movies about HIV/AIDS recommended by AFC staff
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The end of an impactful session
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Trans-affirming tips for health care providers from a nonbinary social worker
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Finding a safe haven
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This new insurance loophole could affect people on HIV meds, including PrEP
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Taking control of your health as a trans/gender non-conforming individual
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Meet AFC’s new community organizer, Coleman Goode!
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“The truth about the 7,000″: a response (and some lingering questions)
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The impact of sexual health on your mind, body and spirit
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Healing through art
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Social workers can make excellent grant writers
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What to say/what not to say: Gender Identity
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QUIZ: Do you know the facts about women and HIV?
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Six reasons work requirements are a bad idea for Medicaid
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The Importance of Taking Care of Yourself on the Inside and Outside
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago Applauds Gov. Rauner’s Proposal for Level HIV Funding in FY19 Budget, Advocates for Increased Funding
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AFC disappointed in Rauner administration’s withholding almost $10M of approved HIV funds
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The Bigots Are Right: The HIV Epidemic Among Black, Gay Men is from Immorality
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AFC announces 2018 Ryan White award recipients
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Too focused on survival to be sick
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[UPDATED] State health department refuses to release HIV spending information
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Solving one challenge for people leaving jail or prison: connecting to HIV health care
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Making the most of your Marketplace health insurance
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The Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is about protecting providers who discriminate
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AFC and PAT Statement on Health and Human Services creation of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division
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Chicago is ready to get to zero
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Hey, America: your high rents are hurting people’s health
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My voice represents millions more
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Your voice matters! Join our Board in 2018
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Finding a place to call home
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2017 Policy and Legislative Victories
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When a caregiver cares for herself, too
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Can equitable access to employment end the HIV epidemic?
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Federal Budget Resolution and Health Care Update
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Undetectable = Untransmittable – The Noise, the Joys and the Nuances
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What does Getting to Zero mean?
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5 things you didn’t know about aging with HIV
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Taking PrEP? Thinking about it? Find an Illinois health plan that works for you – and get help paying for it!
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Stonewall Strong (excerpt) By John-Manuel Andriote
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Open Enrollment in 2018
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How your clinic can resist unlawful ICE activity
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Trump Sabotages the Affordable Care Act shattering health care coverage for low-income Americans
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Family love overcomes HIV stigma [VIDEO]
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago and Legal Council for Health Justice Statement on Medicaid Hepatitis C Treatment Restrictions
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Get ready for Health Insurance Open Enrollment: 6 things to do before you enroll
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Experimental housing programs change lives and prove their worth
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Trump ends ACA subsidies for insurers, shattering health care coverage for low-income Americans
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Providers Unite: Protect the Undocumented Community
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2,500 health equity advocates band together to raise $480K (and rising) at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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ViiV Healthcare and AFC partner to improve women’s health
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Surviving a personal tsunami
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What you need to know about Getting to Zero in Illinois
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After homework, a young fundraiser fights for her communities
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Five ways to take control of your love life
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How much can your public health knowledge expand in 5 days?
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Advocacy organizations celebrate results as UnitedHealthcare swiftly reverses discriminatory PrEP practices
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United Healthcare discriminates against vulnerable populations by denying PrEP access
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Soaring into stability with people who care
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Trump’s shadow lingers over affordable health care
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HIV, hepatitis C and the hope for health equity
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Beyond a campaign, a testing program that elevates young women of color
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We finally have a budget!
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After three-year stalemate, Illinois legislature increases revenue and passes state budget
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Get your HIV status at these AIDS Run & Walk Chicago beneficiaries
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Ending gun violence means recognizing it as a public health threat
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Living with HIV — and without stable health insurance
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Quest Diagnostics employees experience a day-to-day connection to the HIV epidemic
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AFC secures legislative wins despite budget impasse
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From past to present: HIV advocates leading the future at AFC’s Advocacy Days
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250 Fewer People with HIV Identified During Illinois Budget Impasse
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago Condemns the Trump Administration’s Heartless FY18 Budget
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Which Health Care Superhero Are You?
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Harmony Health Plan teams with AFC to support community-based services
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Four new voices for change added to AFC board
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SHAME: AFC denounces House Republicans’ eleventh-hour push to repeal the ACA
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Gallery: AFC shames Illinois House Republicans and their votes for the AHCA
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BudgetWatch: House’s Lifeline budget moves to Senate and several AFC backed bills move out of the House
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“We don’t always have the choice of being sexperts.”
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Ava’s Change4Youth collects votes to raise visual awareness of youth homelessness
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LGBTQ aging summit to address advocacy and service needs in Chicago
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Anton X: Finding community through advocacy
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BudgetWatch: Health care repeal blocked and the state House in session
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Quiz: How screwed are we with the new health care plan?
