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Alliance is hosting a full slate of outreach events and community celebrations for LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2025. We also proudly attended LGBTQ+ Pride Month events and celebrations with NYC elected officials, including the NYC Mayor, the NYC Public Advocate, and NYC Council. Happy Pride!
Over 40 Alliance staff, Peers, and participants came together for the 40th AIDS Walk. The weather was perfect as we walked through Central Park celebrating community and our ongoing work to end the epidemic.
Many of the folks who walked with us contributed to Alliance’s AIDS Walk fundraiser. If you would still like to donate today, please visit gmhc.aidswalkny.org/team/637678.
On Wednesday, May 14, Alliance was proud to celebrate the graduates of our Peer training Cycle 64: Bruce Phillips, David Lee Demotte, David N. Edmonds II, Dolores Negron, Jamie McDonald, Jasson Robbins-Evans, Laverne Bailey, Leavon Murph, Lewis Duran, Lorenzo R. Walker II. Luiggi Duenas Ubillus, Natalia Daniels, and Tyler Farrow. Congrats, graduates!
All photos: David Nager/Alliance
Photo: David Nager/Alliance
Photo: David Nager/Alliance
Photo: David Nager/Alliance
Photo: David Nager/Alliance
Photo: David Nager/Alliance
Our long-time partner Rescuing Leftover Cuisine has secured thousands of delicious fresh meals for Alliance’s Food and Nutrition Services program, so we were thrilled to join their Spring gala in May 2025, where we were honored as their “Nonprofit of the Year.” Alliance Food and Nutrition Program Director Melissa Gallanter and Director of Linkage to Insurance Marcia Deer spoke about the impact these consistent meals have on the people we serve. Our Deputy Executive Director/COO Brenda Starks-Ross and Assistant Director of Development Kristin Lysko were also in attendance.
The gala raised funds for RLC’s great and far-reaching work. During the roughest economic times, RLC has been there for Alliance and hundreds of other organizations that serve vulnerable New Yorkers. Thank you, RLC!
All photos courtesy of RLC.
Alliance joined fellow advocates and federal and local representatives Monday, May 12, in celebration of a progressive bill introduced by our Congressman Dan Goldman. The bill, Strengthening Medicaid for Serious Mental Illness Act would provide much-needed funding for adults with serious mental health challenges.
Alliance’s Senior Vice President of Communications Brooke Montes and Advocacy Project Manager Luis Worrell joined Congressman Goldman and advocates from across New York City. Council members Erik Bottcher and Lynn Schulman, Chair of the Committee on Health, introduced a city hall resolution in support of the federal legislation.
Photo: Office of Congressman Dan Goldman
“Alliance’s three decades of work has shown that combining multidisciplinary care teams, peer-based support, and interagency partnerships yields benefits far greater than the sum of the parts—for individuals, families, and communities. This legislation is an urgently needed investment.”
