Julie Patterson serves as Director of the AIDS Funding Collaborative (AFC) and Fellow with The Center for Community Solutions, coordinating both private and public funding partners toward the AFC’s leadership, advocacy, and funding in Cuyahoga County. Julie has been part of the fight against HIV since the early 90’s. She lives in Geauga County.
Advocates see this appropriations bill as part of an assault on the LGBTQ+ community. More extreme cuts to HIV funding are feared.
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