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BudgetWatch: Several bills move out of committee and to the House floor
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Pregnant, Homeless and HIV-positive
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Choosing Life: How and Why to Disclose Your Status
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AFC’s case management trainings equip case managers for a unique, one-on-one client experience
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Amplified: Bold voices for change speak out
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Amplified: Spreading tingle, taking calls for PrEP
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Amplified: Out of the ER and into stable housing
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Amplified: Reinforcing vital organizations in the HIV community
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AFC releases policy priorities for 2017 and 2018
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Two AFC voices reflect on Women’s March movement
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Pharoh empowers youth experiencing homelessness
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Feminism means I matter
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A Reflection on the Women’s March in Washington
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One year later: youth housing advocate Kasey White on Trump, self-care and the Sleep In
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With national health care under threat, Gov. Rauner’s state budget further endangers Illinoisans
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Tracking AIDS in 2016: a year in the epidemic
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BudgetWatch: The Senate’s attempt at a Grand Bargain takes a hit
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Associate Board boosts fundraising, services and membership in 2016
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BudgetWatch: Gov. Rauner’s State of the State
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Trump’s first week: executive orders contrary to HIV policy and human rights
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AFC responds to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s 2017 State of the State Address
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Illinois’ state government: “A case of governmental dysfunction”
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ICYMI: Some of your favorite AFC stories from 2016
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BudgetWatch: Transition from 99th to 100th General Assembly
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Seven ways that Chicago embraced World AIDS Day
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A vital link to HIV care and so much more
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Next to – or better than – normal
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AFC releases statement on mistrial in shooting death of Walter Scott
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AFC releases IL Medicaid guide to HIV coverage
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BudgetWatch: End of Veto Session wrap-up
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So sweet: Chicagoans commemorated World AIDS Day at World of Chocolate gala
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2017 PrEP assessment compares IL Marketplace plans
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Loud, proud and HIV+
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In conversation: AFC’s housing leadership shifts in a promising moment for housing and health care
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HIV and mass incarceration: How Black lives are impacted
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AFC releases position statement on gun violence and community violence
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These runners and walkers ‘grammed for the cause – and won!
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Empowerment En Español
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More than $471K raised to help HIV+ Chicagoans thrive at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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AFC provides support, guidance on changes to Medicaid in IL
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Rep. Robin Kelly recognizes National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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Seven reasons to volunteer at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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The metamorphosis of recovery
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From the darkness of loss, new love emerges
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AFC and national partners file complaint against Humana and other discriminatory insurers
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AFC thought leaders to present at nine health conferences this fall
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#TeamJessica walks toward hope and away from stigma
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Elevating dancers and the cause through 25th Dance for Life production
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AFC and Howard Brown Health laud Illinois Medicaid for expanding access to HIV treatments
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Band together, Illinois: AIDS Run & Walk Chicago unites thousands in the HIV community on Saturday, Oct. 1
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DNC includes landmark statement on HIV/AIDS in 2016 platform
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BudgetWatch: Springfield passes bill to fund the state through December
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“Que no estas solo”: Beto comes out as an undocumented person living with HIV
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Stopgap budget passed in Illinois – but is it enough?
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Quiz: Think you don’t need an HIV test? Think again.
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Pride at Montrose forced to end early
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Chicago City Council overturns discriminatory bathroom provision
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A different type of homeless
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We are saddened. We are angry. We demand change.
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BudgetWatch: End of session and still no budget
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Kasey White: A leader and advocate for youth experiencing homelessness
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Legendary same gender-loving pride celebration returns; powered by Black, HIV and LGBTQ agencies
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11 months without a budget, AFC says Governor and General Assembly hold HIV services hostage
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BudgetWatch: As the legislative session ends today, the budget situation is a bit of a mess
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Jeanette seeks a place to call home
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Her win, Illinois’ loss
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“I made it through the storm”: George Scroggins and the act of moving forward
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AFC, Howard Brown Health commend IL Medicaid’s plans to review HIV therapies
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AFC joins human and social service agencies in lawsuit against Gov. Rauner and state agencies
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BudgetWatch: Some progress on FY 16 human services and higher education budgets
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AFC, Howard Brown Health denounce IL Medicaid’s removal of HIV drug from approved formulary
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Representing the South Side in Springfield at HIV Advocacy Days
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Meghan Williams: Giving her peers a voice
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CommunityLinks: the program, the people, the purpose
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BudgetWatch: Important bills pass out of committees, little budget news
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In Plain Sight: shining a spotlight on women living with HIV
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BudgetWatch: Advocates take to digital media to fight for #PositiveBudgetIL
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AmeriCorps teams unite to support HIV prevention work in Flint, MI
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BudgetWatch: What the AFSCME ruling means for humans services in IL
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BudgetWatch: $3.8 billion spending bill authorized by Senate
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago and The AIDS Institute Recognize Ambetter for Increasing HIV Medication Coverage
