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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
HONORING HOWARD BROWN HEALTH, ONE OF THE NATION'S LARGEST LGBTQ ORGANIZATIONS
WHEREAS, February 7, 2018 marks the 18th year of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), a national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative targeted at Black populations in the United States as a national response to the growing HIV and AIDS epidemic in African-American communities; and,
WHEREAS, Howard Brown Health, with multiple health clinics spanning the far north sides and south sides of the City, exists to eliminate the disparities in healthcare experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people through research, education and the provision of services that promote health and wellness; and,
WHEREAS, Howard Brown Health was founded in 1974 and is now one of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) organizations; and,
WHEREAS, the agency serves more than 30,000 adults and youth each year in its diverse health and social service delivery system focused around seven major programmatic divisions: primary medical care, behavioral health, research, HIV/STI prevention, youth services, elder services, and community initiatives; and,
WHEREAS, Howard Brown serves men, women, transgender and gender non-conforming individuals, infants, youth, and children through a multi-site operation based in Chicago that includes a main health and research center in the Uptown neighborhood, Howard Brown Health Sheridan, and eight other clinics across the city including sites in Englewood, Back of the Yards, Rogers Park, Hyde Park, Edgewater, and Lakeview; and,
WHEREAS, When early warning signs of the impending AIDS epidemic became widespread in the early 80s, Howard Brown Health was quick to react, taking an active role in helping to coordinate medical investigation and treatment of the first symptoms, which included a fatal form of cancer; and,
WHEREAS, By 1987, AIDS had taken hold of the gay community's emot...
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