Project WISH

Project WISH attended the Women's Connection Summit today, an event hosted by AIDS Foundation Chicago (AFC), IL Dept of Public Health and the IL Dept of Corrections. This summit focuses on "the needs of cisgender and transgender women reentering communities after release from Illinois correctional facilities."

Project WISH was happy to provide PrEP and HIV (prevention, treatment, and U=U) education, while distributing safer s*x materials. Lots of people didn't know that PrEP is for everyone or that 1 in 5 new HIV acquisitions is a woman, predominantly Black/African American or Latina/Latine.

Conversation is key! So is community! Spread the love and keep talking to each other. We are stronger together!

AIDS Foundation Chicago Associate Board AIDS Foundation Chicago Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH)

Hello Chicagoland!

Project WISH in the Department of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) is conducting a Phase 3 long-acting investigational PrEP trial. Would you like to volunteer for a 2x/year PrEP injectable trial?

You may qualify. Are you:

• Currently not on PrEP?

• Any part of any of the following groups:

o Race/Ethnicity:
- American Indian
- Asian
- Black
- Latinx (of any race)
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
- White (if you are transgender/nonbinary or if you identify as
Latinx)
- Mixed ancestry

o Gender Identity:
- Cisgender man (of color, Latinx, or of mixed ancestry) who
has s*x with men
- Transgender men/women or gender nonbinary individuals (of
any race/ethnicity)

• 18 years of age or older?

• Wanting HIV testing, but haven’t done it in 3 months?

• Bottoming and only sometimes use a condom?

For more information about the Gilead lenacapavir investigational trial and how to join, email us at [email protected] or call us at 312.413.5897. Additionally, you may go to the study website at https://www.purposestudies.com/purpose2/ and/or Clin Trials.gov at https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04925752to learn more about the study, look at reasons to consider participation, and check out the clinical research and study FAQ lists.

Hi, Chicagoland!

Project WISH joined in this year's AIDS Foundation Chicago Advocacy Day 2023 ( ) at the Capitol in Springfield, IL.

We were in the company of several teams from AIDS Foundation Chicago (Policy & Advocacy, Getting to Zero IL, IL ASAP, Community Mobilization, Communications, and the AIDS Foundation Chicago Associate Board), along with colleagues from Center on Halsted, Howard Brown's Vernita Gray Council for Philanthropy, Chicago House (and CEO Michael Herman), Cook County CORE, and other organizations across the state of IL to advocate for funding for HIV infrastructure, housing, and access to healthcare. We also advocated for health insurance affordability, healthcare provider cultural competency, overdose prevention sites, and gender-inclusive restrooms!

Project WISH is proud to advocate for the health of Illinoisans, Chicagolanders, and Chicagoans!