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• Staff bios

Sustain: Replenishing Community

The staff at ASP, like our mission statement says, is a diverse group of people living with HIV, united to promote self-empowerment and enhanced quality of life for HIV-affected individuals through advocacy, education, peer support and treatment activism.   The staff recently adopted the motto, “Sustain: Replenishing Community.”  This motto galvanizes the staff to look at ways to sustain HIV treatment and prevention education that replenishes the community through our programs and services.

Melanie L. Sovine, Ph.D., Executive Director

As Executive Director of ASP over the past year, Melanie has taken on the task of planning for the agency’s future, while maintaining the quality of our current programs. “My work in HIV/AIDS is based on my belief in health as a justice issue,” Sovine says of her more than 20 years directly supporting efforts to end the pandemic.

Melanie managed her own national consulting practice in HIV/AIDS for 15 years prior to joining ASP in August 2006.  She has consulted with health departments and AIDS service organizations nationwide, as well as the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s HIV/AIDS Bureau on the Ryan White CARE Act. She also has served on numerous grant review panels and has been published widely.  This unique perspective affords Melanie the ability to understand the ever-changing AIDS Service Organization landscape and make needed adjustments before they are emergencies.

She is a professional musician who enjoys both secular and sacred music, and has an especial aptitude for traditional Appalachian music.  Melanie is currently working on a degree from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology.  This will add to an already long list of educational accomplishments, including a Doctorial degree in Anthropology.

Gillian Anderson, MPH, Health Communications Coordinator

As an instrumental part of the Anti-HIV/AIDS Stigma initiative that the agency has recently begun, Gillian is leading the agency’s efforts to reduce HIV/AIDS related stigma in rural areas of Georgia.

Gillian has had an active interest in promoting reproductive health since her college days where she won an award for her research in HIV/AIDS messaging.  She has also seen reproductive health issues being addressed in a variety of places around the world.  She spent time in Tajikistan doing formative research and wrote training materials for peer life-skills educators.  She also worked in Mexico on a project to revitalize the midwifery community in Oaxaca. Originally from Washington, D.C., Gillian loves being outdoors where she trains for triathlons, plays soccer and enjoys a good read.

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Richard Anderson, Treatment Adherence Counselor

Richard Anderson was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, and is the seventh of nine children. Richard became active in the fight against HIV/AIDS in 1993 by sharing expanded ideas of sexuality and spirituality for self –healing. After being diagnosed with HIV in 1998, he continues to expand his knowledge of HIV and shares within the community.

Richard serves as a peer counselor and facilitator of Counseling Skills Building and Cultural Diversity Trainings at ASP, support group facilitator of Men of Color In Motion, a graduate of the African American HIV University in Los Angeles certified in HIV Treatment Education/Treatment advocacy, and a consultant with Bristol-Myers Squibb's Faculty In HIV National Speakers Training.

Richard believes that by practicing the presence of a new awareness within him, that he calls God, and by applying the study of the Science of Mind philosophy, he has learned that, “Thoughts are things and we are the thinker of the thoughts that create the things in our lives. Change your thinking, change your life.”

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Tracy Bruce, Pre-Post Testing Counselor

Tracy and her family moved from Indiana to Atlanta in 1993, where she attended her first support group.  From there she saw that there was power in being informed.  She began her volunteer activities at the Cobb County Health Department in 2002.

Tracy has served on a variety of boards, including the Hope Clinic Advisory Board, Ryan White Planning Council and the ASP Board.  As a leader in HIV/AIDS advocacy she is also in charge of our list serve email notices that disseminate important information in a timely manner.

Tracy lost her husband to AIDS in 1994, and has been living with HIV for over a decade.  She shares these experiences as a way to bring understanding and compassion to her work and volunteer activities.  Tracy has two grown children and enjoys outdoor activities and photography.

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Greg Carraway, Development Director

Throughout his seven years at ASP, helping the agency “sustain” is what makes Greg’s job exciting.  His main focus is development, but his duties have grown during his tenure to include responsibility for fundraising events and appeals. 

Greg has seen a great deal of change in funding streams during his time with ASP.  “9/11 and the economic recession occurring at the same time changed the makeup of our private donors,” admits Greg.  However, these challenges have inspired him even more to find new sources of funding as he continues his work, undaunted.

Greg’s extensive background in music and theater continues to enthrall him, as he is active as a playwright.

