FIGHT Partnership with Bridging the Gaps
Each summer, FIGHT works with Bridging the Gaps students representing health and social service disciplines, including medicine, dentistry, nursing, social work, public health and related fields.
Announcements
Remembering Jules Buchanan
It is with heartbreaking sadness that we announce that Jules Buchanan, one of FIGHT’s Project TEACH instructors, has passed away. Jules was a ray of sunshine to so many of the staff and participants. He was and is simply irreplaceable. Jules was joy.
C a Difference Lobby for Change
Congratulations to FIGHT’s entire C A Difference program for successfully lobbying the Pennsylvania Department of Health to change the state’s Medicaid policy to expand coverage of life-saving drugs to treat Hepatitis C!
Remembering Paul Yabor
It is with great sadness that we announce that Paul Yabor, an AIDS Activist and member of the FIGHT Community passed away. Paul was known across the Philadelphia region as a tireless champion of the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS.
AIDS Education Month Opening Reception is June 1st
Celebrate the start of AEM with the Opening Reception and Award Ceremony! Join us for hors d’oeuvres and great conversation as we present the annual Kiyoshi Kuromiya Award for Prevention to Cleve Jones and Roy Hayes.
June is AIDS Education Month
Beginning on June 1st, FIGHT will host the 23rd annual AIDS Education Month (AEM), a series of events throughout Philadelphia to increase AIDS awareness and to bring people together to find strategies to combat the virus. Register Now
C a Difference
C a Difference is a comprehensive hepatitis C (HCV) testing and linkage-to-care program at FIGHT. C a Difference provides care for patients diagnosed with chronic HCV those at risk for HCV infection.
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Join FIGHT as we acknowledge National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with a community health fair!
New Clinical Research Opportunity
DISCOVER is a new clinical study to evaluate if a once-daily investigational medicine can help reduce the risk of getting HIV infection from sex (PrEP). If you are accepted, you will receive study-related exams, lab tests, and study medicine at no cost.
C a DIFFERENCE at FIGHT!
C a Difference Team Introducing the C a Difference team. The program focuses on visualizing a future free of hepatitis C. It’s a multidisciplinary approach to care, delivered by a team of passionate advocates who built this program from scratch. C a Difference develops and implements best practices through testing and linkage to care services,…
PrEP
PrEP is one pill swallowed once a day that can prevent HIV infection by more than 95%. Philadelphia FIGHT is committed to providing access to PrEP to all individuals, regardless of their health insurance status or ability to pay.
FIGHT’s Barbara Bungy Receives Healthcare Innovator Award
On January 26th, FIGHT Chief Operating Officer Barbara Bungy received the Healthcare Innovator Award from the Social Innovations Journal. Barbara was one of three finalists for the award and received the most public votes.
AIDS Education Month 2017 Kickoff
On Wednesday January 25th, FIGHT hosted the kick-off for AIDS Education Month 2017, attended by over 300 planning partners, community members and AEM Co-chair, Reggie Shuford from ACLU-PA and FIGHT Board Secretary Lovada Washington.
Project TEACH Turns 20
We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of our Project TEACH20 program on December 9th! We want all TEACH alums to be there!
Happy holidays from your friends at Philadelphia FIGHT!
Click the link below for a list of closings during the 2016 holiday season!
Eighth Annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast
The Faith Leaders’ Network of Philadelphia FIGHT will present the Eighth Annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, December 1, 2016 from 8:00 to 10:30 a.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 237 S. Broad St, Philadelphia.
An Open and Inviting Neighborhood
For 30+ years, Washington Square West or the “Gayborhood,” has been a nexus for the LGBTQ community. We are, and we serve, an exceptionally diverse group of people. We welcome all and want our patients, clients and employees, to be safe and comfortable in our neighborhood.
Highlights from our 22nd Annual AEM
AIDS Education Month 2016 was a huge success! FIGHT’s education-packed month featured 9 major events, including our 3 signature summits. See highlights from our 22nd Annual AEM
FIGHT to be Part of Major HIV Cure Research
Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health Centers is proud to announce it will be part of one of the world’s largest research projects to find a cure for HIV. The research grant, announced today by The National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Philly4Pulse Dance for Orlando
The #Philly4Pulse Dance for Orlando Community Event benefit raised $106,752 for the victims and their families of the June 12, 2016 shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
FIGHT Releases Statement on Recent Tragedies
Our thoughts and prayers are with the many people deeply affected by the tragic incidents of this past week and the many incidents that have gone before.
We Are Orlando
Philadelphia FIGHT stands with the LGBTQ community and the world in mourning the deaths of 49 wonderful people who should have had their whole lives ahead of them, in a senseless act of violence in Pulse nightclub in Orlando.
Philadelphia FIGHT’s PrEP Team Receives the Linden Award
Dr. Helen Koenig and the PrEP research team demonstrated that a urine test can be used to monitor adherence to Truvada™ taken as PrEP for HIV prevention.
Barbara L. Bungy Named Chief Operating Officer of FIGHT Community Health Center
Barbara L. Bungy, long-term board member to bring outstanding leadership to FIGHT.