REPEAT: Jack Mackenroth, Reality Television Star From 'Project Runway To Educate About Living with HIV and Combating Stigma in Chicago

REPEAT: Jack Mackenroth, Reality Television Star From 'Project Runway To Educate About Living with HIV and Combating Stigma in Chicago

REQUEST FOR COVERAGE

INTERVIEW & PHOTO OPPORTUNITY

WHO: Jack Mackenroth, from the hit reality television series
"Project Runway," is in Chicago for the AIDS Foundation of
Chicago's (AFC) annual fashion event, Make a Statement: Design
for the Cure, representing Living Positive By Design, his
national HIV and AIDS education initiative.

WHY: Through Living Positive By Design, Jack will highlight the
importance of having a positive outlook on life while
effectively managing HIV. Jack has been HIV-positive for more
than 20 years and is one of the more than one million people
who are living with HIV and AIDS in the United States(1), many
of whom still have to deal with the stigma of having the
disease

WHEN: Interview opportunities will be available with Jack and/or a
local infectious disease specialist on Tuesday, May 5th
through Friday, May 8th, including on-site at the Make a
Statement event on Thursday, May 7th

WHERE: AIDS Foundation of Chicago's Make A Statement: Design for the
Cure
River East Art Center - 435 East Illinois Street

Additional locations for interviews available upon request

CONTACT: To schedule an interview, please contact:

Rachi Govil Jay Williams
Cohn & Wolfe Cohn & Wolfe
O: (212) 537-8157 O: (212) 537-8033
M: (908) 415-8933 M: (917) 587-4230
rachi.govil@cohnwolfe.comjay.williams@cohnwolfe.com

For additional information on Living Positive By Design,
visit: www.LivingPositiveByDesign.com

For additional information on the AIDS Foundation of Chicago's
Make A Statement: Design for the Cure, visit:
http://www.aidschicago.org/events/make_a_statement.php

Living Positive By Design is made possible by support from
Merck & Co., Inc.
References:

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HIV/AIDS in the United
States. Available at:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/factsheets/us.htm. Accessed January
21, 2009.

/PRNewswire -- May 4/

Source: Living Positive By Design

Web Site: http://www.livingpositivebydesign.com/

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