The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is pleased to announce the 30 organizations s elected to receive an estimated $7 million in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program grants to serve the HIV community throughout the Chicago metropolitan area .
Funding through the ...
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“The time to act is now.” This year’s White House-issued theme for World AIDS Day, the annual global day of recognition each Dec. 1, closely aligns with the positive energy being embraced by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) and its partner organizations.
AFC urges Chicagoans to recognize the reality of today — that each year, 1,100 of their fellow Chicagoans...
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by Mirhanda Alewine, communications coordinator
Caprice Carthans, a trans woman of color and one of the co-chairs of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's Integrated Community Advisory Board (CAB), has made healthcare advocacy for Chicago's community of trans women her mission.
When I finally set foot on Carthans’ block in Chicago’s Marquette Park...
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is pleased to announce its plan to provide Taskforce Prevention and Community Services (Taskforce) and Chicago Black Gay Men's Caucus (CBGMC) with development grant s and support in long-term strategic planning.
As a result of these Capacity Building Assistance...
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The Pride Action Tank (PAT), a new, results-driven group that addresses challenges facing individuals and groups within LGBTQ communities through a collaborative process of inquiry, advocacy and action, is launching this month as a project of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC).
Kim L. Hunt, former executive director of Affinity Community Services,...
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Over 2,500 Chicagoans enjoyed a beautiful Saturday and raised over $377,000 at AIDS Run & Walk Chicago. In its fourteenth year, thousands of walkers, runners and volunteers from all walks of life gathered to put an end to the stigma associated with HIV and AIDS at our largest grassroots fundraising event.
Take a peek at 10 tweets from Saturday that capture the energy, optimism and new voices that...
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“Today, we have the technology and the knowledge to end AIDS!” AIDS Foundation of Chicago President/CEO John Peller kicked off the fourteenth annual AIDS Run & Walk Chicago on Saturday, Sept. 26 with these words, setting the stage for a day of hope and remembrance.
The event welcomed more than 2,500 runners, walkers and volunteers who, at press time, had raised more...
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Today, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) and members of its Service Providers Council discussed Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budget proposal for 2016 and the city’s proposed transition of the Uptown and Englewood HIV primary care clinics run by the city to community-based service providers. This would follow the model of the successful transition of Chicago Department of Public Health...
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In the summer, it’s good to be LT and Vinny. While LT, 50, continues to work as an executive assistant (as well as a writer and cabaret performer) during Chicago’s hot weekdays, Vinny, 47, is able to relax after his exhausting school years as a private high school teacher.
And on Sundays, they have softball — not just America’s pastime, but theirs, too....
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The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is pleased to announce the release of the FY 2016 Request for Proposals (RFP) for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act Parts A & B. AFC is requesting proposals from community-based organizations, HIV service organizations and other eligible health and social service providers to deliver high-quality, cost-effective Ryan White HIV/AIDS...
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