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Jewel Chandler, Treatment Adherence Counselor

Jewel has been working and volunteering in the HIV/AIDS community for nearly a decade. After loosing a close friend to AIDS, Jewel resolved to speak out and help others cope with the disease. Since then she has been making inroads to emerging populations who are at high-risk. She started the first HIV/AIDS support group for heterosexuals in Atlanta and has been instrumental in women’s empowerment education. Jewel’s work as a Treatment Adherence Counselor fits well with her overall focus of helping others to live healthy and happy lives.

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Martin Downing, Communications Manager

After a decade of volunteering for Thrive! and event production with ASP, Martin recently joined the staff.  Martin is working to spread the word that HIV/AIDS stigma and discrimination is getting in the way of treatment and prevention.  

Martin brings over 20 years of communication experience to the agency with a background in both non-profit and corporate communications.  He enjoys camping, hiking and the great outdoors.

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Randle Eichelberger, Administrative Assistant

His welcoming demeanor is a perfect fit for his work in the ASP front office.  He keeps busy answering phones, walking people to the testing center and other administrative tasks; all the while still maintaining a relaxed and inviting space for visitors.

Randle doesn’t think that there is enough awareness about HIV in the broader community, and is most interested in prevention and peer counseling.

Randle moved to Atlanta five years ago from Detroit, bringing some “Motown” to the ATL music scene.

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Kevin English, Acting Director Prevention Services

A Chicago native, Kevin has been in Atlanta since 2000, when he began his HIV/AIDS work with an organization called National AIDS Education and Services for Minorities, Inc. (NAESM).  He was instrumental in setting up their testing center, as he has been with ASP’s testing center. 

Kevin sees his work with HIV/AIDS as his calling in life.  He is committed to helping HIV+ individuals lead fulfilling and productive lives.  He is also always looking for ways to help communities understand what HIV/AIDS is, how to prevent the spread of HIV, and acceptance of HIV+ individuals.

Kevin enjoys spending time with his daughter and grandson, who also live in Atlanta.

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Joe Greenwood, Pre-Post Testing Counselor

Joe came to ASP as a volunteer in 1992,  and just celebrated his 15 year anniversary with the agency.  He currently works on the prevention staff as a testing counselor.  Joe was the editor of Survival News from 1992-2001, and has maintained his volunteer activities as a peer counselor and Thrive! presenter, facilitator, and trainer since 1994.

Joe has helped shape ASP into the consumer-focused, consumer-driven agency that it is today, and has served as a very public voice for its HIV-positive clients.  He has also helped design the Thrive! curriculum as a member of the Thrive! committee for many years, and moderates the lively Disclosure panel during most Thrive! weekends.

Joe enjoys spending time with friends and family.  He is an avid online and RP game player and comic book collector, and has been an eBay entrepreneur for the last 10 years.

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Kevin Kamusoko, Director of Administration

Kevin was born in Zimbabwe, Africa and moved to Atlanta about four years ago.  He studied to be an accounting teacher, and has used that background to both teach about AIDS issues, plus assist organizations with their accounting processes.

Kevin’s unique perspective of both Africa and the U.S. provides him with a broader view of the AIDS epidemic.  Kevin worked at the CDC before coming to ASP.  There he had exposure to the flow of money from organizations like the World Health Organization.

In his free time, Kevin loves being outdoors, especially on his mountain bike.

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Lee Leger, Pre-Post Testing Counselor

Lee’s caring approach to interpersonal communication is a good fit for his work as a testing counselor.  Lee moved to Atlanta earlier this year from Huston, Texas where he worked in creative design.  He met Kevin English who recruited him to work in the Testing/Counseling Center.  Lee said that the camaraderie among staff and volunteers is one of the things that is unique about working at ASP.

Lee enjoys traveling, especially to New York and D.C..  He is also learning to skate.

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Hartsel Shirley, Pre-Post Testing Counselor

Hartsel has been in Atlanta since 2004, but has been working in HIV prevention since his days back in Iowa where he’s from originally.  His work with local health authorities and national HIV researchers gives him a perspective that is useful in his day-to-day work in the testing and counseling center.  When not working at ASP, Hartsel enjoys finding movies and TV programs that make him laugh—a natural immune booster. Hartsel’s outgoing and personable demeanor are a perfect fit with his work at ASP.

