Greater Community AIDS Project

National AIDS Strategy Released

Mike — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:34:42 +0000

After nearly 18 months, President Obama has released the National AIDS Strategy and Implementation Plans.

Let us hope that having finally secured a domestic plan there can be some decrease in the more than 54,00 new infections each year.

Click here for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States

Click here for the Federal Implementation Plan

Dale Brashers memorial service Friday September 10

Mike — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:01:39 +0000

A Memorial Service will celebrate the life of Dale E. Brashers on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. at Smith Memorial Hall, 805 S Mathews Avenue on the campus of the University of Illinois, Urbana. He passed away suddenly July 5.

Dr. Dale E. Brashers, the head of the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois, died July 5, 2010, in his campus office. He was 50 years old.

He was born in Little Rock, Ark., on Dec. 29, 1959, to Lou and James (Gene) Brashers. He graduated from McClellan High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1978. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1987 and 1988, respectively, from the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, and earned his doctorate in 1994 from the University of Arizona.

He began his academic career in 1993 at The Ohio State University, moving to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign five years later.

At Illinois, he served as the director of graduate studies in the Department of Communication (then called speech communication) from 2002-2006, and then as associate head until January 2009, when he became head. Beginning in 2008, he also held a joint appointment as a professor of medicine.

His health communication research focused on the role of communication in the management of health and illness for persons living with HIV or AIDS. Among the goals in his research were giving patients the means for dealing with and managing uncertainty, and for developing self-advocacy skills.

Since 2008, he held a named position as the David Swanson Professorial Scholar. He was honored in 2004 as a University Scholar, a three-year research-support award for outstanding research, teaching and service. Also in 2004, he was awarded the Distinguished Article Award for the most outstanding article in the previous five years by the Health Communication Divisions of both the National Communication Association and the International Communication Association. In 2001, he received the Young Scholar Award for Outstanding Early Career Research from the ICA.

In addition to his national reputation as a researcher, he also was a highly accomplished and popular teacher of undergraduate and graduate students. In 2008, he received the Campus Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Teaching.

He is survived by his parents, James (Gene) and Lou Brashers; sister, Brenda Brashers Robertson; and nieces, Tasha and Marie Robertson.

Memorial contributions may be made to Arkansas Children’s Hospital (http://www.archildrens.org/foundation/how_help/memorial_honor.asp), Tupelo Children’s Mansion (http://www.mansionkids.org/donate.asp), Mental Health Center of Champaign (http://www.mhcenter.org/pages/charitablegiving.php), Greater Community Aids Project (http://www.gcapnow.com/), or the UI Department of Communication (http://www.communication.illinois.edu)

The Positive Project

Mike — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:40:57 +0000

Here is a great resource in which HIV positive people tell their own stories about living with HIV and AIDS. Click here to be taken to the website. (a new window will open)

AIDS Game time!!!

Mike — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:36:07 +0000

Artists Against AIDS Photos

Mike — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:31:04 +0000

Check our our Facebook page to see pictures of this years Artists Against AIDS show.

(click on the word Facebook to be taken directly there, a new window will open)

About GCAP

admin — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:06:44 +0000

The Greater Community AIDS Project is a 501 (c) (3) not-for-profit whose mission is to address the needs of those affected by HIV and AIDS, and to educate the public about HIV and AIDS.

The organization has an all volunteer board of directors. GCAP also has 2 paid staff positions who’s duty it is to oversee the daily running of client services and the office.

The GCAP office is open Monday-Friday from 10am until 3pm. We welcome phone calls inquiring about the services we offer as well as providing information about HIV/AIDS and how it affects individuals in our own backyard.