ACRIA

{{Short description|American HIV/AIDS organization}} '''ACRIA''' (formerly '''AIDS Community Research Initiative of America''') is a New York City–based non-profit and community-based AIDS service organization.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission & History|url=http://www.acria.org/mission_and_history|website=ACRIA|accessdate=8 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414210351/http://www.acria.org/mission_and_history|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> __TOC__ ==History== Founded in 1991 to provide community based clinical drug trials for people living with AIDS. They also run the HIV Health Literacy Program (HHLP). ACRIA can trace their history back to the founding of the Community Research Initiative by Michael Callen<ref>{{cite news|author=DAVID W. DUNLAPPublished: December 29, 1993 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/29/obituaries/michael-callen-singer-and-expert-on-coping-with-aids-dies-at-38.html |title=Michael Callen, Singer and Expert On Coping With AIDS, Dies at 38 - New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=1993-12-29 |accessdate=2013-09-13}}</ref> and Joseph Sonnabend.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amfar.org/spotlight/article.aspx?id=4550 |title=AMFAR : Awards of Courage |publisher=Amfar.org |accessdate=2013-10-21}}</ref>

Additionally, through the ACRIA Center on HIV & Aging, the organization is recognized as an international authority on the emerging issue of older adults and HIV.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mission & History|url=http://www.acria.org/mission_and_history|website=ACRIA|accessdate=8 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414210351/http://www.acria.org/mission_and_history|archive-date=14 April 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 2018, ACRIA acquired Love Heals: The Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education, a non-profit that focused on sex education and AIDS prevention with youth in New York City schools.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=ElizaBeth |date=2016-05-05 |title=Love Heals Gala Raises More Than $400,000 and Announces Acquisition by ACRIA {{!}} Times Square Chronicles |url=https://t2conline.com/love-heals-gala-raises-more-than-400000-and-announces-acquisition-by-acria/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |website=t2conline.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-06 |title=ACRIA - GMHC |url=https://gmhc.org/services/acria/ |access-date=2025-03-18 |language=en-US}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{official|http://www.acria.org}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Acria}} Category:HIV/AIDS prevention organizations Category:HIV/AIDS research organisations Category:American organizations established in 1991 Category:1991 establishments in New York City Category:HIV/AIDS organizations based in the United States