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Retiring AFC Board member blazed trails for Black women in health care and academia
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PrEP: One woman crosses the gender divide
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BudgetWatch: The lead-up to IL primary and spring break
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago lauds Get Covered Illinois for reducing the uninsured rate in Illinois
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Salud y Orgullo Mexicano: Exploring the territory between HIV and identity
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Five #PrEP4Love ways to improve PrEP awareness in Chicago
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AFC denounces Gov. Rauner’s proposed cuts to HIV and related programs and services in budget for FY 2017
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2016 legislative agenda seeks bold steps toward HIV prevention, treatment
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AFC applauds IDPH for adding hepatitis C medications to ADAP formulary
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s response to President Obama’s federal budget proposal
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Tiny Home Summit to address youth homelessness in Chicago
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago Applauds Passage of HOPWA Program Formula Change
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6 Things You Can Do for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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Citywide campaign transmits love and shows the sexier side of HIV prevention
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AFC offers capacity building micro-grants for HIV direct service organizations
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Top three things missing from Governor Rauner’s state of the state address
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Joint statement on stopping discrimination against transgender students
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#WTSWNTS when discussing condomless sex
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10 tweets that tell the story of HIV in 2015
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Harvard and AFC identify best IL health care plans for people with HIV
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Fighting for Black liberation in Chicago
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Envisioning health equity: Bhuttu Mathews’ story from rock-bottom to redemption
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US Congress strengthens HIV/AIDS services in new budget
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Section 1557: a tool in the fight against HIV discrimination
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Cost and coverage of HIV and hepatitis medications in the Illinois health insurance marketplace
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World of Chocolate jazzes Chicago residents for 14th year
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AFC commits to fulfilling goals of White House HIV/AIDS strategy
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AFC releases PrEP coverage guide for IL health marketplace plans
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We stand with Black lives
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#SleepOutCHI in 10 tweets
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No day but today: RENT cast sets stage for HIV awareness
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AFC announces 2016 Ryan White award recipients
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AFC and partner organizations raise awareness at World AIDS Day events on Dec. 1
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“A shared vision is a vision shared”: Caprice Carthans discusses trans health care
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Federal HIV funds are in peril. Take four actions to save them!
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Amid state budget woes, AFC partners with two community organizations
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#WTSWNTS: When discussing STIs and HIV via dating apps
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Pride Action Tank launches to foster collaborative LGBTQ work
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What to say // What not to say: STIs and dating apps
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More than 2,500 participants raise over $386,000 for 36 HIV/AIDS organizations
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#AIDSRUNWALKCHICAGO in 10 tweets
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Mayor Emanuel proposes changes to city of Chicago HIV funding
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Quiz: What’s the future of HIV, STI and pregnancy prevention?
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The right shade for changing the HIV epidemic
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A mIRAculous athlete will make a victory lap at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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Governor Rauner signs federal pass-through budget
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Are you a #PrEP know-it-all?
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Photos from the Movement for Black Lives Convening
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AFC announces request for proposals for Ryan White Part A and B
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Top 10 Tweets about the Rally for a Positive Budget
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Queer, Ill, & Okay artists share their truths about navigating taboo topics
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Season of Concern raises money for HIV – and has an awesome time doing it
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Put your foot down to support 36 HIV/AIDS organizations at 2015 AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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Program equips future public health leaders to impact the HIV landscape
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U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of federal health care subsidies
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Roy’s fight against cuts to HIV funding in IL
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Declare ADAP an essential service ahead of government shutdown in IL
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Beverly elevates young women and transwomen in new youth-led STI prevention campaign
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Five HIV advocacy victories in Springfield in 2015
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Moral Mondays demonstrations call for a fair budget in IL
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Stigma in the situation
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How a community leader eliminates stigma, one client at a time
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Staying afloat – and helping others tread water as they manage their HIV status
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Playoff hopefuls AFC Sirens hit home runs and plug PrEP
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Next stop: success
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Media-driven stigma continues with new HIV criminalization case
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Corporate supporter Walgreens finds innovative ways to engage with HIV-positive community
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“It is hard being positive”: An AFC client makes the most of every day
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Helping clients learn new ways to navigate through obstacles
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Gaining trust is the first step toward helping post-incarcerated clients
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For Northern Trust, there’s more than one way to give to the cause
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15 ways we’re changing the HIV epidemic in 2015
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Dramatic shift in AFC’s work, thanks to decades of change
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After the rescue, a new housing program targets HIV-positive youth
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Harmony and AFC partner to bring awareness to testing, treatment and holistic health needs in Chicago
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June marks National HIV Testing Day – and a spectrum of events for Chicago
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Partisan gridlock, Gov’s Turnaround Agenda keep HIV funding uncertain in IL
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Threatened supportive housing cuts could displace thousands – and raise state health care costs
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AFC raises big money for PrEP and HIV services at 30th Year Gala
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Budget cuts target organizations supporting Black gay men including a vital link to care
