Many members of our community are experiencing deep fear and uncertainty about the future as this new chapter in our nation’s history begins.
The incoming federal administration is moving quickly to undermine our nation’s science-based public health system, hard-won civil rights protections, and life-saving federal safety-net programs, to name just a few areas that directly affect our participants’ well-being.
We can’t predict precisely how things will unfold, but we can promise this: We will stand WITH our community, show up FOR our community, and continue to be A PLACE OF SAFETY, DIGNITY, AND BELONGING for the people we serve.
History is our guide. Alliance was founded in the early 1990s, when stigma and misinformation surrounding HIV and AIDS were the norm.
We created Alliance as a resource and sanctuary for people facing cruelty and discrimination at the most vulnerable time in their lives—sometimes from elected officials, sometimes from the healthcare sector, and sometimes even from their own friends and families.
We persevered through those times and improved hundreds of thousands of lives. We will persist through these times, too.
Alliance will always be a community of belonging and respect for all people. We will continue working diligently to resource our participants for positive change in health, economic opportunity, safety, and self-determination. We will join with our city, state, and community partners—just as we always have—to press for what’s right.
This is our promise as together we face the significant challenges to come: we will live up to our name and pursue our commitment to positive change.
Thank you for standing beside us,
Alliance for Positive Change Leadership
Sharen I. Duke, Executive Director/CEO
Brenda Starks-Ross, Deputy Executive Director/COO
Tamara Green, Deputy Executive Director/CPO
Ramona Cummings, CPO of Harm Reduction
Judy Hederman, SVP of Finance
Brooke Montes, SVP of Business Development & Communications