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Antoinette Sinclair, Peer Counselor

While Antoinette is not a paid staff member, however, her daily volunteer efforts make her as much a part of the staff as anyone else.  Her tireless volunteerism is the inspiration for many other volunteers, in fact for the past several years there has been a volunteer award named after her.

Antoinette loves to help others, but has also learned to ask for help.  Her passion in life is “becoming something” greater than she was before.  She also credits her daughter for helping to set her on this path.  “My daughter got me into treatment,” she is quick to tell.

This Florida native has rock-solid reputation for never missing a day of work.

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SHARE Project

Seth C. Kalichman, Ph.D., Director of SHARE Project

Dr. Kalichman is currently the director of the Southeast HIV and AIDS Research and Evaluation (SHARE) Project, a research program within ASP. He has headed the SHARE Project research for over 10 years.

Professor Kalichman serves on NIH grant review panels, has over 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has authored and edited five books in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention and care services, including Positive Prevention, recently published by Springer. He is also the current editor of the bimonthly journal AIDS and Behavior. Professor Kalichman was the recipient of the 1997 Early Career Award in Health Psychology from the American Psychological Association and the 2005 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society for Behavioral Medicine.

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Chauncey Cherry, Project Director

Chauncey began his work in HIV in 1990, and later specialized in intervention work.  He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health and is determined to help find better methods for drug adherence. 

Chauncey’s day-to-day responsibilities include training facilitators to conduct group research.  He is also responsible for the successful execution of the program directives.

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Dino Pope, Participant Specialist

Dino has worked with SHARE Project for the past four years and enjoys being on the leading edge of research.  He started his career in research at Emory University working with the CDC on Tuberculosis and HIV.

Dino is a jovial person to be around which helps him conduct interviews for the study.  Originally from Tennessee, Dino still loves watching UT football and being out in nature.

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Denise White, Participant Specialist

Denise graduated from Spelman College in 2004 with a degree in psychology.  She was an active volunteer for the disabled during that time.  When Denise graduated, she wanted to stay with medical research.  In October 2005, the SHARE Project hired her as a full time researcher.

Denise loves working with the diverse group of people who participate with SHARE Project.  She thinks that the more people know HIV+ individuals in their lives, the less likely they would be to discriminate against HIV+ people generally.

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Contents

• Megacommunity Meeting
• A Year of Fighting Stigma
• Mercer student group

Recap of Megacommunity Meeting

Imagine: a world cured of AIDS… It would start with a community that is dedicated to the issues of treatment and prevention, right?  Well, why not start here and now? An Atlanta initiative called the “Megacommunity” has created a vision of "A community without AIDS."  This group consists of public, private and non-profit representatives of organizations, businesses, and agencies, including members of the ASP Board of Directors and management team.

The Megacommunity meeting, held on Jan. 25, 2008 was hosted by the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund, and is part of an ongoing community action initiative that began last October.  The goals include a better understanding among the HIV/AIDS service community of who is doing what, and also to create synergies between organizations to effect the greatest impact toward targeted issues.

The purpose of the meeting was to bring together Atlanta’s AIDS service organizations and primary care entities to identify what issue or issues must be addressed by the entire metro-Atlanta community in order to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and provide high quality care for those living with HIV/AIDS. 

The four key themes, which arose from the meeting, were: prevention, leadership, treatment and attitude.  These themes are broad, but illustrate the four pillars that support AIDS efforts locally.  The group then tried to identify which of the pillars are most in need of repair.

A majority of breakout groups identified “attitude” as the area most in need of support because it affects funding, which is eroding because of the public’s fatigue on the topic of AIDS.  Attitude also contains the issues of stigma and discrimination which continue to hinder funding, treatment and prevention.

The question was also raised about how to frame HIV/AIDS issues—that is to say, should we speak in broad terms, associating HIV/AIDS issues with the larger question of universal healthcare, or should we continue with more narrowly focused messages about HIV treatments and prevention.

A frank and open discussion about the impact of this epidemic on our community and what can be done about it, was the product of the meeting. The meeting was hosted by the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund—a collaborative funding partnership between The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, the National AIDS Fund and individual donors.

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A Year of Fighting Stigma in Georgia

ASP is working to counteract stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS.  We have partnered with other organizations across the state and continue to deliver services and look for solutions to this crisis of attitudes.  We’ve also worked with the state legislator to sponsor a license plate that keeps AIDS Awareness on the minds of our fellow Georgians.

