Story and interview by Livvie Avrick
For Joel Jackson, Director of Inclusion and Equity Strategies for the Urban Health Initiative at the University of Chicago Medicine (UCM), participating in AIDS Run & Walk Chicago is an opportunity to contribute to a healthier society – and when a community is healthy, everyone benefits. Joel is part of a fundraising team for the Chicago...
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Are you interested in creating equity and justice for people living with and vulnerable to HIV or chronic conditions? If the answer is yes, we have just the volunteer opportunity for you!
AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) is looking for individuals who can help us achieve our goals of equity and justice by serving on our Board of Directors. ...
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By Omar Martínez González
CHICAGO, IL — On Monday the U.S. House of Representatives , led by New York Congressman Jerry Nadler (NY-10), delivered a letter to President Biden, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Rochelle Walensky requesting...
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By Indigo Quashie
Between July and September of 2021, Pride Action Tank (PAT) , through the support of AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) , hosted three monthly events geared towards bringing together BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and LGBTQ+ leaders to work collaboratively to discuss the ways community members can be involved in public policy work...
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By Indigo Quashie
Getting to Zero Illinois (GTZ-IL) is Illinois’s state-wide initiative to end the HIV epidemic by 2030. In coalition with people living with HIV, community-based organizations, health care providers, government agencies and others, we are working together toward a day where HIV transmissions are rare. To create a future where all people...
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By John Peller, AFC President/CEO
Nothing is more American than a 4 th of July parade. And tragically, nothing is more American than a mass shooting with a high-powered rifle.
Our hearts go out to the families of the seven victims of the Highland Park 4 th of July parade shooting. We hope the dozens of people injured have a speedy physical and...
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By Omar Martínez González, Senior Manager, Policy & Advocacy
Photo credited to Omar Martínez González
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) issued a devastating blow to the right of women and pregnant people to access safe abortion services. Not only did it give Mississippi the green light to enforce its harmful 15-week...
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Contact: PrideActionTank@aidschicago.org
Pride Action Tank (PAT) , a project of AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC), is excited to announce the pilot launch of the Connection to Care Learning Collaborative (CCLC). CCLC seeks to work with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and look-alikes in Chicago to increase their capacity to provide...
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By David Fischer, Juvenile Justice, Education, and Youth Development Consultant, Quo Vadimus, LLC
Do you remember the first-ever document you had to sign? Maybe it was an assent to participate in a survey in high school or college for aid paperwork. How carefully did you read that document? Did all of it make sense? For some children and youth, one of the...
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One of AFC’s missions is to continue to amplify the voices of LGBTQ older adults and their experiences navigating advocacy work, healthcare, social stigma, or living with HIV. Stefanie Clark is a lesbian and transgender woman who has spent the past six years advocating for culturally competent care training for all medical professionals throughout Illinois, from clinic receptionists,...
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