
Tomorrow, December 1, is the 32nd annual World AIDS Day, honoring those we have lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In the early days of the AIDS crisis, many of our friends, family, co-workers, and other loved ones were suffering …
Tomorrow, December 1, is the 32nd annual World AIDS Day, honoring those we have lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In the early days of the AIDS crisis, many of our friends, family, co-workers, and other loved ones were suffering …
We’ve been through a lot together this year. The COVID-19 pandemic closed the doors to our Boomerangs stores — and millions of other businesses — for months. Since reopening, our staff has worked tirelessly to keep your shopping experience safe …
AIDS Action is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2020 Bette Byrnes Award: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, a fierce health care equality advocate who continues to be a powerful voice for underserved communities in D.C. and beyond.
Representative Pressley currently …
Elections have consequences, especially for folks who experience impacts of the intersections of homophobia, transphobia and racism that our LGBTQIA+ community and others face daily.
Here at Fenway Health, we strive to do the work to dismantle oppressive systems that …
Inez Folsom has been volunteering with AIDS Action since the first AIDS Walk Boston in 1987, and has raised tens of thousands of dollars in her more than thirty year career. But for Inez, AIDS Walk was always more than …
In 2011, on the recommendation of a coworker, Kelly signed up for AIDS Walk Boston. He completed the walk by himself – his coworker was a runner – and raised over $3,500. Since then, Kelly has helped raise over forty …
Eileen MacDougall participated in her first AIDS Walk in 1988, pushing her young daughter in a stroller the whole way and feeling supported and encouraged by the walk’s convivial spirit. Now, 32 years later, Eileen is a veteran volunteer for …
Larry Kramer, lifelong AIDS activist, playwright, and icon of the LGBTQIA+ community, passed away Wednesday at the age of 84. Kramer was renowned for his passionate, uncompromising work during the height of the AIDS epidemic.
He was a co-founder of …
As the world struggles to adjust to the “new normal” of a global pandemic, some of the most vulnerable members of society have too often been left out of the conversation: people experiencing addiction and/or homelessness. The guidelines around COVID-19 …
Paula Bent began participating in the AIDS Walk & Run in the early-90’s after learning that her sister, Sharon (affectionately known as “Sharon the Red Baron”) and her brother in-law had contracted HIV. 2020 will be Paula’s eighth Walk!
Learning …