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Pizza & Policy: The (usually) perfect duo

Turducken is a Thanksgiving turkey stuffed with duck and chicken - all the best of all meats rolled into one fantabulous tasting meal.

The "Super Committee" (not to be confused with the Super Friends) is actually a group of Congressional Republican and Democratic frienemies (friend-enemies) charged with reducing the federal deficit, and they need to know that

Ahh, summertime; people are tanning on the beach, children playing in the parks, and of course the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC)is producing a trio of AIDS policy webinars for your edification – so read on and join the fun!

Wanna learn about the National HIV/AIDS Strategy at one year, engaging media on ADAP issues, or the redistricting in Illinois and its effects on HIV policy? Yeah, we got you covered.

Please read below and call your state house representative with the following message: "Tell the house leaders to call HB 2189, Senate Amendment 1.  And vote yes!" 

Please take a moment to sign the letter asking the Midwestern Congressional Delegation (senators and representatives from Midwestern states) to work for increased funding for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). You may sign the letter as an individual or on behalf of an organization; simply fill out the form at the bottom of the screen. The deadline to sign the letter is Tuesday, May 24th.

There is a transgender emergence happening in Chicago. After generations of struggle, transgender men and women are becoming more visible, integrated and finding new admirers gay, straight and everywhere in between. And yet the struggle continues.

To help inform AFC’s 2012 strategic plan, AFC Director of Prevention Advocacy and Gay Men's Health Jim Pickett interviewed Dr. Ron Stall, Professor and Chair of the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences in the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh, a leading HIV prevention expert.

Please join the AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s Illinois ADAP 411 conference call on Friday, April 22 at 12:00 p.m. and learn about the new ADAP eligibility restrictions, how this will impact consumers, and what you can do to help.

You are invited to the Service Providers Council’s Transgender Conference to be held Thursday, May 19, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the University Center, 525 S. State Street. The conference is entitled “TransActions”; its theme is “Increasing Access to Care.” The 2011 conference is organized by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago Service Providers’ Council (SPC) Prevention & Care Committees and the ad-hoc host committee.