March 01, 2021
APLA Health Announces $20 Minimum Wage
All APLA Health employees will be paid above the LA County living wage APLA Health announced a new $20 per hour minimum wage for its workforce, $5 above the Los Angeles County minimum wage and exceeding the estimated County living wage. APLA Health continues to offer paid vacation and sick time, full employer-paid health insurance...
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February 26, 2021
APLA Health Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Former Board of Directors Member Ivy Bottini
In response to the passing of Ivy Bottini, who died on February 25, APLA Health CEO Craig E. Thompson issued the following statement: “Today APLA Health joins our community in celebrating the pioneering legacy of Ivy Bottini, who helped to found APLA Health (formerly AIDS Project Los Angeles) and served as a member of our...
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February 25, 2021
APLA Health Commemorates National Black HIV and AIDS Awareness Day with Conversation on Ending the Epidemic
Join the Conversation February 9 and let’s end HIV Together According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Black Americans made up 42% of the 37,968 new HIV diagnoses in 2018. That’s despite Black Americans making up just over 13% of the U.S. population overall. The numbers in Los Angeles county are similarly...
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February 18, 2021
APLA Health Launches PrEPexpress.org to Help Community Access PrEP and PEP
February 18, 2021 – APLA Health has launched the PrEPexpress.org (PrEP Express) website to help increase the uptake of PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis) in Los Angeles County. The PrEP Express website was created to provide clear and direct messaging about PrEP/PEP in order to address mistrust and combat misleading medical information, answer concerns about cost...
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January 27, 2021
APLA Health Mourns the Death of Former Board of Directors Member Rabbi Allen Freehling
APLA Health Mourns the Death of Former Board of Directors Member Rabbi Allen Freehling In response to the passing of Rabbi Allen Freehling, who died on January 6, APLA Health CEO Craig E. Thompson issued the following statement: “Today APLA Health joins our community in mourning the loss of a true warrior in the fight...
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January 21, 2021
APLA Health Chief Executive Officer Craig E. Thompson issued the following statement on the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris:
“Yesterday, we welcomed new national leadership with the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, a California native and the first Black person, the first South Asian person, and the first woman to ever ascend to the second-highest seat in our government. “Additionally, Alex Padilla became the first Latino person to represent...
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December 01, 2020
APLA Health Asks Community To Recommit To Ending HIV Epidemic
“On World AIDS Day, we remember those friends, family members and advocates we have lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We are here because of them, making certain they weren’t taken away from us in vain. Each year on this special day, we reaffirm our commitment to ending the epidemic,” said Craig E. Thompson, CEO of...
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September 30, 2020
APLA Health Applauds Governor Newsom for Signing Landmark Legislation for LGBTQ and HIV Communities
APLA Health applauds Governor Newsom for signing landmark legislation for the LGBTQ and HIV communities, including a bill to end discrimination against people living with HIV by life and disability income insurance companies. SB 1255 — The Equal Insurance HIV Act — was authored by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Long Beach) and the Senate Committee on Insurance and co-sponsored by Insurance...
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September 25, 2020
APLA Health Condemns Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping
This week President Trump signed an executive order banning federal agencies and their contractors — potentially even APLA Health — from conducting “workplace training that inculcates in its employees any form of race or sex stereotyping or any form of race or sex scapegoating”. The executive order essentially bars contractors from conducting training that teaches, advocates, or...
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