Washington AIDS Partnership

11/27/2019

The Washington AIDS Partnership (WAP) had a great time at the Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) Summit. WAP executive director and FCAA board chair Channing Wickham delivered his opening remarks to a diverse group of philanthropists, community organizers, activists, and HIV/health advocates. The Health Corps team was also present, volunteering at the summit and attending the many different workshops and breakout sessions offered. It was a great two days of learning and meeting people from across the world dedicated to working in the HIV sphere. Many thanks to John Barnes and the FCAA team for hosting such an informative and engaging summit!

03/28/2019

This month, the Washington AIDS Partnership celebrated Executive Director Channing Wickham's 25th year at the Partnership. WAP celebrated with current and former Health Corps members, colleagues, and friends, and WAP presented Channing with a Mayoral proclamation marking March 4th J. Channing Wickham Day in Washington, D.C. During his time leading the Partnership, Channing has raised over 35 million dollars and has awarded 777 grants totaling more than 26 million dollars to over 100 local organizations serving those affected by HIV. Congratulations again, Channing, for 25 years of life-changing work!

03/15/2019

Check out the Washington AIDS Partnership’s new Request for Applications for the Catalyst initiative! As part of this program, WAP supports intersectional projects that address the key issues that negatively impact the health and wellness of gay, bisexual, and q***r men of color in the Greater Washington region. The initiative’s focus of “health and wellness” is deliberately broad, to encompass the variety of issues that negatively affect gay, bisexual, and q***r men of color and provide an opportunity for innovation.

You can find the Request for Applications on the Washington AIDS Partnership’s website. Applications are due by 5pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Monday, May 6th, 2019 for funding in June 2019.

The Washington AIDS Partnership employs a unique and efficient mechanism for responding to the local HIV epidemic through its collaborative grantmaking model. It brings together informed grantmakers, community leaders, and people living with HIV to participate in the grant decision-making process. T...

12/14/2018

We are proud of our partnership, too! Thank you CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield for all the work you do and support you provide!

CareFirst has many non-profit partners in the Maryland, D.C., Virginia area.

10/22/2018

Executive Director Channing Wickham and Senior Program Officer Jennifer Jue write about one of Washington AIDS Partnership’s most innovative and successful programs to date – the Mobile Outreach Retention and Engagement initiative (MORE). Read all about it below!

By Channing Wickham, executive director of Washington AIDS Partnership and Jennifer Jue, senior program officer at Washington AIDS Partnership There are over 13,000 people living with HIV in Washin…

10/10/2018

Register for the on November 5 & 6 and help discuss new tools and opportunities to increase investment in the community-based approaches that are so critical to the fight against HIV/AIDS. conta.cc/2OESmtw

Funders Concerned About AIDS (FCAA) is the leading voice on philanthropic resources allocated to the global AIDS epidemic. It provides funders with the necessary data to make informed decisions related to allocating increased, focused HIV/AIDS resources.

FCAA has spent the past year taking an in-depth look at funding for community-based responses to help determine how philanthropy can better support them. This year’s convening is focused, in large part, around the findings from this effort. We will discuss:
• What “community” means to different stakeholders; and
• Key challenges, opportunities and best practices for private funders to support community-based organizations.

See you there!

Each year FCAA convenes funders to share good practices & strategies to increase the amount & impact of philanthropic resources dedicated to ending the AIDS epidemic. This is a funder-only event. FCAA charges a small registration fee. Questions regarding membership status? Please email sarah@fcaaids...

08/14/2018

Today is the first official day of service for our 12 AmeriCorps members. Each member has been placed at a DC health organization that focuses in HIV care and prevention. We are so proud of them! Here's a throwback to last Friday when we concluded our pre-service orientation at the University of Maryland's Ropes Course. The team had a great time bonding and exercising together!

08/13/2018

Last week, the 2018-2019 AmeriCorps Health Corps team arrived in Washington, DC for pre-service training! A special thanks to our friends from Serve DC who joined us Wednesday for the AmeriCorps pledge and to wish our members well on the year of service that lies ahead!

07/13/2018

Where has the time gone?! This week WAP congratulated each of our 12 AmeriCorps members for completing the 2017-2018 health corps program year.

They are all officially off to their next adventure! Graduate school for some, full-time jobs for others. We are so proud of them all!!