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Governor doesn’t make the grade in 100 Days HIV/AIDS Report Card
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Governor Rauner meets with advocates about HIV funding
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Revolutionary PrEP program in Illinois halted by governor before launch
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A year of triathlons
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HIV advocates hail Coventry Health Plan change that improves HIV drug access
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A home for Nancy means more than a door and floor
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Gilead gives significant gift to AFC as the inaugural member of AFC’s Corporate Partnership program
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AFC testifies on Medicaid redetermination in Springfield
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Female condoms take a new spotlight among peer-to-peer health educators
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“This is me; this is who God created.” An interview with Rev. Charles Straight
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AFC lauds Illinois for including HIV in the Health Home Model
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Women and girls the focus of HIV awareness days throughout March
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AFC releases 2015 – 2016 legislative policy priorities
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Advocates oppose 25% cut to HIV funding in 2015 budget
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HIV advocates find discriminatory HIV drug pricing by Illinois insurance companies
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AFC honors Black History Month with seminars, town hall and more
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Youth Expert Advisory Board applications now accepted
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Two new vice presidents at AFC strengthen connections to Illinois’ HIV/AIDS community
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Elimination of lifetime FDA blood donation ban for gay, bisexual men good – but not good enough
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New CDPH commissioner replaces departing Dr. Bechara Choucair
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AFC welcomes (back) new VP of Policy
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AFC responds to Medicaid Health Homes proposal for people with HIV
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Sweet success: 13th annual World of Chocolate event dishes up decadence
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Cost of HIV medications in the Illinois health insurance marketplace for 2015
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago announces 18 award recipients of its 2014 Challenge Grants
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AFC commemorates World AIDS Day with new website, World of Chocolate and more
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Largest and longest-running HIV/AIDS coalition calls for scale-up of PrEP; AIDS Foundation of Chicago leads locally
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AFC awarded second year of funding to help people register for health insurance through Affordable Care Act
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AFC congratulates Governor-Elect Rauner, urges policy and funding continuity
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A Chat With Jim Pickett as the First HIV Research for Prevention (HIV R4P) Conference Looms
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Keeping stars like Glenn bright through HIV fundraising
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New ad campaign urges Mexican men to seek HIV testing and care services
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We Are Here blog tour: “When Resilience Isn’t Enuf: Black Lives Matter”
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AFC thanks Rep. Mike Quigley for introducing bill to modernize federal AIDS housing program
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Unique program brings public awareness, STI testing to young women, transwomen of color
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Two public events celebrate HIV awareness day through monologues, workshops and more
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Letter from AFC Board Chair
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago names John Peller president/CEO
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More than 3,000 runners, walkers, volunteers raise over $380,000 for 32 HIV/AIDS organizations
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Health and rights advocates mobilize across the globe to demand female condoms
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T2’s Ironman 70.3 Steelhead finisher achieves huge fitness and fundraising goals
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A T-shirt represents one artist’s commitment to end AIDS
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Through performance art, new narratives emerge about chronic illness
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Gaining a holistic understanding of HIV to help protect vulnerable communities
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“You’re not a second-class citizen because you’re HIV-positive. You’re a human being.”
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Advocacy groups report to UN on US failures to address the HIV epidemic in communities of color
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Illinois advocates hail great first step to end discrimination against transgender individuals in health insurance coverage
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Insights, AFC’s monthly newsletter
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Kicking stigma to the curb through AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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What can internet search engines reveal about STD trends and risk?
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Better red (or green or yellow or grape-flavored) than dead
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Community-based testing programs link newly diagnosed HIV-positive individuals with care
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Ten years after HIV-positive diagnosis, AIDS Run & Walk marks a new chapter in one runner’s life
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HIV testing project serves people where they are, when they’re there
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Illinois General Assembly Votes to Protect HIV/AIDS and Supportive Housing Services
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Getting on board with PrEP: “It all starts with making one choice”
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Illinois governor’s office warns ACA health insurance plans against HIV/AIDS discrimination
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HIV medication coverage guide released for Medicaid and other ACA plans
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CDC recommendation on PrEP use endorsed by AFC and other AIDS health organizations
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago to state legislators: don’t cut $4 million from HIV/AIDS services budget
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An advocacy update from a peer educator
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AIDS Run & Walk Chicago invites community partners to gain exposure and donations at 2014 event
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Subject Matter Hearing Testimony Supporting SB2670 (Hepatitis C Screening Bill)
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Igniting our 30th year of service by honoring two long-time supporters
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HUD grants $3 million to AIDS Foundation of Chicago to continue two housing programs
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HIV/AIDS support from the ground up at Advocacy Days event in Springfield
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Update: AFC on Medicaid plan to address HIV
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Governor Quinn’s Budget Supports Vital HIV/AIDS Services
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Medicaid Plan to Address HIV
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Illinois HIV Care Connect: Reaching Out to Changing HIV-Positive Population
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HIV/AIDS Illinois District Fact Sheets
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Medicaid Managed Care is Coming – What You Need to Know to be Ready Webinar
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Munar Stepping Down Following Two-Decade Career at AFC
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AFC Releases 2013 Annual Report
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Comments on the Draft Medicaid 1115 Waiver
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HIV Health Summit Kicks off 2014!
