Category Archive for: ‘LGBTQ’
Volunteer Spotlight: John Johnson
“Being an AHP emotional support volunteer helped me stay grounded and kept my mind off of my own precarious—yet unknown at the time—HIV status,” John Johnson said as he narrated a history going back 30 years which eventually led to an HIV diagnosis and a …
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Volunteer Spotlight—Marge Riley!
Before coming to AHP, Riley had combed the Yellow Pages—i.e. an actual book of business contact information—had called the many AIDS organizations she could identify, and finally chose AHP as the site of her clinical internship. When AHP program psychologist, David Silven, PhD, called Riley …
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Gratitude Month
Thankful to You! As the light changes and the air cools, many of us are relishing in our Thanksgiving festivities with family and friends. Thanksgiving, at it’s best inspires a sense of belonging by celebrating with the people in our lives who we love, our given …
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Tale of a Survivor: Jessie Bie
Coming out to his parents about having HIV wasn’t something Jessie Bie planned to do. His coming out happened as a result of his being diagnosed with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) in 2010. PML is a brain infection that flourishes in immune-compromised patients, and is …
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Volunteer Spotlight: Michael Kinney
Volunteer Spotlight: Michael Kinney It’s almost a cliché, but nonetheless a powerful lesson, that volunteers often feel that they have received as much as, or more than, they have given. Michael Kinney, who has served as a volunteer peer group facilitator for more than 16 …
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Support AHP for Mental Health Awareness Month!
The stigma associated with mental illness is a huge obstacle to people who need help. We can think of no better way to mark Mental Health Awareness Month than to quote NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, on the nature of this central barrier …
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