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In this exclusive audio interview Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson talks with Pete Subkoviak, Policy Associate at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) where he works on several legislative and advocacy initiatives.

And take this brief anonymous survey on intimate partner violence and HIV. Details about this very interesting study below.

FEATURING SAM TSEMBERIS, PH.D.
Founder & Executive Director of
Pathways to Housing in New York City

THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2009
Loyola University Chicago - Lakeshore Campus
6525 N. Sheridan, Chicago

Female and Male Condoms: Whose Responsibility?
by Kimberly Whipkey, Senior Associate for Advocacy and Outreach at the Center for Health and Gender Equity

The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) is pleased to announce the hiring of Alicia Bunton as its new Director of Care Programs and Quality Improvement, and Melanie Paul as its Supportive Housing Program Coordinator.    In her new role, Alicia Bunton will supervise AFC’s case management efforts, most significantly in treatment coordination and medical case management.

The Positive Women's Network (PWN), a project of WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Disease), is a national membership body of HIV-positive women, inclusive of transgender women, created in June 2008 to strengthen the collective power of women living with HIV in the U.S. to create and demand policies and programs that fit the realities of our lives as women living with HIV.

You can now see the fine work of AFC's communications team during your commute. CTA ads featuring the logo of the Cure Campaign were unveiled last week. One AFC staffer caught the ad right next to an ad for AIDS Connect on the ride home.

Barack Obama's $800 billion economic aid plan currently includes $400 million in funding for STD screening and prevention. However, some conservatives are attempting to frame the funding as "wasteful" and morally objectionable.

TAKE ACTION: Call the offices of Senators Roland Burris and Richard Durbin today to ensure $400 million for CDC's HIV/STD Center stays in the stimulus bill.

Senator Richard Durbin (202) 224-2152

Senator Roland Burris (202) 224-2854

White House Comment Line (202) 456-1414