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Illinois Cascade of Engagement in HIV Care
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Munar: Illinois Medicaid Must Harness Existing Infrastructure to Turn Tide on AIDS Epidemic
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World AIDS Day in Chicago
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Reaffirming Our Commitment to the Denver Principles
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Comments on the “Path to Transformation” 1115 Waiver Concept Paper
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Reaching the Summit
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Illinois Paves the Way for Organ Donations between HIV-positive Patients
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T2 Celebrates Strong 2013 Season, Looks Forward to Racing in 2014
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Cutting Sequestration
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The Affordable Care Act: An Enrollment Story
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The Future of CountyCare
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Breakfast Discussion with IDPH Director, Dr. Hasbrouck
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AFC Fact Sheet Summarizes Health Reform Payer of Last Resort Issues for Providers
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The Normal Heart
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Unwrapping ObamaCare: Wait!
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Over 500 AIDS Run & Walk Participants Pledge to “Get Covered” under Obamacare!
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WORLD OF CHOCOLATE: The Sweetest Event of the Year
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Finding Her Health: Sharon’s Journey to Mental Wellness
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Endurance 25: Meaghan’s Mission
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Mid-Year Update
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Advocates Applaud Launch of MTN-017, World’s First Phase II Rectal Microbicide Study
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We’ve Waited 32 Years for Today, and a Shutdown Won’t Stop Us!
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Thousands Descend on Lakeshore to Walk, Run, and Raise Money in the Fight against HIV
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AFC Publishes Report on Housing and Health
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Unwrapping ObamaCare: A Necessary Perspective
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What Could Be More Important than October 1, Right?
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AFC Announces Entertainment for 2013 AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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AFC Announces Participants in Sustainable Strategy Program
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Health Insurance Marketplaces: Answering Your Questions
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Confession of a Spectator: Dance for Life in Review
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AFC Welcomes New Senior VP; Names First Director of Housing Subsidiary
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Unwrapping ObamaCare: Medicaid Expansion
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Fly with Us: Your Health Care Reform Passport
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AFC Awarded Grant to Assist ACA Outreach and Enrollment
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Unwrapping ObamaCare: Who, What, When, & Why
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Governor Signs Medicaid Expansion Bill into Law
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Understanding HIV Health Reform and Youth
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Mapping Pathways: Approaches to Preventing HIV
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AFC Receives ADAP Community Organization of the Year Award
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A Supreme Q&A with AIDS Legal Council’s Ann Fisher
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Learn How Health Care Reform Will Help You.
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AFC Celebrates Pride
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A Glass Half Full: The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Marriage Equality and the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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AFC’s Hollendoner Set to Become City’s First Deputy Commissioner
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LGBT Advocacy Groups Stand with Civil Rights Counterparts on the Voting Rights Act
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Lion’s Pride of AFC: Junior Board Member Wins Award
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Statement from AFC about a U.S. Supreme Court Decision
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Policy Matters Podcast: Spring in Springfield
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New International Report on HIV Prevention Urges Localized Consideration of Antiretroviral Strategies
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AFC Announces CommunityDirect Partners for 2013 AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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Broadway Meets Michigan Avenue
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Over 500 Endorsers Demand Answers on Lubricant Safety
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We Need to Talk About ObamaCare
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Recognizing a Champion of AIDS Housing
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Important Announcements from Illinois ADAP about CountyCare and Illinois Pre-Existing Condition Program
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May 2013: A Big Month for HIV/AIDS Advocates
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Smooth Transition: TEAM TO END AIDS Continues to Make Strides with New Leadership
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And the Winner Is: AIDS Run & Walk
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International Female Condom Film Contest Announces Winners
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Illinois Senate Approves Medicaid Expansion Bill with Concurrence Vote
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General Assembly Budget Supports Vital HIV/AIDS Services
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Medicaid Expansion Bill Passes Illinois House
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Illinois Budget 2013
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Testimony before the Illinois House Human Services Committee Supporting SB26 (Affordable Care Act Medicaid Expansion)
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Illinois Senate Passes Comprehensive Sex Education Bill
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Illinois Senate Passes Bill to Repeal HIV Student Notification Law
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ObamaCare Is Here – But Is It Working for People with HIV?
