# ACRIA

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{{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](/source/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>
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==History==
Founded in 1991 to provide community based clinical drug trials for people living with [AIDS](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=1993-12-29 |accessdate=2013-09-13}}</ref> and [Joseph Sonnabend](/source/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>

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

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Category:American organizations established in 1991
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