Love and Happiness on Valentine's Day

Posted by Tiffany Neal
Washington, D.C.
February 14, 2013

Jamie, a Foundation Ambassador,
with her husband Paul.
(Photo: Jamie Gentille, 2011)

Sweet cards and candy: Valentine’s Day is a time to reflect and shower your loved ones with tokens of your appreciation. It’s no different for couples living with HIV. Around the world, people infected with HIV have found true love and romance despite their status. For this special day, we reached out to a few of our ambassadors to get their thoughts on love and happiness. Click past the jump for their inspiring love stories.

Certified Magazine Celebrates EGPAF Excellence

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
February 13, 2013

Chrissie Shea, associate director of human
resources for the Foundation. Her department
was recently profiled in Certified magazine.
(Photo: Chrissie Shea/EGPAF)

Monitoring war zones and managing thousands of HIV care and treatment sites - not your standard human resources work, unless you're at EGPAF.

HIV/AIDS and the State of the Union, EGPAF-Style

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
February 13, 2013

We captured the best tweets about
HIV/AIDS from President Obama's
State of the Union.

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama gave his State of the Union address, focusing on the challenges and opportunities facing the country both domestically and globally. In his speech, President Obama mentioned the need to protect children from preventable illnesses and create an “AIDS-free generation”. We followed the speech using Twitter and Storify to see what people were saying about the speech, HIV/AIDS, and how we can end the AIDS epidemic in our lifetimes.

Dancing Towards An HIV-Free Generation: Dance Marathon

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
February 12, 2013

A screenshot from one of Nivedan’s YouTube
videos, in which he takes dance requests to
raise money for the EGPAF fundraiser Dance
Marathon.

Nivedan Nayak is a senior at UCLA, majoring in communications and minoring in film and television. Last year, he decided to participate in UCLA’s Dance Marathon for the first time. “I was afraid of having to raise so much money and stay on my feet for a whole 26 hours, but I ended up having the time of my life!” For this year’s Dance Marathon, he decided to come up with a unique way to raise money and awareness, using his love of dance and social media to get the word out about his fundraising goals.

AIDS in the Black Community: "Our People, Our Problem, Our Solution"

Posted by Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
February 11, 2013

Leisha McKinley-Beach, Director of Technical
Assistance and Stakeholder Engagement for
the Black AIDS Institute. (Photo: Leisha
McKinley-Beach)

As we celebrate Black History Month, we're honoring African-Americans who are taking part in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This week, we're talking to Leisha McKinley-Beach. Leisha McKinley-Beach currently serves as the Director of Technical Assistance and Stakeholder Engagement for the Black AIDS Institute. Prior to joining BAI, Leisha served as HIV Prevention Director for the Georgia Department of Community Health and an HIV Prevention Manager for the Florida Department of Health. Recently, I talked with her about HIV/AIDS in the Black community and the future of the pandemic.

Lesotho's steady progress in the fight to save lives

Posted by Charles Lyons
Washington, D.C.
February 11, 2013

EGPAF President and CEO Charles
Lyons speaks at the Senkatana launch
in Lesotho. (Photo: EGPAF, 2013)

I have just returned from the Kingdom of Lesotho, a country entirely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa; a country that’s about the size of Maryland, but has a strong reputation for providing important lessons in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Learn more about my trip and how Lesotho is putting the health of women living with HIV first.