AIDS Foundation of Chicago

Mapping Pathways helps to develop and nurture communities in understanding around the adoption of antiretroviral-based prevention strategies to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. It provides data and reccomendations to policymakers, leaders and activists all around the communities.

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.

Were you around during the early era of GRID (Gay-Related Infectious Disease) and ACT UP? Have you lost family and friends to the HIV/AIDS crisis or are currently affected? Were you part of the response to HIV during any part of the past 30 years, including organized efforts, agencies, and actions that only exist in the collective memories of those involved?

Announcing Public Health Boot Camp IV: The AIDS Foundation of Chicago and DePaul University are having our next Public Health Boot Camp on July24-29, 2011. We are having an informational session on March 8, 2011 at the DePaul Center, 1 E.

The endurance training program of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) has been named the “Official Charitable Training Program” of the annual Chicago Triathlon – the world’s largest

Dear Advocate,

My name is Patricia Johnson. I’m a mother to eight, grandmother to ten, a case manager at Lawndale Christian Health Center and I have been HIV-positive for more than 20 years. You know, I got a lot on my plate.

The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) announced today its appointment of Julie Davids, the founding Executive Director of Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP), to the newly-created post of Director of National Advocacy and Mobilization.

“Julie is a longstanding lead

In January, AFC must say good-bye to President/CEO Mark Ishaug who is stepping down to take the helm at AIDS United, a new Washington, DC-based national organizations formed as a result of a merger between the National AIDS Fund and AIDS Action.

The entire AFC Board and staff thank Mark for his incredible 20-year service to the organization, including 12 years as President/CEO. Under his leadership, the scope and reach of AFC has greatly expanded, allowing AFC to reach tens of thousands of people each year with HIV prevention, care, awareness, and advocacy programs.

Without missing a beat, the Board of Directors announced the appointment of Vice President David Ernesto Munar as AFC’s next President/CEO, effective February 1, 2011.