AFC in the News

2008
June 30
Chicago Tribune's health blog, Triage, addresses raising HIV rates among gay men

June 4
POZ Magazine spotlights AFC's groundbreaking collaboration with black churches

May 28
Peoria Journal-Star editorial calls for increased public awareness of HIV/AIDS

May 15
Medill Reports discusses HIV infection amongst Chicago teenagers

May 8
Chicago Tribune publishes Rev. Doris Green's comments on HIV/AIDS conspiracy theories

May 8
Timeout Chicago features Junior Board's signature event, Make a Statement: Design for the Cure

April 30
Medill Reports reviews new PEERSpeak website

April 23
Windy City Times reviews interactive HIV/AIDS educational tool

April 23
Chicago Free Press discusses gay health forum sponsored by Lifelube.org and Project CRYSP

April 20
AFC grantee Jo-Ray House featured in the Chicago Tribune

April 16
Chicago Tribune's health blog, Triage, promotes PEERSpeak- AFC's new educational resource

April 10
AFC's John Peller addresses Illinois' "broken health-care system" in the Chicago Tribune

April 10
Chicago Public Radio promotes efforts to get heroine antidote into the hands of drug users

April 9
Windy City Times features AFC's successful 2008 Lobby Days

April 9
Windy City Times interviews David Halperin, author of "What do Gay Men Want?"

April 3
Advocates push for more funding for voluntary HIV testing at AFC's 2008 Lobby Days in The State Journal-Register

April 2
Rockford Register Star highlights HIV/AIDS activists asking for Medicaid expansion at AFC's 2008 Lobby Days

April 2
AFC Board Member Rev. Charles Straight interviewed on Feast of Fools (link to podcast)

March 31
Rev. Doris Green addresses the importance of vaccine research in a Chicago Tribune editorial

March 25
Chicago Sun-Times profiles AIDS Marathon participant Jason Taylor

March 18
Aidsmeds.com features Jim Pickett and the 2008 Microbicides Conference in New Delhi

March 16
A new front in the STD war, Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette

March 13
STD Legislation falls short with Senate panel, The State Journal-Register

March 5
The Wall Street Journal features AFC's 'Housing First' Program

February 28
BBSNews covers the 2008 Microbicides Conference in New Delhi

February 6
Johnathon Briggs' Chicago Free Press editorial- "Bring Sexy Back"

January 14
Quick, free HIV tests in high-risk areas promoted in The State Journal-Register

January 10
The Chronicle of Philanthropy recognizes new AFC hires

January 9
Mark Ishaug's Windy City Times editorial on electing the AIDS President

January 6
Chicago Tribune highlights teen testing

2007
December 10
AIDS Weekly discusses AFC's presidential polling efforts

November 30
Business Wire commends award-winning AFC websites

November
Contemporary Sexuality examines anal sex taboos