There are a number of researchers looking at the effects of stigma, including our own research being funded through the grant from AED. Not only is this allowing us to expand THRIVE!, but it also allows participants to participate in this important research by volunteering to take a survey. 

Scholars on the topic have placed stigma into three categories: Instrumental, Symbolic and Courtesy.  These categories help to understand the root cause of symptoms of stigma. This understanding helps focus attention on the areas of discriminatory thinking that need addressing.

Instrumental HIV-related stigma—“a reflection of the fear and apprehension that are likely to be associated with any deadly and transmissible illness.” This can make its way into the self-care of a person infected by HIV, often called self-stigma.  One way to counteract self-stigma is through association with other HIV+ individuals and seeing that we are not the only ones dealing with this medical condition.  THRIVE! is a program that confronts an individual’s self-stigma head on.

An individual’s reaction to an HIV/AIDS diagnosis often elicits a type of self-stigma that plays a role in their decisions.  We might blame ourselves for becoming infected and not treat our body the way it needs to be cared for.  The question is, how much will an individual be paralyzed by shame and fear of discrimination.  Will they be too afraid to discuss their status with a sex partner?  Will they be too embarrassed to take their medications in potential view of coworkers?  Will they be too overwhelmed to find out the crucial information they’ll need to handle such a complex illness?

The 13 month grant from AED is helping us expand the THRIVE! program, with the expectation of moving the program further out in more rural areas where HIV infections are accelerating.  THRIVE! has long been a program that helps newly diagnosed individuals to take control of their wellbeing and overcome the barrier of self-stigma.

Symbolic HIV-related stigma—“the use of HIV/AIDS to express attitudes toward the social groups or “lifestyles” perceived to be associated with the disease.”  This is one of the most deep rooted stigma and is reflected in everything from federal and state legislation to work-place and housing discrimination.

Symbolic stigma has a tendency to focus on how an individual contracted the illness in an attempt to place blame.  For example, a husband because of his infidelity infects his wife, she is less stigmatized than a person who contracted it through gay sex with someone they met on the Internet.  This type of stigma is often behind the “how’d you get it” question that most HIV+ people have experienced during at least one disclosure conversation.

This type of stigma also is at the heart of long-standing federal legislation that prevents needle exchange and condom ads, while funding abstinence-only prevention education.  Our ongoing advocacy efforts seek to address these types of issues.

Courtesy HIV-related stigma—“stigmatization of people connected to the issue of HIV/AIDS or HIV- positive people.” This is the stigma we experience when discrimination takes place because we are associated with AIDS by volunteerism, family relation, friendships or profession.

Our license plate initiative (see related story) seeks to diminish this by showing that there are many of us who continue to openly support the AIDS Awareness message regardless of others’ perceptions.

ASP has joined with other organizations to battle this pressing issue.  From networking with the Megacommunity group (see related story) to working with the grant from AED to expand THRIVE!, we continue to look for ways to remove the stumbling blocks of stigma and discrimination.

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Mercer University Students Visit

In service during National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, med students from Mercer University volunteered in the daily activities of AIDS Survival Project Testing and Counseling Center.  They were from left: Tanea Chane, Ololade Ogunjobi, Yolanda Brown-Moore, Kevin English (ASP Acting Director of Prevention Services), Santreis Cook, Nadeje Aurubin, Oluwayemisi Adeyefa, Christele Francois, Erik Wrice

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Contents

• Events Update
• Event Wrap
• A Call to Action and A Call to Worship

Events Update

This year is starting off with a number of exciting events.

ARTvision has been extended, so check out the art that local artists have offered for this special fundraiser. Artists present their work in an interactive, online environment and get them seen by folks who might not have known about them otherwise. There are e-mail contact links on each artist page where you can contact the ARTvision artists directly. Visit www.artvisionatl.org for complete details.

Ave. Q is coming to Atlanta this month and ASP has been chosen to receive a portion of the proceeds. AVENUE Q** is Broadway's smash-hit 2004 Tony Award winner for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK. A hilarious show full of heart and hummable tunes, AVENUE Q is about trying to make it in NYC with big dreams and a tiny bank account. Called "one of the funniest shows you're ever likely to see" by Entertainment Weekly, AVENUE Q features a cast of people and puppets who tell the story in a smart, risqué and downright entertaining way. The New Yorker calls it "SUBVERSIVE and UPROARIOUS!"

