Some history: Since 1985, HIV has disproportionately impacted Black Angelenos. In 2002, APLA Health’s board of directors made the decision to decentralize APLA Health and work with community leaders to provide a system of unequal support, including providing HIV prevention and support programs in South Los Angeles.

But because of systemic racism both nationwide and in Los Angeles County, healthcare disparities are unfairly exacerbated in these communities. Today, thanks our longstanding partnerships with Charles R. Drew University and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, we’re investing even more resources into BIPOC communities and we are building a new health center in South Los Angeles. APLA Health – Willowbrook will be APLA Health’s largest investment in our community.

The new health center is a concrete example of our commitment to South Los Angeles and local community partners to ensure that the needs of South Los Angeles are addressed with humility and understanding. Show your support for our new health center by sharing this information with your next donor!
The top of the Walk
Let’s check in with our Top Walker leaderboard heading into the final few days of AIDS Walk Los Angeles 2020:
 
  1. DJ Moore - Get with SUPPORT - $30,000.00
  2. John Squatritto - Get with CARE - $18,672.84
  3. Jason Cupp - Get with SUPPORT - $7,002.04
  4. Area 136 - Get with CARE - $5,389.06
  5. Gina Lozano - Get with CARE - $5,146.35
  6. Kendra Castleberry - Get with EDUCATION - $4,867.96
  7. Susan Simons - Get with SUPPORT - $4,622.24
  8. Michael Barrett - Get with SUPPORT - $4,355.87
  9. Bert, Juliet, Danica, and Ari Champagne & Moffett - Get with EDUCATION - $3,486.87
  10. Brenda Burgueno - Get with CARE - $3,358.80

Don’t see your name here? It’s not too late to make a charge up the rankings! Fundraising is open through Sunday night, meaning our top spots are still anybody’s game!
Introducing the Number One Fundraisers of 2019!

Bert is well known to many AIDS Walks, but AIDS Walk Los Angeles is special because his goddaughters are here! Arielle, Danica, and Juliet — ages 5, 7, and 9 respectively — started walking with him when they were in strollers! He walks with them now to ensure that the girls don’t have to walk anymore when they’re older. His two favorite memories: running one year to grab a shirt for Rep. Maxine Waters, and when his parents volunteered with him. “My mom did sign-in with me, but dad was doing trash and got covered in filth and ice cream sludge and all that. But they called me the next day and said they had the best time. No one knew they were my parents, and my parents didn’t know anyone either, but they said they loved the people they worked with and they had so much fun.”
AIDS Walk Los Angeles
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