by Cotrell Loftin
AIDS Run & Walk Chicago was back on Saturday, Oct. 1, but we’re still feeling the excitement! In the week leading up to the event, we held an Instagram challenge that received many great entries. Congratulations to the daily winners and the grand prize winner @Ricanflava who won a ticket to World of Chocolate! See the winning posts below and stay tuned...
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What do you do when you’re 15 years old and your good friend comes out to you as HIV-positive?
Alfredo Flores (now 21) knows how it feels. After he came out as gay in his teens, Flores joined Mpowerment , an HIV prevention program for young gay and bisexual men. Mpowerment runs programs across Chicago to help people stand up to the stigma around HIV.
“When I first...
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Heavy rain and high winds didn’t stop thousands of Chicagoans from taking a stand against health inequity and supporting the HIV community at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 1, at Soldier Field.
“Together, we’re building momentum to not just provide services, but to provide equity and justice for people living with and vulnerable to HIV and related...
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Events like AIDS Run & Walk Chicago don't come together by themselves; they happen because talented volunteers come together and make it happen! Do you have what it takes to be a volunteer for this year's event on Saturday, Oct. 1 at Soldier Field? Click here to learn more.
Still on the fence? Read seven reasons other volunteers come back year after year to support the HIV...
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By Jennifer Moreno, CADC
To honor National Recovery Month, we asked AFC’s Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counselor (CADC) to reflect on the difficult road to recovery. Since July 2015, Moreno has conducted health assessments for 42 of AFC’s housing clients who are regular or recovering users of drugs and alcohol, and she has developed treatment plans with 23 clients...
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Chicagoan Lindsay Mitchell recounts her connection to the HIV cause and to AIDS Run & Walk Chicago, which she has participated in for more than a decade. Mitchell also celebrates that which she has gained as a result of her volunteer work at Bonaventure House: a life-long love.
I run in the AIDS Run & Walk Chicago every year in memory of my father-in-law, who died of AIDS-related...
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by Eryn MacNeil
“I was only 22 when I was diagnosed. I was young and I felt it. But everyone’s just trying to learn how to live, and now I’m just learning how to live a little differently.”
Jessica was diagnosed with HIV at the age of 22 when she visited the doctor to have her lymph nodes examined. What seemed like a mundane check-up quickly turned...
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This year’s AIDS Run & Walk Chicago , emphasizing the importance of unity and partnership in responding to health crises , will be held on the morning of Saturday, Oct. 1 , at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
Inspired by the kaleidoscopic effect of last year’s athletes donning COLORbands (elastic...
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Salud y Orgullo Mexicano project manager Gilberto Soberanis describes his physical and emotional journey across borders and boundaries, both literal and figurative. Edited by Mirhanda Alewine.
Hear Beto tell his story in his own words (en español).
In 1995, when I was 10, my mom, 2 year-old sister and I got...
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago is extremely disappointed that Pride at Montrose was required by the Chicago Police Department to end entertainment early on Sunday, June 26. This historic Black LGBTQ event was an opportunity to celebrate pride and provide health care resources in honor of National HIV Testing Day. Though we acknowledge the event did not have the six-foot fence as described in...
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