AIDS Healthcare Foundation

AHF Protests ‘Greedy Gilead’ for Price Gouging

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Public Policy, Government, Pharmaceutical, State, Local, AIDS, Health, Other Policy Issues, Infectious Diseases, Gilead Sciences, San Francisco Chronicle, City, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AHF, Multimedia, Daily Record, Conference, HIV, Pharmaceutical industry, Boston

On Wednesday, November 29th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) advocates will rally at Lotte New York Palace in protest of Gilead Sciences ’ ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to lifesaving medications.

Key Points: 
  • On Wednesday, November 29th, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) advocates will rally at Lotte New York Palace in protest of Gilead Sciences ’ ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to lifesaving medications.
  • This press release features multimedia.
  • Since 2021, AHF has been taking on Gilead Sciences and CEO Daniel O’Day, holding more than two dozen protests in multiple cities, including Washington, DC; Miami, FL; Boston, MA; and Foster City, CA at the drugmaker’s corporate headquarters.
  • AHF also has published full page ads in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Daily Record in New Jersey near Gilead’s new East Coast facilities, as well as posted online at Gilead.org .

California Apartment Association’s Antisemitic Attacks Exposed in AHF Ad

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Saturday, November 25, 2023
Other Health, Pharmaceutical, State, Local, Urban Planning, REIT, Infectious Diseases, Social Activism, Other Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Elections, Campaigns, Entertainment, Public Policy, Government, Construction & Property, Podcast, Other Communications, Publishing, AIDS, Health, Communications, Housing, Justice, AHF, CAA, Cockroach, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Jewish News, Property management

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has placed a full-page ad in the Jewish News of Northern California, exposing the anti-tenant California Apartment Association’s (CAA) despicable antisemitic attacks on AHF president and cofounder Michael Weinstein.

Key Points: 
  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) has placed a full-page ad in the Jewish News of Northern California, exposing the anti-tenant California Apartment Association’s (CAA) despicable antisemitic attacks on AHF president and cofounder Michael Weinstein.
  • AHF sponsors the Justice for Renters rent control ballot initiative which will come before voters in November 2024.
  • As support for rent control grows, so does the vile, shameless nature of CAA’s attacks.
  • In other words, you are saying Michael is a modern-day shylock – an antisemitic trope if there ever was one.

AHF Targets ‘Greedy Gilead’ for Price Gouging

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023
AIDS, Health, Consumer, Healthcare Reform, Public Policy, Government, Pharmaceutical, Advocacy Group Opinion, Philanthropy, Infectious Diseases, LGBTQ+, Communications, Foundation, Social Activism, State, Local, San Francisco Chronicle, Gilead Sciences, AHF, Multimedia, Daily Record, City, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Conference, HIV, Pharmaceutical industry, Boston

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) advocates will rally at the Kimpton Epic Hotel in Miami Tuesday to protest Gilead Sciences ’ ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to lifesaving medications.

Key Points: 
  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) advocates will rally at the Kimpton Epic Hotel in Miami Tuesday to protest Gilead Sciences ’ ongoing efforts to rack up exorbitant profits while restricting access to lifesaving medications.
  • This press release features multimedia.
  • Since 2021, AHF has been taking on Gilead Sciences and CEO Daniel O’Day, holding more than two dozen protests in multiple cities, including Washington, DC; Miami; Boston; and Foster City, CA, at the drugmaker’s corporate headquarters.
  • AHF also has published full page ads in the San Francisco Chronicle and the Daily Record in New Jersey near Gilead’s new East Coast facilities and posted online at Gilead.org .

Janet Jackson Fever Sweeps Houston

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Music, AIDS, Health, Events, Concerts, Entertainment, HIV/AIDS, AHF, Multimedia, NRG Arena, Ticket, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Golden, Ticketmaster, HIV, Partnership, Heel, Out, Closet

Janet Jackson enthusiasm hit a fever pitch on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at Out of the Closet thrift store in Houston as AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) held a Test for Tickets promotional event in partnership with local radio station Majic 102.1 for the AHF World AIDS Day Concert at NRG Arena in Houston, Texas on December 1, 2023.