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New Report: CountyCare Offers Historic Opportunity to Improve Care for People with HIV
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Strength of a Thousand Cranes
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State Session Updates
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State-Run Health Insurance Marketplace: Why AFC Opposes HB 3227
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VIDEO: Chris Wade Speaks at Rally for Human Care
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Inside Story Wins Two Silver Awards of Distinction
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Give OUT Day: A Spotlight on Rectal Microbicides
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National Task Force Recommends Universal HIV Testing
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AIDS Housing Soars on Report Card Day
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Lobby Days 2013: A Correctional Health Care System
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Pioneer of the One-Third
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AFC’s Spring Dinner: We Laughed, We Celebrated, We Made a Difference
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IL House Passes Bill for Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
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The Evany Factor: Impact of an Advocate
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AFC’s Cynthia Tucker Receives Woman of Excellence Award
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President’s Budget Preserves Essential HIV/AIDS Programs, Removes Sequester
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Doing Right by Her Family Name
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A Double Anniversary: Ten Years Running
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Comprehensive Sex-education Bill Gains Momentum in Illinois House
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AFC to State Insurance Dept: Heath Plans Must Provide Solid HIV Benefits
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Creating a Culture of Coverage
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Media-Driven Stigma Surrounding HIV Criminalization Case
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AFC Hosts Forum on Innovative Patient-Centered Medical Homes
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Illinios HIV/AIDS Advocates Bring Three-Point Message to Capital Hill
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IDPH leaders brief community on FY 14 state budget
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Illinois Governor Reduces State HIV Funding
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Finding a Place for Carlos
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AIDS Advocates Praise Illinois House Vote to Repeal Discriminatory HIV Law
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Register for Upcoming Webinars
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Illinois Governor Reduces State HIV Funding
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Behind the Miracle Child a Broken System Lurks
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“Queen of Indie Soul” to perform benefit concert at House of Blues
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The Stories That Don’t Get Told
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Dancing for Life, a Chicago Choreographer is Honored
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Remembering Rosa Rufus
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AFC Board Member Turns Loss into Hope
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Lube is Slippery, but is it Safe?
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A New Year, and New Medicaid Awaits Us! 2013 Lame Duck Wrap-Up
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Advocates Take Medicaid Fight to Capitol
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How Same-Sex Marriage Could Help End AIDS
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WATCH: Driving the HIV Story
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AFC Weighs in on New CDC Data
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AFC Statement on New HIV Data
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Groundbreaking New Video on Rectal Microbicides is Released
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AFC Launches Need2Know HIV, a New HIV Testing Campaign
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World AIDS Day
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Your Guide to World AIDS Day in Chicago
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What the Fiscal Cliff Means for HIV Services in Illinois
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AFC Hails New Chicago Deputy Commissioner for HIV/STI Services
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In or Out of Prison, Iranian Doctors Find Way to Help
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Comments on State Medicaid Benchmark Plan
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SHINE Conference Examines HIV and Social Determinants
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Doctor: “Abstinence is not enough.”
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The Stigma of Sandy: Sound Familiar?
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Road to Health: AFC’s New Strategic Plan Moving Forward
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Comments to Illinois Department of Public Health on Proposed Rules of Sexually Transmissible Disease
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AFC Statement on Election Results
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Annual Meeting Provides Inspiration and a Plan
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Hurricane Sandy Victims Need Our Help
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AFC Hails Federal Waiver for Cook County Medicaid Program
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Once Jailed in Iran, Global Health Pioneers Visit Chicago to Talk HIV
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Rooted in the Cause
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Macy’s, a Key AFC Sponsor, Holds Men’s Fall Fashion Preview [UPDATED]
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Thank you – AIDS Run & Walk Chicago 2012
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CDPH Helps Raise Awareness at AIDS Run & Walk
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From Botswana to Chicago, Refugees Fight Stigma
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AFC Comments on Illinois’ Essential Health Benefits Plan
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IDPH Director to Discuss HIV Services on Sept. 27
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From Crunching Numbers to Chasing a Dream
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ACT UP Movie Coming to Chicago
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Illuminating Life with HIV
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Advocates Observe First Ever “Global Female Condom Day”
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Vogueing for Change
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The New 2012 Updates of The Illinois HIV Testing Law
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Illinois Medicaid Continues Access to Life-Saving HIV Drugs
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HIV Testing Fact Sheet 2012
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Transgender Killings Reflect Deeper Injustice
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Expect More Dance at Saturday’s Dance for Life
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Medicaid Cuts are Bad News
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Illinois Red Ribbon Lottery: It’s a win-win!
