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Thursday, October 17, 2024
Angel Orensanz Foundation
172 Norfolk St, New York, NY 10002
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Our Research in Action Awards return this fall! We’ll be honoring a group of the most brilliant activists, scientists, and leaders in the fight to end HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and hepatitis C (HCV), and will gather in person at the spectacular Angel Orensanz Foundation in New York City. (There will be a live stream for our friends and followers who aren’t in New York and won’t be able to join us in person.) We’re looking forward to making this year’s event even better than 2023 — and we can’t do it without you — mark your calendars now.

HONOREES

Dafina Ward, JD
Executive Director, Southern AIDS Coalition

Cynthia Carr
Author and Activist

Keith Alcorn
former Senior Editor, aidsmap

Lifetime in Action Award
Tom Viola

Commitment in Action Award
Joe McConnell

EMCEE
Tamrin Goldberg


2024 Limited Art Edition
by David Nelson

The 2024 Limited Art Edition by David Nelson. Two grey and white circles on a black background. (Note that this is a very simple explanation of this piece)
The 2024 TAG Limited Art Edition was supported by a generous grant from the Marta Heflin Foundation.

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RIAA HONOREE VIDEO INTERVIEWS


Dafina Ward Interviewed by Riko Boone, TAG’s HIV Project Director


Tamrin Goldberg Interviewed by Jason Kirk, TAG’s Chief Operating Officer


Cynthia Carr Interviewed by Mark Harrington, TAG’s Executive Director


Keith Alcorn Interviewed by De’Ashia Lee, Act Now End Aids Coalition Director


Tom Viola Interviewed by TAG’s Chief Operating Officer, Jason Kirk


Joe McConnell Interviewed by Jason Kirk

THE LEGACY CIRCLE
The Legacy Circle is a dedicated group of past RIAA honorees who continue to support the work of TAG through a generous contribution.

Ivy Kwan Arce, 2021
Dr. Judith Auerbach, 2006
Guillermo Chacón, 2023
Jon Cohen, 2012
Lynda M. Dee, Esq., 2000
Dr. Steven Deeks, 2010
NY State ​​​​​​​Senator Thomas K. Duane, 2005
Jim Eigo, 2015
Joseph Evall, JD, 2017
David France, 2019
Jennifer J. Furin, MD, 2023
Charles King, 2017
Erica Lessem, 2021
Amanda Lugg, 2019
Laura Morrison, 2022
Sally Morrison, 2008
Ann Northrop, 2022
David Hyde Pierce, 2009
Asa Radix, MD, PhD, MPH, FIDSA, 2023
Wafaa El-Sadr, 1998
Dr. Bruce R. Schackman, 2005
Karl Schmid, 2022
Dr. Jack Steever, 2019
Jane Silver, 2003
Tom Viola, 2000
Wakefield, 2020
Dr. Jack Whitescarver, 2015
Jenna Wolfe, 2018

RIAA DONORS and SPONSORS

Thank you to all our donors.

Torchbearer
The Debs Foundation

Champion
Jameel Jiwani

Leader
Rob Lennon and Mark Gilrain
The Hargrove Pierce Foundation, in honor of Tom Viola
Mark Sexton and W. Kirk Wallace
Weil

Builder
The Stanley and Joyce Black Family Foundation
Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS
Kevin and Neil Goetz
Richard Lynn and Joseph Evall

Engineer
Ivy and Alex Arce
Bob Bronzo
Ama Burnham
Callen-Lorde, in honor of Tom Viola
Laura Morrison
Mrinal Vikram and Kevin Finnegan

Artist
Greg Hoffman
Mark Harrington, in honor of TAG supporters, staff, and board, and Judith M. and Richard Harrington
Robert Monteleone
Dr. Bruce Schackman and Ed Sikov

Researcher
Amida Care
Jim Aquino, in honor of Joe McConnell
John Duane and Mary Northridge
Housing Works
IAVI
Mike McCune, in memory of Marty Delaney
Ken and Julian McKenna
Maura Packham, in honor of Bob Bronzo
Ian Thompson
Ruke Ufomata, in honor of Ama Burnham
Barry Wolf, in honor of Robert Lennon

Patron
Linda Gattegno Berghoff, in honor of Bob Bronzo
Mary Casey
Jennifer Furin
Judy Gluckstern, in honor of Michael Palm
Kate Lear and Dr. Jonathan LaPook, in honor of Robert Monteleone
Latino Commission on AIDS
Michael Longacre, in honor of Tony  Irtiz
Sally Morrison
Elizabeth Nieves
Kathleen O’Leary, in honor of Bob Bronzo
Jamie Saakvitne, in honor of Joe McConnell
Max von Zuben, in honor of Kevin Goetz

Friend
Michele Araujo
Diego Arones
Karen Bronzo and Jefferson Rabb
Scott Campbell
Lynda Dee
Dr. Steven Deeks
Paul Dietz
Jim Eigo, in memory of David Byar, NCI
Joy Episalla
Lisa Feldstein
Ron Goldberg
NYS Assembly Member Deborah J. Glick
Sara Goldberg
Dr. Stefan Goldberg
Dawne Hood
Yuki Iswashiro
John Lanasa, in honor of Bob Bronzo and Jim Aquino
Joseph Lauretano, in honor of UNITED/Bob Bronzo and Jim Aquino
Jay Leitz, in honor of Joe McConnell
Claire Lennon, in honor of Robert Lennon
Joe McConnell and Erik Haagensen
Ann Northrop
David Puente
Robert H. Remien
Michael Rochon
Karl Schmid
Lousine Shamamian
Jane Silver
Dr. Jack Steever
Monte Steinman, in honor of Joe McConnell
Dennis Trunfio
Tanya Walker
Forrest Williams

Historian
 Mark Ansell
Erica Baum
Bob Belknap
Laura Blair, in honor of Bob Bronzo
Winsome Amy Ching, in honor of Ama Burnham
Arthur Chu
Deb Daniels
Chad Donnick
Kelly Dooley
Jim Edwards
Susan Fisher
Dennis Giza, in honor of Rob Lennon and Joe McConnell
Serge and Lisa Goldberg
Mark Haney, in honor of Jason Brock
Jennifer Herman, in honor of Bob Bronzo, Jim Aquino and the team at TAG
Christin Hinkle, in honor of Ama Burnham
Jonathon Hochhauser, in honor of Rob Lennon
Jeffrey Allen Johnson
Dana Katz, in honor of Richard Lynn
Christopher Kaufmann, in honor of Robert Lennon
Kevin Krizan
Erica Lessem, in honor of Joe McConnell
Joseph Lewis
Kristin Milot
William Nye, in memory of Joseph P. Wells
Elle Chody Paul
Christopher Reick
Karen Saltser, in honor of Bob Bronzo
Virginia Shubert
Brandon Smith
Caroline Smith
Natasha Sunderam, in honor of Ama Burnham
Craig Torrie
Carol Tosone, in honor of Laura Morrison
Andrew Vernon, in honor of Mark Harrington, Mike Frick, and Lindsay McKenna
Sunita Viswanath, in honor of Bob Bronzo
Craig Wallace
Karen Waller
EJ Weppler
Dr. Jack Whitescarver
Marianne Yen

If you missed last year’s event, you can get information, watch the entire event, and see photos here.

Our Research in Action Awards are an important fundraising event that allows us continue our work aimed at finally ending the epidemics of HIV, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis. Since the first award was given in 1997, RIAA has raised over 4.6 million dollars. Here’s a complete list of our previous honorees.

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