Reverend Stan Sloan

Living With HIV/ AIDS

President Bill Clinton will be speaking in Chicago on Wednesday, November 11th in the Inaugural Speaker Series by Chicago House, the first non-profit organization in the Midwest to provide housing and support for people living with HIV and AIDS.

Reverend Stan Sloan, Chicago House CEO joins Dr. DeSilva to discuss how today people living with HIV/ AIDS can lead much longer fuller lives.

The Reverend Stan Sloan is the longest-serving CEO in the history of Chicago House. During the last nine years Stan has led Chicago House out of annual deficits while more than doubling its services and annual budget. He has served as a leader in HIV/AIDS, developing a city-wide Center for Disease Control Prevention Program. Most recently, he has led Chicago House in pioneering the city’s first HIV/AIDS Employment Initiative, with Sweet Miss Giving’s Bakery, Chicago House’s social enterprise that serves as both a jobs program and a source of income for Chicago House, being the outgrowth of that program.

Stan, an Episcopal Priest with the Diocese of Chicago, has been a leader in the homeless and AIDS service communities for over a dozen years. He was the founding President of the Alliance to End Homelessness. In that capacity he successfully lobbied for increased housing for those with disabilities. He serves as a Co-Chair of the Board of the Chicago Housing for Health Partnership and is a former Board Member of the Illinois ACLU. Stan also serves on the Museum of Contemporary Art’s Audience Development and Diversity Committee.

For over nine years Stan has served as Chaplain of St. Gregory’s Episcopal School, an inner city school serving K-8, and he is also a board member of the school. He is the former Pastor of the Caribbean-American parish of Sts. George and Matthias in Roseland. Separately, he serves on an advisory committee for the American Public University System in Washington, DC. In 2006 he was presented with the Human Relations Award by the Chicago Commission on Human Relations for his work in the LGBT, homeless, and religious communities. Over the last year his efforts in HIV/AIDS and homelessness have been recognized by being selected the award recipient for the Illinois Department of Public Health Red Ribbon Award as well as the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago Advocate of the Year Award.

Dr. Derrick DeSilva

11 / 3 / 2009