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The NYC AIDS Housing Network (NYCAHN) is a membership organization comrpised and led by low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.  Given that housing is a human right, it is our mission to empower low-income people living with HIV/AIDS to organize our community including the nonprofits that serve us, to advocate for more housing, better housing and sound public policies for people living with HIV/AIDS.

We were co-founded by Joe Bostic & Joe Capestany and scores of others from our community of homeless people living with HIV/AIDS.

NYCAHN seeks to increase the democratic participation of our members and build their power in our society in order to bring about real social change.

We work on the following campaigns, issues and in the following coalitions:

NYCAHN Strategy Teams

HASA/Welfare: Chair: Zachary May

staff member: Jennifer Flynn/Shirlene Cooper

Parolee/Prison Issues: Chair:

staff member: Graziela Tanaka

Immigrant Housing: Franciso Quinteros, Executive Director, Casa Betsaida

staff member: Graziela Tanaka

AIDS Housing: staff member: Jennifer Flynn/Shirlene Cooper

Facilitator: Gina Quattrochi, Executive Director, Bailey House

Tenant Organizing: Chair: Louie Jones, NYCAHN Board member

staff member: Shirlene Cooper

Individual Membership Building : Cameron Craig, NYCAHN Board member

Staff member: Shirlene Cooper/Graziela Tanaka

Organizational Membership Building : Charles King, Executive Director, Housing Works

Staff member: Jennifer Flynn

Special Projects/Campaigns:

Building Community: Chair: Bob Kohler, NYCAHN Board Member

Staff member: Shirlene Cooper

Voter Registration: Chair: Homer Stevens

Staff member: Graziela Tanaka

Healthcare in Prison Campaign: Chair: Jimmy Hammerstein

staff member: Graziela Tanaka

House Every One! Campaign: Chair: Amos

Staff member: Jennifer Flynn/Shirlene Cooper

Continuum of Care Coalition: 

     Homeless PLWA Representative:  Louie Jones, NYCAHN Board member

     Paul Taraneh, NYCAHN Board member

     Staff member:  Jennifer Flynn

     Organizational contacts:  Charles King, Housing Works, Gina Quattrochi,

     Bailey House, Andrew Coamey, Housing Works