New AmeriCorps Team to Help Fight AIDS in Michigan
Michigan AIDS Coalition (MAC) announced it has fielded its sixteenth AmeriCorps team in the metro-Detroit area. The new team will help non-profits enhance their services in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the area. The program is operated locally in collaboration with AIDS United, a Washington, D.C. based national non-profit. AIDS United has provided grants, technical assistance, advocacy and policy since 1989, channeled through a network of twenty Community Partnerships across America. MAC is its Community Partnership in Michigan.
Michigan AIDS Coalition Hosts Free AIDS/HIV Event, 5/18
The numbers are daunting - 19,800 Michigan residents currently live with HIV. More than 67-percent of these individuals live in southeast Michigan, 78-percent of which are male. The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) reported the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses occur among young men age 13-24.
Michigan AIDS Coalition Hosts Free AIDS/HIV Event, 5/18
The numbers are daunting - 19,800 Michigan residents currently live with HIV. More than 67-percent of these individuals live in southeast Michigan, 78-percent of which are male. The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) reported the highest rates of new HIV diagnoses occur among young men age 13-24.
Michigan AIDS Coalition Names New CEO
The Michigan AIDS Coalition (MAC) today announced Terry Ryan as its newly appointed CEO. Ryan, the former director of grants and special projects for the organization, was chosen in December to succeed former CEO Helen Hicks.