Members of Gender JUST’s Committee on Urban Resource Sustainability and Equity (COURSE) met with officials from the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) July 23 about concerns related to funding for HIV/AIDS prevention services, according to an organizational press release.
“Our primary concern,” said Gender JUST member Ivan Gallardo, “is that those of us living on the South and West sides of the city have to take the bus to the Northside in order to receive services.”
Other concerns brought up in the meeting included the difficulty of attaining information about how to get involved in the planning process, a shortage of services for young people and transgender communities, and the lack of broad community involvement in these important funding decisions.
Gender JUST (Gender Justice United for Societal Transformation) is a grassroots organization of LGBTQA individuals developing leadership and building power through organizing.