AIDS Healthcare Basis (AHF), the world’s largest nonprofit AIDS service group, is honored to have acquired the MLK, Jr. Social Justice Award this previous weekend throughout The King Heart’s annual Beloved Group Awards celebration in Atlanta, Georgia. The Social Justice award is the Heart’s highest recognition for a corporation main work within the social justice enviornment, and The King Heart CEO Dr. Bernice A. King, youngest daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mrs. Coretta Scott King, introduced AHF with this prestigious recognition. She was joined by NBA legend and philanthropist Norm Nixon, who has labored with AHF on quite a few group partnerships.
Based in 1987, AHF started as a community of hospices dedicated to “preventing for the dwelling and caring for the dying.” Since then, AHF has expanded, turning hospices into healthcare facilities and constructing a brand new paradigm for HIV care each in the US and around the globe. AHF presently serves greater than 2.2 million people dwelling with HIV in 17 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico and worldwide in 47 international locations. Taking a holistic method, AHF generates new, modern methods of treating and addressing obstacles to take care of purchasers by way of a community of non-profit pharmacies, thrift shops, well being and wellness facilities, reasonably priced housing places, and meals service applications.
“We acknowledge AIDS Healthcare Basis’s transformative work in advancing well being fairness, combating HIV/AIDS, and championing the rights and dignity of underserved communities worldwide. For many years, AHF has exemplified what it means to serve with compassion, integrity, and an unwavering dedication to justice. By offering entry to lifesaving care, advocacy, and training to thousands and thousands of people globally, AHF has grow to be a beacon of hope and a strong voice for these most marginalized by systemic inequities. The values on the coronary heart of your mission—compassion, fairness, and a steadfast perception within the price of each human being—align so powerfully with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s imaginative and prescient of the Beloved Group. Your group’s efforts remind all of us that justice isn’t merely an excellent however an motion, and {that a} more healthy, fairer world is feasible after we middle the wants of probably the most susceptible. In addressing the intersection of well being, social justice, and human rights, AHF has remodeled lives and communities, and we’re deeply impressed by the enduring impression of your efforts,” said Bonita Hampton Smith, Chief Working Officer, The King Heart
“No honor means extra to me and to AHF than for the inheritors of Dr. King’s legacy to acknowledge AHF’s contribution to the continuance of his work,” said AHF president Michael Weinstein in a heartfelt video message. Weinstein was unable to attend in individual as he was overseeing AHF’s wildfire reduction efforts in Los Angeles.
Longtime AHF board member and present board secretary, Cynthia Davis, accepted the award on AHF’s behalf.