Help support the AIDS Survival Project by coming to see Avenue Q at The Fabulous Fox Theatre. Through this exclusive offer from Fidelity Investments Broadway Across America-Atlanta you can purchase tickets to Avenue Q before the general public and also benefit the AIDS Survival Project.

Save $5.00 on select tickets and for every ticket purchased during this special promotion an additional $5.00 donation will be made to the AIDS Survival Project.  Offer is only available now thru March 25, 2008 at 11:00 PM exclusively on ticketmaster.com.  Click on "Find Tickets".  Next to "Charity Offer," select the desired number of discounted tickets and enter this password: AVENUE.

A Night in Japan is an avant-garde fashion show, to benefit the ASP, being held on April 26, 2008.  Avant-garde couturiers will present their "Green" spring collections during the fashion benefit. "A Night in Japan" will pay homage to the spirit of Japanese-inspired art, fashion and culture while raising funding and awareness for HIV prevention, advocacy and education.

The show will feature fair trade, organic, sweat-shop free, recycled avant-garde fashion and accessories. All of the item featured on the catwalk are eco-fashion and green lifestyle items made from eco-textiles such as bamboo, organic cotton, eco-cashmere, hemp and sea cell. "We are committed to environmental and social responsibility through the promotion of conscious consumerism. That is why we have decided to take the greener path to saving lives". Prior to the show, there will be an exclusive cocktail reception with the featured designers, local celebrities, media representatives and VIP guests. 

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Event Wrap-ups

“And the Winner Is…” is an Oscar party that no strike could halt! Since 1988, ASP board member, Craig Eister, has been hosting a festive party the night of the Academy Awards.  Over the last several years, proceeds from the event have gone to AIDS Survival Project.  This year was no different, except of course for the uncertainty around the celebrities showing up at the ceremony because of the writers’ strike!  Luckily, the strike ended in time for the show to go on as usual.  Over 100 turned out for this fabulous event and we’re approaching our $10,000 goal as donations continue to come in.  A big thank you to Craig and his team for this memorable event.

From left: Jan Hackney, Craig Eister and John Kraus announce winning numbers for the raffle drawing. (photo by Dan Lax)

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A Call to Action and A Call to Worship:

Combining Faith and Public Policy in Atlanta

By Jenn Ballentine [reprinted with permission]

The Atlanta-based AIDS Survival Project (ASP), an organization dedicated to providing support, services and information to people living with HIV, has always marked World AIDS Day, December 1st, with a Call to Action. This year ASP added a new element – a Call to Worship.
The Call to Action, “A Sustaining Presence, A Sustainable Platform,” publicly introduced ASP’s statewide health advocacy agenda to be implemented in 2008 on behalf of all Georgians living with HIV/AIDS. The Call to Worship, “A Sustaining Presence, A Sustaining Promise,” drew faith communities together in public worship on December 2nd at Atlanta’s Central Presbyterian Church, urging faith communities to assist and support Georgians living with HIV/AIDS. The Honorable Kathy Ashe, a member of Georgia’s State House of Representatives, an elder and a member of Central Presbyterian, served as the Honorary Chair for these events.

By combining action and faith, ASP’s Executive Director, Dr. Melanie L. Sovine, an anthropologist and a third-year student at Emory’s Candler School of Theology, sent a message of how her community relates public policy and theology. “Policies about health care, the environment, education and poverty and views of faith have been in the same dialogue for the last eight years but it’s only been one side of the story. This activity communicates another one – that God is good and that all of God’s creation is good and that God intends only good things for us,” says Sovine.
In addition to bringing the discussion of faith into the public sector, Sovine hopes to bring the HIV positive community and supporters back into worship and into communities of faith. “In the beginning of the epidemic, it was not safe to reach out to faith communities. They were confused – sending messages of hate. Many deeply committed people left their faith communities to go into HIV work and do ministry there. Now is the time to come back together in a more progressive way,” says Sovine.

The Call to Worship combined elements from four faith communities – Lutheran, Presbyterian Church USA, United Methodist, and the United Church of Christ. A Jewish prayer was also incorporated into the service, which followed the December 2nd liturgical texts. Several people living with HIV participated in the service and lit candles to mark the 26th year of HIV/AIDS.

