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Join host Alison Volk & DIFFA Wreath Collection Chair Andy Kivilaan as they discuss the most magical holiday event of the year. Learn how to shop exclusive custom wreaths during the event while enjoying holiday cocktails and hearing beats by DJ, Jen Miller. Please join us for this festive and meaningful event that helps support organizations who serve men, women, and children living with HIV/AIDS throughout the holiday season.

Need a Friday night plan? Come enjoy burgers made by renowned chefs and delicious wine pairings with your DIFFA friends!

HIV/AIDS does not care who you are-- it affects all people of all ages from all walks of life. However, it does disproportionately impact the gay, bisexual, and trans communities. Lesbians are also at risk due to low testing rates caused by a lot of HIV/AIDS messaging being geared toward people assigned male at birth who sleep with men. Host Shane Allen speaks with Prism Health North Texas CEO Dr. John Carlo about what organizations like his and DIFFA are doing to slow the spread of HIV/AIDS, the myth that it started in the gay community, and how the cure might be right under our noses.

DIFFA/Dallas' signature Fall event is back! Burgers & Burgundy Event Chair Al James joins host Shane Allen to reveal when and where this must-attend event will return, plus tips on how to get the most out of your experience. Celebrity chefs create custom sliders, each perfectly paired with a different glass of wine. Can you think of a more perfect evening?

DIFFA/Dallas is hosting a picnic, and you're invited! Join us at Klyde Warren Park on June 13 from 1pm - 4pm for a fabulous picnic benefiting HIV/AIDS Service Organizations in North Texas. The acclaimed DJ Jenn Miller will be spinning, plus a picnic blanket, food, and wine. Host Tim Garippa and event chair Jim DiMarino have the dish. Tickets and more info online at DIFFADallas.org.

During Mental Health Awareness Month, host Shane Allen speaks with Included Health's Jessica Halem about why research shows people living with HIV have a higher chance of developing mental health issues, the often unspoken trauma the community still carries from the height of the AIDS crisis, and what you can do about it. Halem served as an LGBT Advisory Committee member for Barack Obama's first campaign for president and was the inaugural LGBTQ Outreach and Engagement Director at Harvard Medical School.

On this episode of IMPACT DIFFA/Dallas, host Shane Allen talks with Haley Clark, DIFFA Dallas Board Trustee.

On this Good Friday, DIFFA/Dallas host Shane Allen talks with Founder and Worship Leader of The House Dallas Church, Chris Chism, to discuss WWJD about HIV/AIDS? Whether you’re a Christian or not—a believer or not—this will be a conversation for anyone celebrating any form of Easter this weekend.

World renowned HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Paul Volberding told us last year that COVD-19 vaccine research had set back the cure for AIDS because many AIDS researchers were pulled away to work on COVID-19. Now that there’s a COVID-19 vaccine rollout, DIFFA/Dallas is revisiting the question: How close are we to a cure for HIV/AIDS?

National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, sponsored by the Office on Women’s Health of the Department of Health and Human Services, is observed on March 10. Every year on March 10 — and throughout the month of March — local, state, tribal, federal, and national organizations come together to shed light on the impact of HIV on women and girls and show support for those at risk of and living with HIV. Cheryl Edwards, CEO and founder of A Sisters Gift Women’s Center talks about the importance of this holiday, and what you can do to make an IMPACT.

Changes in charitable giving dramatically impacted nonprofit budgets in 2020. AIDS Walk South Dallas President & CEO Auntjuan Wiley joins DIFFA/Dallas vice chair Shane Allen to discuss predictions for giving in 2021, and how you can help worth nonprofits across North Texas increase their IMPACT.

Visual AIDS is continuing their yearly campaign of sending women/femme living with HIV a handmade card on Valentine’s Day as part of its LOVE POSITIVE WOMEN project. Visual AIDS leaders talk about how they pull this off, how many requests they’ve received this year, and how you might help.