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The HIV Resource Coordination HUB (the HUB) is Chicago’s one-stop shop for comprehensive healthcare, regardless of HIV status.  We know that navigating healthcare sucks – and the HIV Hub is helping to change that.  Now approaching its fourth anniversary, the HUB is a community partnership between AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC) and the Center on Halsted to…

On April 10, 140 pledged advocates flooded inboxes of state elected officials with a unified message - “Nothing about us without us!” - in support of HIV prevention and treatment, housing as healthcare, and advancing health equity. Over 1,300 messages were sent to legislators across the state in support of AFC’s 2024 legislative priorities, and…

Have you heard about the only FDA-approved time machine, Narcan? Optimal time-travel window is six minutes after an overdose. Time travel tips include tilting the person’s head back while providing support under the neck and gently inserting the tip of the nozzle into one nostril and pressing the plunger firmly (see full instructions here).  Of…

CHICAGO—A gathering of more than 250 elected officials, developers, advocates, philanthropists, community members, and people with lived experience will take place June 13, 2024 to discuss and strategize around the housing crisis in Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois. The Tiny Home 2.0 summit at the University of Illinois-Chicago is presented by Pride Action Tank, a…

“I am in awe of young people because they are more brilliant than any of us have ever been,” said Will Pettway, a Black nonbinary sex ed teacher through the Lurie Children’s Hospital (and winner of AIDS Run & Walk Chicago in the nonbinary category). For National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day this year, marked on…

The Board of Directors for AIDS Foundation Chicago is the governing body responsible for championing and advising the organization's work. As we begin a new year of Board activities, some long-serving members have stepped down from their duties. We are thankful to Anthony Bruck, Terri Friel, and Joseph P. Stokes for their service and leadership.…

Women, and Black Women, have always been powering the movement to end the HIV epidemic, in Chicago and beyond. One of AFC’s most experienced and impactful leaders is Freddie Shufford, Vice President of Care. We sat down with Freddie during Women’s History month to ask questions about connecting women to care, and about her own…

The Bring Chicago Home campaign was an historic opportunity to create a dedicated revenue stream to end homelessness in Chicago by increasing the one-time real estate transfer tax on properties sold for over $1 million. The ballot measure was defeated in the March 19, 2024 election, and the campaign issued the following statement to acknowledge…

CHICAGO, IL – AIDS Foundation Chicago applauds President Biden for calling out the attacks on women’s reproductive care, including the criminalization of clinicians who provide life-saving care to pregnant women and other individuals who can become pregnant, the attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, in particular transgender Americans, and the detrimental impact of price gouging in…

The fight against HIV/AIDS has been ongoing for decades, and in Illinois, we persist in our efforts to end the epidemic by 2030. On Wednesday, April 10, advocates, allies, and people living with HIV from every corner of Illinois will come together for the state's virtual HIV Advocacy Day. Deeply rooted in the theme “Nothing…

Terry Dudley is a Black queer Southsider who has dedicated their life to HIV activism since they first accessed LGBTQ+ resources after coming out to a healthcare provider at 16 years old. “My first experience with a youth space was on the Northside being escorted through back doors, being told you can't use the main…