DONATE ONE-TIME GIFT MONTHLY GIFT Our Advocacy Our policy and advocacy team champions evidence-based policies at the local, state and federal levels, fighting every day to protect the health justice of people in our community. Together with partner organizations and community members, we shape legislation and funding for programs and policies that affect us all. We focus on policies and funding for HIV prevention and care, sexually-transmitted infection and hepatitis C prevention and treatment, PrEP, harm reduction initiatives including supervised consumption sites, access to healthcare and healthcare affordability, housing and homelessness prevention, and more. DISCOVER WAYS TO TAKE ACTION Our Areas of Focus HIV AND HEALTH POLICY We fight for policies that improve access to quality, affordable health care, and other initiatives that improve public health. HARM REDUCTION We advocate for policies and practices that improve the health and lives of people who use substances. HOUSING We work to improve the housing landscape in San Francisco to reach a day when nobody is left without a place to call home. Upcoming Advocacy Events WORLD AIDS DAY MARCH & CANDLELIGHT VIGIL 1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Join us this year for World AIDS Day on the steps of… 01 DEC HAN – GENERAL MEETING 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm SFAF’s HIV Advocacy Network (HAN) is a grassroots group of activists in… 06 DEC HAN – HAPPY HOUR 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm SFAF’s HIV Advocacy Network (HAN) is a grassroots groups of advocates in… 20 DEC VIEW ALL UPCOMING EVENTS Our Impact in 2018 $0 million INCREASE IN HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH AIDS (HOPWA) 0 LETTERS SENT TO GOVERNOR BROWN IN SUPPORT OF AB 186 $0 million INCREASE IN HIV PREVENTION FUNDING IN CALIFORNIA Advocacy & Policy Articles WORLD AIDS DAY 2021 December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day for us to commemorate those we’ve lost, those living with HIV, and all those who work to ensure Health Justice for All. REMEMBERING MY OVERDOSE, THE FEAR STILL CLINGS. I COULD HAVE DIED THAT DAY. In honor of National Recovery Month (September), HIV Advocacy Network member and person in recovery Nikos Pecoraro shares why they are fighting for safe consumption services in San Francisco. CALIFORNIA ACTIVISTS CELEBRATE HISTORIC VICTORIES FOR OLDER PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV HIV activists in San Francisco share their thoughts on recent historic wins in the city of San Francisco and state of California budgets, and the passage of SB 258. WE FOUGHT FOR HIV FUNDING IN SAN FRANCISCO, AND WE WON Here's a short summary of a few key HIV funding initiatives included in SF's city budget for 2021-2022. VIEW ALL POSTS Our Advocacy Team ANNE DONNELLY Director, State Health Care Policy Pronouns: She/her/hers 415-487-8049 adonnelly@sfaf.org ERNEST HOPKINS Senior Strategist & Advisor Pronouns: He/him/his 415-487-3096 ehopkins@sfaf.org ANDE STONE Senior Community Mobilization Manager Spanish Pronouns: He/him/his 415-487-8010 astone@sfaf.org LAURA THOMAS, MPH, MPP Director, Harm Reduction Policy Pronouns: she/her/hers 415-487-3034 lthomas@sfaf.org Strength in Numbers We work in coalition with community leaders, policymakers and other community organizations to ensure that voices of the community are heard in the halls of power. Our impact is greater when we are locked arm in arm together. We’re proud to serve as a member of these coalitions: AIDS United, California Hepatitis Alliance (CalHep), California HIV Alliance, Care4AllCA, Coalition on Human Needs, Communities Advocating Emergency AIDS Relief (CAEAR) Coalition, EndHepC SF, Federal AIDS Policy Partnership (FAPP), Harm Reduction Coalition, HIV/AIDS Provider Network (HAPN), Homeless Emergency Service Providers Association (HESPA), Human Services Network, Medicaid Coalition, National AIDS Housing Coalition, National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition, National Coalition on LGBT Health, National Coalition on Low Income Housing, Our City Our Home Coalition, San Francisco HIV Frontline Organizers Network (SF HIV FOG), SAVE for All Campaign, The Food is Medicine Coalition, and Yes to SCS California. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER Who We Are San Francisco AIDS Foundation is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation which has been granted tax exempt status under Internal Revenue Code section 501(c)(3). Our Federal EIN is 94-2927405 and our California corporation number is C1241510. DONATE Navigate CALENDAR CAREERS FINANCIALS LOCATIONS CONTACT US Contact INFO@SFAF.ORG 415-487-3000 © 2021 San Francisco AIDS Foundation. All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy Disclaimer Designed & Developed by Firefly Partners