This year’s AIDS Education Month was a tremendous success! We reached thousands of people through our events including the brand new End AIDS Conference, our biggest and most ambitious AEM project yet.
Jay R. Kostman, MD, former Associate Director of the Viral Hepatitis Center at the University of Pennsylvania, has joined the medical staff at Philadelphia FIGHT.
Philadelphia FIGHT’s PrEP program was recently featured in the Philadelphia Daily News. Dr. Helen Koenig, the medical director of our PrEP program and Caitlin Conyngham, Y-HEP Health Center’s Practice Coordinator, were included.
Philadelphia FIGHT, in partnership with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and over 15 community-based organizations, will present the third annual “Hip Hop for Philly” FREE concert featuring Teyana Taylor on Saturday, June 27th.
Philadelphia FIGHT and Philadelphia Black Pride will host The Summit Ball: Climbing Our Way to the Top, the newest house/ballroom community event, as part of AIDS Education Month.
This gospel concert has become a tradition during AIDS Education Month. Join us for an inspirational night of gospel music and community. Together we will lift our spirits through song.
Piper Kerman, author of “Orange is the New Black,” Everett A. Gillison, Chief of Staff to Mayor Nutter and Deputy Mayor for Public Safety; and Julie (JD) Davids, Managing Editor of TheBody.com, will speak at the End AIDS 2015 Conference!
Deon Haywood, Executive Director of the New Orleans-based Women With A Vision, Inc, will receive the 2015 Kiyoshi Kuromiya Award at the AIDS Education Month’s Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony on June 2nd!
June 2016 will mark the 22nd year that Philadelphia FIGHT has hosted AIDS Education Month (AEM). Events to educate, strategize, and strengthen. Register Now!
FIGHTers LaDonna Boyens and Benjamin Green are featured in POZ Magazine’s cover story “Straight Talk.” The article discusses HIV peer education programs in and out of prisons. Staffer Ben is also the cover star this month!
Philadelphia FIGHT, Caring People Alliance, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia will celebrate National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with a community health fair. We’d love to see you there!
Thanks to everyone who helped make our 20th anniversary celebration a hit! We raised over $43,000 to support FIGHT’s Youth Health Empowerment Project (Y-HEP)!
During her time as the director of the Mayor’s Office of LGBT Affairs, Gloria brought her fierce commitment to justice and equity for the LGBTQ community to city government and shifted the definition of that community to more clearly include people of color, women, and transgender persons. No one before Gloria was able to raise…
On December 1, 2014, FIGHT’s Office of Faith Initiatives held the Sixth Annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast. This year’s event featured Rev. Dr. Leslie Callahan, pastor of St. Paul’s Baptist Church, as the Keynote Speaker.
Philadelphia FIGHT’s Institute for Community Justice (ICJ) and Eastern State Penitentiary are teaming up to collect new, unwrapped toys or clothing to benefit the children of our recently released and currently incarcerated participants.
Thank you to all the supporters of the 2014 FIGHT for Life Gala.
Philadelphia FIGHT will present the Sixth Annual World AIDS Day Prayer Breakfast on Monday, December 1, 2014 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 237 S. Broad St, Philadelphia.
Jaci was an unparalleled leader in the Philadelphia transgender community, and her impact on the recognition and rights of trans people in our city was enormous. Born into nightmarish circumstances, gone from home while still a child, living on the streets and surviving however she could, Jaci nevertheless rose above all of it to lead…
FIGHT created this video to honor and remember Kiyoshi Kuromiya in the 10th anniversary of his death, during the 2010 AIDS Education Month. Directed By Alfredo SosaProduced By Mark Seaman2010 © Mighty Head Entertainment/Philadelphia FIGHT.All Rights Reserved.
“Half of your rights haven’t been written yet, because you haven’t been here to demand them.” John Bell was an HIV activist, mentor to a generation of ex-offenders, teacher, and our friend. In the years we were privileged to know him, we watched in awe as John took his lived experiences of racism, stigma, war,…
John L. Turner MD, was Philadelphia FIGHT’s founding Principal Investigator. John was one of the first physicians, and among the only openly gay physicians, to come forward to treat HIV in the earliest years of the epidemic. His practice provided comfort and solace, but most importantly, hope, for people living with HIV, at a time…
Founder of Project Inform, Martin came to Philadelphia many times over the years to present lifesaving information and hope to people living with HIV/AIDS and their allies. The following is the announcement sent out by Project Inform: “It is with profound sadness that Project Inform announces the passing this morning of our Founder, Martin Delaney….
Rebecca brought many strengths to the Lax Center in the years she was our nurse manager, and she was loved by patients and staff alike. We extend our deepest condolences to her husband Dennis Barnebey, and to all her family. While Rebecca worked at FIGHT she contributed these thoughts to our website: “I joined FIGHT…
Philadelphia FIGHT has been selected to become a BenePhilly Center. Effective immediately, any Philadephia resident can come to our AIDS Library and meet with a BenePhilly counselor to apply for public benefits.
