David Ernesto Munar, president/CEO of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, speaks at the 2012 Dinner with Tony Kushner. AFC Photos-Ed Negron
Below are David Ernesto Munar's remarks from the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's 2012 Dinner with Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner, who wrote Angels in America. The dinner was held on March 27, 2012, at the Hilton Chicago, and raised...
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Donté Smith is a member of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago Americorps team.
At times, hip-hop lovers who also believe in social justice can grow discouraged by the homophobia and misogyny so rampant in today’s brand of beats and rhymes.
But tomorrow night, there will be a refreshing showcase of hip-hop talent performing for a most worthy cause: to enhance the...
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Dr. Lisa Henry-Reid poses with her family. From left to right, daughter Lorelle, son Taylor, Dr. Henry-Reid and her husband Samuel.
Dr. Lisa Henry-Reid remembers when AIDS became personal for her.
It was 1996. One of her first AIDS patients, a young man she had grown...
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AFC is deeply concerned that and the General Assembly are considering cutting HIV programs by $4 million or 14%, which will actually lower state funding for HIV prevention, housing, corrections, minority health, perinatal HIV, and harm reduction programs by 50%.
Based on public health data these cuts could result in 108 additional people becoming infected with HIV, resulting in over $40...
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Mae Smith sits with her two of her daughters in her homey Glendale Heights kitchen. A coffeepot gurgles from the counter. Her youngest granddaughter plays quietly in the adjacent living room.
If you saw Mae Smith on the street, you might not immediately suspect she’s a passionate and determined HIV/AIDS advocate...
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Gary Metzner poses on a Puerto Vallarta vacation in February 2011. (Photos courtesy of Scott Johnson)
Like twin currents of the same river, Gary Metzner’s passion for art and his own emerging identity pulled him into the HIV/AIDS cause some 20 years ago.
Fresh out of college and grad school, he found work at an...
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It's heartening to see the professional journalists of tomorrow care about rising HIV infections among young people.
In this story -- written by Veronica J. Smith of the Medill News Service -- Chicago HIV experts and advocates talk about what's being done to address the alarming rise in HIV infections among young people. The story provides...
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The pastors took their seats at the table next to HIV-positive advocates last Monday as light streamed in through the multicolored stained glass windows at the Trinity United Church of Christ.
It was time to talk about God and AIDS.
The panel discussion at the South Side church, facilitated by The Balm in Gilead and sponsored by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC),...
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Chicago's 2012 Teen Girls & Women’s Health Awareness Day
Breaking the Cycle
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) and the FAM Entertainment Theater Company are proud to present a day of fun and learning on National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
On Saturday, March 10, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Ford City Shopping Mall, there will be workshops,...
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Take in some musical theater AND help the fight to end AIDS?
That’s the win-win.
On Friday, March 2, the Porchlight Music Theatre’s performance of “A Catered Affair” will benefit the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.
Based on the 1950s play that starred Bette Davis, the musical is “a beautiful exploration of the...
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