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  • Janet Jackson enthusiasm hit a fever pitch on Saturday, November 18, 2023 at Out of the Closet thrift store in Houston as AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) held a Test for Tickets promotional event in partnership with local radio station Majic 102.1 for the AHF World AIDS Day Concert at NRG Arena in Houston, Texas on December 1, 2023.
  • “The turnout was extraordinary, and the 125 people who tested not only were grateful for the gift to see Janet perform but also for the services AHF provides Houston all year around.”
    Tickets for Janet Jackson’s World AIDS Day show are available online through Ticketmaster , and proceeds from the concert will benefit HIV/AIDS awareness.
  • On the heels of Saturday’s successful showing, AHF is planning another final ticket giveaway for Wednesday November 29th.
  • Details will be available on both the @Aidshealthcare and @OutoftheCloset Instagram accounts in the coming days.

Dr. Jane Sanders Interviews Tenants Grateful for AHF’s Affordable Housing

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Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Advocacy Group Opinion, Other Consumer, State, Local, Public Policy, Other Policy Issues, Social Services, Consumer, Foundation, Professional Services, Residential Building & Real Estate, Philanthropy, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Government, AIDS, Health, Lodging, Travel, AHF, Multimedia, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Housing, HHF, Jane Sanders

As Thanksgiving draws near, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), is proud to share an uplifting Sanders Institute video in which Dr. Jane O’Meara Sanders, co-founder and fellow at the institute, interviews several residents in some of AHF’s affordable housing units that are part of its Healthy Housing Foundation (HHF) who express their gratitude for their housing situations.

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  • As Thanksgiving draws near, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), is proud to share an uplifting Sanders Institute video in which Dr. Jane O’Meara Sanders, co-founder and fellow at the institute, interviews several residents in some of AHF’s affordable housing units that are part of its Healthy Housing Foundation (HHF) who express their gratitude for their housing situations.
  • This press release features multimedia.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231121220703/en/
    The short video explains AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s adaptive reuse housing model and how its Healthy Housing Foundation division is changing people’s lives by giving them a safe place to live.
  • AHF launched Healthy Housing Foundation in 2017 to address the rampant affordable housing crisis and has housed more than 1,400 individuals by converting 13 Los Angeles hotels and motels into affordable housing via adaptive reuse, a much faster, much less expensive way of getting people off the streets.

New AHF Ad Implores Newsom Not to Oppose Rent Control

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Tuesday, November 21, 2023
General Health, Public Policy, Government, Infectious Diseases, Foundation, Philanthropy, Other Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, AIDS, Health, Other Philanthropy, State, Local, Communications, Advocacy Group Opinion, Other Policy Issues, Social Activism, Policy, Housing, Justice, Food, AHF, Multimedia, CAA, Heart, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Social media, Human, Renters and Housing Union, The Sacramento Bee, Property management

View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231120505665/en/

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231120505665/en/
    AHF ran a full-page advertisement in the Sacramento Bee Sunday, November 19, 2023 and posted a version on social media asking Governor Gavin Newsom not to oppose rent control as voters will have the chance to support it on the November 2024 ballot.
  • (Graphic: Business Wire)
    A recent PPIC poll shows 62% of likely California voters favor “a policy that would expand local government’s authority to enact rent control on residential property,” and 55% support allowing local governments to enact rent control.
  • On October 25, 2023, the Justice for Renters coalition delivered more than 732,000 letters – filling 250 boxes – to Governor Newsom asking that he support, or at least not oppose, the 2024 California rent control ballot initiative.
  • He should support rent control in 2024 or at least not oppose it,” said Susie Shannon, Policy Director for Housing Is A Human Right .

