Pat Migliore, BABES Network Founder
For over 30 years, BABES Network, a program of YWCA, has provided peer support for women living with HIV. While folks may be familiar with groups that raise awareness around HIV and AIDS, BABES serves a critical need by being one of the nation’s only peer-led groups for HIV-positive women. Since 1989, BABES Network-YWCA has reduced isolation and stigma and created a sisterhood of support for women living with HIV and their families through education, outreach, advocacy, and more.
Alora Gale-Schreck, BABES Network-YWCA Program Manager
This renovation was a collaborative effort between YWCA, the 30/30 Project, and Construction for Change. The 30/30 Project’s mission is to bring access to quality, affordable healthcare to those who need it most, and this project’s goal was to create a more welcoming and enjoyable space for women living with HIV. With the completion of this redesign, the 30/30 Project culminates their initiative to build 30 healthcare facilities over a five-year period.
“BABES was already doing incredible, exceptional, meaningful work. We wanted the space to match the quality of care women were receiving.” - Julie Lewis, BABES member and 30/30 Project Founder
“I see the spaces we build as sacred spaces of hope. There’s something cool about renovating a space in a building that’s served women and kids for decades and decades.” - Kevin Hunter, Construction for Change Executive Director
In addition to the 30/30 Project and Construction for Change, other project partners include Google Campus, Albert Lee Appliance, Muckleshoot Charity Fund, Perkins+Will, Jeffrey Tritt and Associates, and Turner Construction.
“Community is medicine.” - Julie Lewis, 30/30 Project Founder
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