Philadelphia FIGHT Honors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

Kicking off AIDS Education Month at the Independence Visitor Center.

By HughE Dillon· 6/4/2014, 5:07 p.m.

Last night at the Independence Visitor Center Philadelphia FIGHT hosted its kickoff party for AIDS Education Month, a series of classes, awareness events, and parties throughout the month, featuring a free hip-hop performance by Wale at the Trocadero on National HIV Testing Day, Friday, June 27th.

At last night’s event, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Ph.D., a French virologist and director of the Regulation of Retroviral Infections Division at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, was presented with the 2014 Kiyoshi Kuromiya award. Dr. Barré-Sinoussi, who also serves as president of the International AIDS Society, received the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the co-discovery of HIV.

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HughE Dillon covers parties, events and more for Philadelphia magazine’s The Scene. You can follow him on Twitter at @iPhillyChitChat and visit his daily online social diary PhillyChitChat.com.

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Michael Marsico, deputy director of administration for Philadelphia FIGHT, and Renee Gilinger, executive director of East Passyunk Business District.

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TS Hawkins, Queer 2 the T radio show.

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From left: Emily Ramsey-North, youth development and empowerment coordinator at Youth Health Empowerment Project (a program of Philadelphia FIGHT), Danielle Moskowitz, communications, PR and events associate at Philadelphia FIGHT, Eli Litwin, and Evon Burton, development and communications associate at Philadelphia FIGHT.

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Audrey Ross and Dorian Green.

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Councilman David Oh and Lois Kang.

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From left: Sarah Smith, Angela Kapalko, and Linden Lalley-Chareczko, of Philadelphia FIGHT's Jonathan Lax Treatment Center.

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Philadelphia FIGHT board president Scott Wilds and Ruth Cella.

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From left: Beck Davis and Brad Shannon.

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From Left: Carmen Altopiedi, Julie Fort, and Bill Whalon.

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Bishop Ernest McNear, vice president Philadelphia FIGHT.

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Representative Brian Sims, honorary chairman of AIDS Education Month.

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Melissa Weiler Gerber, executive director of the Family Planning Council and co-chair of AIDS Education Month.

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Jane Shull, executive director at Philadelphia FIGHT. “We are turning a corner in the global battle against HIV/AIDS. New HIV infections are on the decline; fewer people are dying; there’s more access to treatment, and what we’ve only dreamed about could be closer than ever to becoming a reality.”

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From left: Dr. Luis Montaner of the Wistar Institute, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Ph.D., and Jane Shull, executive director of Philadelphia FIGHT.

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Nobel prize winner Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Ph.D., thanks Philadelphia Fight for honoring her with the Kiyoshi Kuromiya award which is given to people or organizations that have stood out as exemplars in the community of those fighting for the rights of people with HIV.

Philadelphia FIGHT Honors Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

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