AHF Honors First Lady Rosalynn Carter’s Lifelong Humanitarian Efforts

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Monday, November 20, 2023
Residential Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, AIDS, White House, Federal Government, Health, Philanthropy, General Health, Healthcare Reform, Foundation, Public Policy, Government, Advocacy Group Opinion, AHF, Carter, Left–right political spectrum, Humanity, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, HIV, Carter Center, Social justice, Malaria, Habitat for Humanity

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) mourns the passing of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter who, together with her husband United States President Jimmy Carter, was a lifelong champion in the human rights movement.

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  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) mourns the passing of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter who, together with her husband United States President Jimmy Carter, was a lifelong champion in the human rights movement.
  • “We remember and celebrate former First Lady Rosalynn Carter today as a humble partner to and remarkable human rights champion with husband President Jimmy Carter and their tireless, lifelong work on civil rights, social justice, health care, and affordable housing,” said Michael Weinstein, president and cofounder of AHF.
  • Since 1984, the Carters reportedly helped house more than 4,300 families in 14 countries around the world.
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website , find us on Facebook , follow us on IG and Twitter , or subscribe to our “AHFter Hours” podcast.

AHF Demands WHO ‘Make it Right’ for Sex Abuse Survivors

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Friday, November 17, 2023
AIDS, Public Policy, Government, Health, Other Policy Issues, Advocacy Group Opinion, General Health, World Health Organization, Woman, UNAIDS, WHO, U.N, AHF, AP, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Democratic republic, Associated Press, Survivor, Associated, United Nations, Policy, Nursing, Congo

It’s bad enough the abuses happened at all – but they were not investigated adequately, and reforms were not implemented immediately.

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  • It’s bad enough the abuses happened at all – but they were not investigated adequately, and reforms were not implemented immediately.
  • And the survivors were abused again by meager compensation and support.
  • AHF has a long history of advocating for justice for sex abuse survivors and for decision-makers within the U.N. system to hold perpetrators accountable, dating back to the scandal at UNAIDS and its then Executive Director Michel Sidibé , who later resigned before his term ended.
  • To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org , find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare .

AHF Echoes WTO’s Call for Patent Flexibilities

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Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Public Policy, Government, Health, Other Policy Issues, Advocacy Group Opinion, COVID-19, General Health, Pharmaceutical, Pandemic, World Trade Organization, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Book, Public, AHF, TRIPS, Developed country, IP, Gentlemen's agreement, Vaccine, Intellectual property, Pharmaceutical industry

“These flexibilities already exist under the mandate of the WTO, but few countries take advantage of them, at least in part because they lack the statutory basis to invoke them.

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  • “These flexibilities already exist under the mandate of the WTO, but few countries take advantage of them, at least in part because they lack the statutory basis to invoke them.
  • Having the necessary laws on the books would allow countries to quickly take advantage of this mechanism during outbreaks or pandemics – for this reason, we fully support Director-General Iweala’s message,” said AHF Director of Global Policy and Communications Denys Nazarov.
  • “Trying to figure out these things during a new or developing public health emergency is too late.
  • As we saw with COVID-19, every day and week of delays results in preventable loss of life.

 AHF Launches Baltimore Food Pantry in Time for Thanksgiving

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Friday, November 17, 2023
Retail, COVID-19, State, Local, Other Policy Issues, Philanthropy, Women, Infectious Diseases, Public Policy, Government, Men, Family, Other Philanthropy, AIDS, Food, Beverage, Consumer, Health, SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Food and Health Bureau, AHF, Vegetable, Milk, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Bread, Volunteering

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will open its first local Food for Health food pantry this Saturday, November 18, 2023 just in time for Thanksgiving.

Key Points: 
  • AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) will open its first local Food for Health food pantry this Saturday, November 18, 2023 just in time for Thanksgiving.
  • To kick off its arrival in Baltimore, Food for Health will host special holiday-themed food distribution event .
  • The pantry is free and open to the public, and staff and volunteers will distribute turkeys and other Thanksgiving fixings.
  • AHF launched its Food for Health program in Los Angeles, CA in August 2021 in response to the ongoing food crisis driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.