March 10, 2010

The 2010 National STD Prevention Conference, held in Atlanta, Georgia, is releasing new findings on the rates of HIV and syphilis among gay men. While all of us working on HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted disease have long known that gay and bisexual men have been hit hard, this is the first time the US government has attempted to truly quantify the impact.

Read our statement in full.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans living with HIV today are women, and HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among African-American women aged 25-34.

AIDS Action’s Healing Our Community Collaborative (HOCC) held a special session of its monthly luncheon program for women infected with, affected by and at risk for HIV/AIDS to honor this important day. For more information about HOCC, contact Heidi Bright at hbright@aac.org or (617) 285-7755). Click here to view the flyer for the event.

To learn more about women and HIV/AIDS, visit www.womenshealth.gov/hiv. There you will find easy-to-understand, reliable information about women’s risk factors for HIV, prevention methods and more.

March 2, 2010

In an historic move designed to improve services for those infected, affected and at risk for HIV/AIDS, the boards of AIDS Action Committee and Cambridge Cares About AIDS have voted to merge their organizations into a single agency which will transform the service delivery model in the greater Boston/Cambridge metropolitan area.

Click here to learn more.

Taste of the South End, Boston's premiere food and wine event and a benefit for AIDS Action, took place Tuesday, March 9th, in the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts. This fabulous event drew more than 600 people this year! Stay tuned for post-event updates, including photos that will make your mouths water.

Thank you to all of our guests, restaurants, vendors and sponsors for making this year's Taste of the South End such a great success.

AIDS Action Committee's award-winning family of resale stores has a sleek new addition, Boomerangs Special Edition. 

Located at 1407 Washington Street in Boston's fashionable South End, Boomerangs Special Edition features a unique and eclectic mix of new, vintage and gently used designer clothing, shoes and accessories for women and men.

Just as trendy as Newbury Street consignment. Priced for the good karma shopper. All proceeds benefit AAC.

Diagnosed with HIV in 2006, Jack was recently laid off after 26 years with the same company, losing his salary, benefits, and his sense of identity.

Worst of all, Jack was worried that he wouldn’t be able to stay on his medication without his benefits – he was confused, frightened and very worried.

Read the rest of Jack's story and others here.