HIV/AIDS Advocacy in the Heartland

Midwest AIDS Policy Alliance
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago, in partnership with the Minnesota AIDS Project, launched the Midwest AIDS Policy Alliance (MAPA) in 2005, to link together Midwestern AIDS advocates and strengthen their policy work. MAPA currently counts ten states (IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, and WI) and fifteen agencies as active members dedicated to advancing sound HIV/AIDS policies in their individual states. Through sharing winning strategies, best practices, and organizing tools, MAPA participants are putting HIV/AIDS on the agendas of state and federal policymakers.

Midwestern HIV/AIDS Issues, Events, and Organizing

Issues
Gain a clear picture of the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Midwest with this PowerPoint presentation created by the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. The presentation includes data for each state's incidence and prevalence rates for HIV, AIDS, and common STIs as well as information about their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs).

Events
Find out what HIV/AIDS-related activities are taking place in your state with the MAPA events calendar. If your Midwest AIDS agency has an upcoming event you would like included in the calendar listing, please contact Jessica Terlikowski.

Organizing
Learn the most effective strategies to impact HIV/AIDS policies in your state with these organizing tools. Find tips on everything you need to know from how to write a letter-to-the-editor to how organize your own statewide lobby day.

Midwestern HIV/AIDS Statistics
State HIV/AIDS Profiles

HIV/AIDS in Midwest PowerPoint Presentation

Other Helpful Tools
Community Organizing Tips