PVH Volunteers Help Wrap Holiday Gifts

Thank you very much to our friends at PVH for helping us wrap holiday gifts. These include holiday toys that will be given to program participants with children a our holiday party on Monday, December 18. Thank you, friends!

Photos: David Nager/Alliance

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Peer Training Cycle 61 Graduation

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On Wednesday, November 29, Alliance was proud to celebrate the graduates of our Peer training Cycle 61: Apallena Reynolds, Christian Guaman, Cindy Sammy, Conney Pennington, Elice Cobb, Gregory Wilson, Hubert Braithwaite, Iker Rivera, John Ricketts, Luis Quiazua, Michael Collins, Moussa Camara, Nicholas Newby, Paulito Wilder, Ramon Thielen, Reshemah Smallwood, Richard Carrion, Steven Muff, Tanya Brown, and Victor Chapman .

The ceremony was held at Alliance Midtown Central—for the first time since the start of the pandemic) and featured remarks from graduates, Alliance Peer trainers, Alliance CEO Sharen Duke, COO Brenda Starks-Ross, Alliance Board Member Andres Nieto, cycle 61 speakers Cindy Sammy and Iker Rivera, and former PREP graduate and current Training Coordinator Forrest Boggs.

All photos: David Nager/Alliance

Thanksgiving Party 2023

On Friday, November 17 we hosted an early Thanksgiving party that was attended by over 400 program participants and Peers. Our staff worked to make sure everyone get all the firsts, seconds, and thirds they wanted, while DJ Eugene kept the party going. Over 20 turkeys were raffled off, and to-go bags were served to everyone. Thank you to St. Augustine's for hosting our event.

Health Educator Nick Wiggins recognized at Gay City News Impact Awards

Alliance’s own Nick Wiggins was celebrated last night at the GNC Impact Awards for his contributions to HIV awareness, prevention, and support efforts as a Health Educator at Alliance. He brings great passion, compassion, and knowledge to his work every day. Three colleagues, Jonathan, Luis, and Guy, from Alliance’s prevention team, joined Nick on his special night. To read about Nick, and the other Impact Award winners, please visit https://www.schnepsmedia.com/events/gay-city-news-impact-awards/.

Scenes from Alliance's Open House

On Thursday, October 26, over 100 friends joined us for our first Open House event in four years. The festive event featured food and drink, slideshows of Alliance’s programs, a short excerpt from the upcoming documentary Rise Up, and remarks by staff, Peers, and Board Members. Thank you to all who attended.

All photos: David Nager/Alliance