Supervisor Jeff Sheehy Visits UCSF to Rally Community Around HIV/AIDS Funding

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In his first visit back to UC San Francisco since becoming a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Jeff Sheehy rallied the University community to join in fundraising for AIDS Walk San Francisco – especially as HIV funding is under attack at the federal level.

Sheehy, who served as communications director of the AIDS Research Institute from 2000 to 2017, joined UCSF HIV/AIDS leaders Diane Havlir, MD, and Paul Volberding, MD, at the UCSF Parnassus library to discuss their lives and careers in fighting HIV.


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The July 7 event was held in support of AIDS Walk San Francisco, the annual trek to raise funds for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area. UCSF is working toward an ambitious fundraising goal of raising $200,000 for the event, scheduled for July 16 in Golden Gate Park.

A Critical Time of HIV Funding

Sheehy said that supporting HIV/AIDS funding is part of maintaining critical health care infrastructure at time when under attack.

“AIDS Walk is part of the same struggle of us coming together with our values in solidarity to show the world that we’re still fighting, still marching, and still walking,” said Sheehy. “We need to get everyone we know to walk because we all have to be in this fight together.”

In the Bay Area, AIDS Walk SF plays a significant role in the backing of local organizations, including the Golden Compass program, which is located at Ward 86 at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. It was in that ward that UCSF launched the world’s first HIV/AIDS outpatient clinic.

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