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What I Learned at AIDS 2012
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AFC Shines a Light at AIDS 2012
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Elvis 5K to Benefit TEAM TO END AIDS
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Q&A: Lambda Legal’s Scott Schoettes on HIV Criminalization
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How Illinois’ HIV Criminalization Law Has Changed
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AFC Comments on Illinois Navigator Program
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The Sobering Truth of HIV among MSM
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From the Sports Desk: Chasing an End to AIDS
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AIDS 2012: A Protest in Photos
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Activists “Act Up, Fight Back”; 12 Arrested
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Turning the Tide Together
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In Search of the AIDS Boson
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Activism Alive and Well at AIDS 2012
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A Prayer for Courage and Unity
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AIDS 2012: Day 1 in Photos
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On Media and HIV/AIDS
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AFC Lauds Obama Administration’s Increase in Illinois ADAP Funding
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago at AIDS 2012
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Turning the Tide Together at the International AIDS Conference
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Rev. Straight to Open AIDS 2012 with Prayer
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Thousands to March for HIV Justice Next Week in D.C.
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AFC Hails FDA Approval of Truvada for PrEP
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“Change My Story” Campaign Unveils New Ads For At-Risk Communities
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Three Years Later, Opt-Out Testing the Norm in Cook County Jail
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AFC Staffer Honored by Newspaper
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AFC Hails Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling
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Help Us Turn the Tide.
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Film Tackles AIDS in Black America
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Every Day is National HIV Testing Day
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Once Neglected in Jail, HIV Advocate Now Seeks Justice
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A Quilt of Memories Lives On
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A Community of Independence
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Sign Up for 6/19 PrEP Webinar!
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Illinois Legislators Gut HIV Funding
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ALERT: AIDS Run & Walk Chicago Changes Date
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Challenge Grant Projects Boldly Move Forward
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Medicaid Reforms Will Harm People With HIV
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A Global Dream for Women’s Health
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Ball Offers Vogueing and HIV Outreach
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HIV-Positive Triathlete Inspires Change
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What’s NATO Got to do With HIV?
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The “Little Campaign That Could”
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From Transgender Life, a Passion for Social Justice is Born
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Keeping Track of HIV Care
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A Powerful Day, a Call to Action
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AFC Joins Other AIDS Groups in Support of PrEP
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In Occupy Movement, AIDS Activists Find Common Ground
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Putting a Face with the Numbers
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Making Our Voices Heard
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AFC Condemns Proposed Medicaid HIV Drug Restrictions
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Plan Unveiled for Rectal Microbicide Research in Africa
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VIDEO: Funding Cuts Will Cost Lives
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Triathlete Looks Back, Races Forward
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Confessions of a Self-Proclaimed Data Geek
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The Ministry of Being There
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Huffington Post: Trapped in a Broken System
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Registration Opens for the 2012 AIDS Run & Walk Chicago
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An Evening of Angels, Reflection and Looking Forward
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Hip-Hop Cares About HIV. Yes, Really.
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A Doctor Finds Calling in Forgotten Youth
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What will a 50% Cut to HIV Funding do to Illinois?
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At 85, a Mother Walks for Her Son
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Confronting HIV Among Youth
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An Advocate and his Art
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Praying for the End of AIDS
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AFC Presents Day of Female Empowerment on March 10
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Take in a Musical and Fight AIDS!
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AFC Opposes Proposed Budget Cuts to HIV Services
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Video: Tony Kushner on Angels
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Angels in America: The Play That Goes Clunk
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A Brother Lost to AIDS Lights the Way
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Black AIDS Day Panel Examines HIV and Aging
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AFC Honors Black AIDS Day with Advocacy
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Illinois Department of Corrections Partners with AIDS Foundation Chicago to Offer New Educational Video
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Kushner in the Here and Now
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ADAP Changes for Better
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Sheltering Our Youth
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Open Letter to FDA Urging PrEP Review
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Housing Chicago’s Most Vulnerable
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The Crime of Being Gay (and Having to Hide It)
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Surviving Addiction, an Advocate Finds Her Voice
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HIV Prevention Justice Alliance Supports Affordable Care Act
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Remembering Fernando Blasco Lagos
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On Faith and HIV
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New Website Explains HIV Health Reform
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The Enduring Power of Angels
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A Life Marked by AIDS (and Hope)
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FDA Considers Truvada for PrEP
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AFC Statement on Federal Funding Ban for Syringe Exchanges
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ADAP Experiences Growing Pains
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Syringe Exchanges Caught in Political Crosshairs
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AFC Remembers John Davis
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Occupy HIV/AIDS!
