AIDS Project Rhode Island

12/16/2025

As we wrap up the year, let's revisit a special highlight ❤️

A major milestone for AIDS Project Rhode Island. This April marked the 40th Anniversary of the APRI Run/Walk for Life, which saw a record-breaking turnout. The community showed up in full force to honor four decades of compassion, support, and advocacy for Rhode Islanders affected by HIV.

To commemorate the anniversary, APRI Director David Martins shared a powerful reflection in The Boston Globe on Rhode Island’s journey through the HIV/AIDS crisis and the road still ahead.

Read the full commentary: “40 Years Later: Rhode Island’s Journey Through the HIV/AIDS Crisis and the Road to Zero”:

If we commit the necessary resources now, we can write the final chapter in the history of HIV, writes the director of AIDS Project Rhode Island.

12/15/2025

Across Rhode Island, people living with HIV face challenges and most of us can’t imagine uncertainty about treatment, stigma, and isolation.

AIDS Project Rhode Island is here to change that. Every day, we connect individuals to life-saving care, emotional support, and community programs that give them the chance to thrive.

When you give to APRI, you aren’t just donating. You’re joining a community that strengthens Rhode Island and ensures no one faces HIV alone.

Donate today and be the bright light in someone's life this season. Every gift matters. https://aidsprojectri.org/annual-appeal/

12/09/2025

Every gift to AIDS Project Rhode Island has a tangible impact. Your contribution helps real people in our community thrive:

❤️$25 – Covers transportation for a client to vital medical or dental appointments
❤️$50 – Provides groceries and personal care essentials through the Afia Center’s food pantry
❤️$100 – Supports emergency financial assistance to prevent eviction or keep the lights on
❤️$250 – Funds one month of individual mental health counseling for a client in crisis
❤️$500 – Sustains free HIV/STI testing and vaccination services that keep our community healthy

Each gift affirms that compassion, dignity, and care are essential, not optional. Together, we can ensure that everyone living with or affected by HIV in Rhode Island has the support they need to live well.

Donate today and make a direct, lasting impact. https://aidsprojectri.org/annual-appeal/

12/05/2025

HIV isn’t just a health issue…it’s a community issue. Stigma, discrimination, and lack of access can isolate people living with HIV, making every day a challenge.

AIDS Project Rhode Island fights this by:
❤️ Educating communities
❤️ Advocating for fair policies
❤️ Building support networks
❤️ Connecting people to essential services

When you donate, you help keep Rhode Island communities informed, strong, and inclusive. You ensure that no one facing HIV/AIDS feels alone, and that every person has the chance to live with dignity.

Act now. Click https://aidsprojectri.org/annual-appeal/
Your gift strengthens our community and saves lives.

12/03/2025

HIV is not over—and neither is our commitment to the community.

Your Giving Tuesday donation to APRI supports essential services like harm-reduction programming, transportation assistance, and confidential HIV testing.

🌟 Before the day ends, consider giving to make a meaningful impact. https://aidsprojectri.org/annual-appeal/

12/02/2025

This Giving Tuesday, help ensure every Rhode Islander affected by HIV receives the care, advocacy, and support they deserve.

APRI provides testing, prevention services, case management, food assistance, and compassionate care—because no one should navigate HIV alone.

❤️ Donate today to advance health, reduce stigma, and save lives.
Click to donate: https://aidsprojectri.org/annual-appeal/

12/01/2025

On , we honor the people and stories that shape our work, the clients who trust us, the families who stand with them, and the community that continues to show resilience in the face of stigma and loss.

Even as the conversation around HIV has quieted, the need for understanding, prevention, and care has not. Today is a reminder that compassion and action must continue every day of the year.

In a new Providence Journal op-ed, our Director David Martins shares how Rhode Islanders can support meaningful change and help ensure no one feels alone in this fight.

💛 Read and share:

The epidemic hasn’t ended, the author says, it’s just gotten quieter. And in that silence, stigma grows louder.

12/01/2025

We’re honored to highlight the recent piece by Ocean State Media: “Stitching Love and Loss: Rhode Island’s Enduring Bond with the AIDS Memorial Quilt.” 🪡✨ In it, Rhode Islanders reflect on decades of healing, remembrance, and art as they honor lives lost to HIV/AIDS through the powerful tradition of quilt-making.

From Providence neighborhoods to panel-making workshops across the state, people of all ages — adults and children alike — have contributed panels to the AIDS Memorial Quilt, memorializing loved ones and paying tribute to community members, known and unknown.

We invite you to read the full story 👉 https://www.oceanstatemedia.org/news-and-culture/community/stitching-love-and-loss-rhode-islands-enduring-bond-with-the-aids-memorial-quilt and join us in remembering, honoring, and renewing our commitment to love, care, and support for all those affected by HIV. ❤️

From Providence to panel workshops, Rhode Islanders have honored lives lost to AIDS through art, healing, and decades of community remembrance

11/28/2025

We hope that everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving, and are enjoying a wonderful long weekend. Don't forget that Monday is World AIDS Day, and we invite you to start your day with us at APRI for our Annual Memorial Breakfast. See you there!

11/21/2025

Don't stress if you haven't submitted your RSVP for World AIDS Day yet! You can still sign up for our Annual World AIDS Day Memorial Breakfast, but time is running out!

11/14/2025

World AIDS Day is only couple of weeks away - make sure you RSVP for our Annual Memorial Breakfast!

11/07/2025

RSVP today to join us on December 1 for World AIDS Day at APRI! Our Annual Memorial Breakfast will include the Graceful Journeys ceremony where we dedicate the new panels of the AIDS Quilt. We will hear the music of the RI Gay Men's Chorus and come together as a community to commit to our allyship!