IT’S ALL ABOUT MISS FOOZIE WINDY CITY THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, PAGE 25 BI AND TRANS COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 APRIL 2, 2014 VOL 29, NO. 27 TIMESwww.WindyCityMediaGroup.com Peller to lead AFC BY YASMIN NAIR the new leadership, and that it looked forward to his expertise and working with him at Howard On April 1, David Munar began a new chapter at Brown. He also emphasized that AFC was “not sit- Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC), as presi- ting still” and was a “nimble, quick” organization dent and CEO, taking over an organization rocked that could adapt to the times. He spoke about the by scandal for the past many years. His entrance changes and challenges ahead as the Affordable is a marked and, for many in the city, hopeful Care Act (ACA) rolled out. change; he will be its first leader in many years to According to Peller, AFC’s strategic plan is about actually have any experience in healthcare. its primary goal, “making sure people with HIV Munar began his career in health care in the have continued access to care.” AFC is not a di- field of HIV/AIDS policy and advocacy, and his rect service provider, but has three primary roles: training and experience came about at AIDS advocacy, fundraising, and maintaining govern- Foundation of Chicago (AFC), where he began in ment contracts to do prevention services. The last MEMORIAL HELD 1991. includes making sure that people diagnosed with FOR VERNITA John Peller has taken over as interim head of HIV get their first medical appointments but also the organization until the board finds a replace- get back into and stay in care. The organization GRAY ment for Munar; he has not yet decided whether also provides case management through the Ryan page 5 or not to include himself in the list of candidates. White act. This can include assistance with hous- Peller joined AFC as a state lobbyist and then ing rentals and providing supportive housing for made his way up to vice president of policy. people struggling with homelessness and/or HIV Speaking to Windy City Times about the chang- or chronic diseases. es ahead, Peller said that the organization would As to the Ryan White Act, “which has historical- miss Munar, but that it was working to make sure ly been the backbone of HIV care for low-income there was a continuity between his departure and John Peller. 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He also emphasized that AFC was “not sit- Howard Brown Health Center (HBHC), as presi- ting still” and was a “nimble, quick” organization dent and CEO, taking over an organization rocked that could adapt to the times. He spoke about the by scandal for the past many years. His entrance changes and challenges ahead as the Affordable is a marked and, for many in the city, hopeful Care Act (ACA) rolled out. change; he will be its first leader in many years to According to Peller, AFC’s strategic plan is about actually have any experience in healthcare. its primary goal, “making sure people with HIV 26 Munar began his career in health care in the have continued access to care.” AFC is not a di- field of HIV/AIDS policy and advocacy, and his rect service provider, but has three primary roles: training and experience came about at AIDS advocacy, fundraising, and maintaining govern- Foundation of Chicago (AFC), where he began in ment contracts to do prevention services. The last MEMORIAL HELD 1991. includes making sure that people diagnosed with FOR VERNITA John Peller has taken over as interim head of HIV get their first medical appointments but also the organization until the board finds a replace- get back into and stay in care. The organization GRAY ment for Munar; he has not yet decided whether also provides case management through the Ryan PAGE 5 or not to include himself in the list of candidates. White act. This can include assistancDOWNLOADe with hous- THIS! 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Durkheim codified some of the best World War I, the War to End All Wars, is thinking from the 19th century about a special case for me because, with Paul the social functions of religion. Tillich, I understand this war to mark the Focusing on primitive (or primal) cul- end of Christian Civilization. Good Chris- tures in the hope of gaining a clearer tians fought on all sides in this war with grasp of these functions, Durkheim ob- the firm conviction that they were fight- served how the stories and rituals of a ing for the best values of Christianity as religion establish the unity of a society, well as the finest values of Western Civi- give identity to the individual within so- lization. Yet, WWI stands out as a totally ciety, initiate the individual into his/her unnecessary war blindly entered into by role in the society, educate the people profoundly corrupt and stupid men for Peter McGrath and David Cabreza, the first couple married in Islington, London, with registrars as a whole into the meaning and mission profoundly corrupt and stupid ends.