Foundation Blog
News, commentary, and voices in the efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS in children worldwide.
Posted by
Joy Hallinan
New York City, New York
February 20, 2013
The inaugural Global Champions of A Mother’s Fight Awards Dinner in New York City brought hundreds of progressive philanthropists and business leaders together to celebrate the beginning of the end of AIDS. The event was highlighted by the announcement that Johnson & Johnson will match 1 to 1 all contributions to the Foundation up to $1 million between now and Mother’s Day.
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Posted by
Jane Coaston
Washington, D.C.
February 15, 2013
Elizabeth Glaser and President Bill Clinton. This
week, we used Storify to cover the State of
the Union address. (Photo: EGPAF)
This week, we’re reading about love stories involving EGPAF Ambassadors, learning more about a proposed Senate bill that could facilitate organ donations between HIV-positive people, and looking into the African-American community’s response to HIV. We’ve also devised an interesting way of analyzing and building upon the recent State of the Union address.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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