The Call to Action included remarks from Ashe, Michael Cotton, Chief Operating Officer of ASP sponsor WellCare of Georgia, Robert Greenwald, Director of Harvard Law School’s Health Law Clinic, and ASP’s Board of Directors President Bill Golden. While Ashe and Cotton spoke about their support of ASP and its programs, Greenwald urged those in attendance to advocate for the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA), which gives states the option of amending their Medicaid eligibility requirements to extend coverage to pre-disabled poor and low-income people living with HIV.

Under current Medicaid rules, people must become disabled by AIDS before they can receive access to Medicaid-provided care. An analysis of the effects of early health care access under ETHA found that ETHA slow disease progression, increases life expectancy, and is cost-effective. Early access to HIV therapy also can also prevent HIV transmission by reducing infectiousness.

With an HIV rate five times higher than the rest of the country, the Southeast and Georgia in particular, are in need of this critical legislation and more support for HIV/AIDS prevention. Greenwald urged attendees to contact their state legislators and ask them to vote for ETHA. “We have to challenge tax and spending priorities and demand access to care. It is a right, not a privilege,” he said.
In 2008, ASP will continue to advocate for ETHA and will work to bring the faith, scientific and public policy communities together to address HIV/AIDS with compassion, knowledge and dedication.

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Contents

• Donate Your Old Vehicle
• ASP Supporters
• The LiveWell Fund

Donate Your Old Vehicle

Cars, Trucks, Mopeds and Boats Appreciated

Looking for a good home for your worn-out truck, boat or moped?  Donate your old vehicle and make ASP the beneficiary!  Auto Donations of Georgia web address is: www.autodonationsofgeorgia.com

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AIDS Survival Project is Proud to be supported by...

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's HIV Prevention Projects for Community Based Organizations
• the Atlanta AIDS Partnership Fund
• AED
• Fulton County Human Services
• the LiveWell Fund
• the Elton John AIDS Foundation
• the M•A•C AIDS Fund
• SEATEC/Emory University
• Georgia Shares
• IBM
• Bristol-Myers Squibb Virology
• Gilead Sciences
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
• Roche Laboratories
• Abbott Laboratories
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Solvay Pharmaceuticals
• the DeKalb and Clayton County School Employees Funds
• the National Library of Medicine/NIH
• Women of Candler School of Theology/Emory University
• Atlanta Team Tennis Association
• Broadway Cares/Equity Fight AIDS
• InterContinental Hotels Group
• the James Wynn Ricks, Jr. and Kenneth Wayne Wheeler Fund of the Cathedral of St. Philip
• and the hundreds of organizations, businesses and generous individuals who share our vision and commitment to the education, empowerment and support of people affected by HIV and AIDS

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The LiveWell Fund

Unique individuals who know that life is precious and worthy of unusual gifts, prolonging and enhancing people’s lives with significant donations to support education and information access to programs and services.

• Gold Sponsor
  ($5,000 – $9,999)
  Caz Matthews
• Silver Sponsor
  ($2,500 – $4,999)
  Lee Anisman, M.D. and Pride Medical, Inc.
  M. Bryan Freeman and Herbert R. Buffington
  Mitchell Family Foundation
  
• Bronze Sponsors
  ($1,000 – $2,499)
  Brent Adams
  Tammy Belcher & Angela Vick
  Robert Bunnen, M.D. & Lucinda Bunnen/The Lubo Fund
  Joan F. Campitelli & D. Endsley Real
  Greg Carraway & Saul Vargas
  Susan & Drew Cornutt
  Richard Cruce & Masao (Mat) Noda
  Martin Downing
  Michael Edwards & Mitchell Smith
  Craig Eister
  Roger & Corky Gelder
  Richard Glass
  Gloria & Jerome Golden
  Donald & Jan Kimbrough Hackney
  Roy Hill
  Shonda Jones
  Maureen Kelly
  Roger Park
  B. Andrew Plant & William Golden
  David Rahall & Associates
  Pamela Richards
  Friends of Terry Roberts
  Judy Rosenquist, M.D.
  Barbara Rubin, Psy.D.
  Jim Sacco
  Barron Segar & Charles Potts
  Melanie L. Sovine, Ph.D.
  Thomas Sparkman, D.D.S. & Marcus Caltagirone
  Stan Topol & Associates, Inc.
  Chuck & Pat Young
  Eddie Young

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