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Bridging the Gap
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Open Letter to U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin
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Alleged Bite Leaves Bitter Taste of Unjust Law
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Watch David Ernesto Munar on PBS
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AFC Hails World AIDS Day News
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Open Letter to President Obama and World AIDS Day Panelists
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All Eyes on Obama on World AIDS Day
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IDPH Budget Webinar
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A Setback in Microbicide Research
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Interview with South African Author Jonny Steinberg
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AFC Makes “The POZ 100”
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Lois Bates, Trans-Activist, Dies
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Crunch Time for Super Committee
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Rectal! Rectal! Read all about it!
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Healing the Prison System
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Mapping Pathways to Prevention
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Glimpsing USCA
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A Revolution of Hope
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Fighting for a More Just World
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A Catalyst for HIV Prevention Justice
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“Creating an AIDS-Free Generation”
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Welcome, United States Conference on AIDS!
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Twenty Years Later, Magic Still Smiling
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CDPH Keeps Funding for HIV Prevention Programs the Same, Despite Economic Uncertainty
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The Many Faces of HIV
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Innovation, Impact and Inspiration
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UPDATE: Drug Overdose Bill Passes House
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Response to Draft Report by the Illinois Health Benefits Exchange Legislative Study Committee
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It’s a Strategy! (Well, a draft at least…)
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For HIV counselor, prevention begins with self-esteem
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AIDS Leaders Press Feds for Action on Promising New Prevention Tool
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New WithInSight Resource Enhances Understanding of Public Health Research
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AFC Showcases Best Practices in Prevention and Research at National HIV Prevention Conference
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago Launches “Change My Story” Health Promotion Campaign at Bud Billiken Parade
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CDC Reports HIV Infections Jump Among Young Gay Black Men
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AFC Conducts Redistricting Webinar
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“Wake up!”
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Case management, housing vital for Medicaid success
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Case management, housing vital for Medicaid success
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“Pride Health and Equality 411”: view the presentation
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Free HIV Testing at Select Walgreens Stores, June 22-24
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AFC to Quinn: Expand Medicaid, implement AIDS Strategy to mitigate budget cuts
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Walgreens carries female condoms
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AFC: Finishing Strong in Springfield
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Illinois General Assembly Adjourns, Reduces HIV Funding Cuts
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Making the Fourth Decade of AIDS the Last
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Standing with Mayor Emanuel
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House Budget Ups HIV Funding by $2 million
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Illinois Senate Proposes $3.5 million Cut to Critical HIV Programs
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Illinois Announces Reduced Access to HIV Medication Assistance, Effective July 1
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IDPH House Appropriations Budget Testimony
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Support comprehensive sex education
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Keith R. Green Joins AIDS Foundation of Chicago
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Governor proposes HIV Cuts, Consolidation in FY 2012 budget
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CROI: Blacks More Likely to Have HIV Virologic Failure
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AFC’s John Peller Highlights Budget and Legislative Issues in the Illinois General Assembly
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Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program Update
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David Ernesto Munar Appointed President/CEO
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Black AIDS Day, February 7, 2011
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Virginia Asks High Court To Expedite Review Of Health Law Challenge
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Pay Gap Growing For Women Physicians
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Governors Get Advice From Obama Administration On How To Handle Medicaid
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Blumenthal Steps Down From His Post Leading Obama’s Health IT Office
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AFC Receives Grant from AIDS United to Improve Access to Healthcare for Region
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AFC’s Healthcare Hero-in-Chief, Melanie Paul
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Daley’s 2011 Budget Avoids HIV Cuts
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Obama Administration Unveils National AIDS Strategy
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AIDS Foundation of Chicago in Vienna
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AIDS Community Remembers Lonnie Fulton
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AIDS Community Remembers Lester Ward
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Uninsured? HIV+? Moderate-income? New health insurance option!
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Quinn Budget Highlights AIDS Drug Assistance Program
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What’s up with the state budget, and what’s it mean for HIV services?
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It’s up to you, Governor Quinn
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Stop an ADAP Wait List in Illinois
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Washington Needs to Hear from You!
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Illinois Official: Budget crisis could push 500 people off HIV medication assistance
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Rescue 2010: Illinois’ HIV/AIDS Lobby Days
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Proposed FY 11 State Budget Underfunds HIV Services
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Advocates to Gov: Fund HIV in the 2011 State Budget
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Help Gov. Quinn Build a Responsible Budget
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Mark Ishaug: HIV Services Face Foreclosure: Will Illinois Leaders Come to the Rescue?
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Illinois Legislators Crusade for Adequate HIV Funding
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Spotlight on State HIV Funding Crisis at State Panel
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Fiscal Year 2011 Illinois State Budget Crisis Threatens Health of People with HIV, Could Increase HIV Cases
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Daley Proposes 4% City HIV Funding Trim
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A Tribute to a Legendary Advocacy Dynamo: Hector Hernandez
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HIV/AIDS Community Mourns Passing of Beth Wehrman
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AFC Celebrates the Life of the Honorable Larry McKeon