ActionAIDS executive director resigns.PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1996--Ennes Littrell, the executive director of ActionAIDS, announced her resignation to the staff and board members of Pennsylvania's largest AIDS service organization AIDS service organizations are community based that provide community support. While their primary function is to provide needed services to individuals with HIV, they also provide support services for their families and friends as well as conduct prevention efforts. this week. The executive director cited recent personal losses as the impetus Impetus is a stimulus or impulse, a moving force that sparks momentum. Impetus may also refer to:
"It is impossible to know if I would be making this decision were it not for the changes in my own life." Littrell noted she will continue at ActionAIDS as the executive director until an appropriate replacement is found. "Before I finalize fi·nal·ize tr.v. fi·nal·ized, fi·nal·iz·ing, fi·nal·iz·es To put into final form; complete or conclude: "They have jointly agreed ... plans for my own future, I will stay at ActionAIDS and continue in my current role," she explained. "The privilege of leading this organization over these last years compels me to plan for this transition with ample care and with no decrease in my commitment or energy." In 1988, Littrell accepted the position of executive director of ActionAIDS. She has been affiliated with the organization since its inception in 1986. "Although we are supportive of Ennes, we will sorely sore·ly adv. 1. Painfully; grievously. 2. Extremely; greatly: Their skills were sorely needed. miss her enthusiasm and her unflagging energy and commitment to ActionAIDS and to all those affected by HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ," said Ken Kliennman, president of ActionAIDS board of directors. "The next year will be a challenging and important one for us." Littrell, the ActionAIDS board of directors and staff are confident the new executive director will build upon the organization's decade-long tradition of helping people with HIV/AIDS. "My leaving provides an opportunity for future thinking and envisioning that will result in the hiring of new, energetic leadership capable of seeing this organization through its next stages," Littrell said. "I know the staff and board will focus on the demands of the present while preparing for the future." CONTACT: ActionAIDS, Philadelphia Philadelphia, ancient cities Philadelphia, name of several ancient cities. One was in Lydia, W Asia Minor (now W Turkey). At the foot of Mt. Tmolus and near the location of modern Alaşehir, it was founded in the 2d cent. B.C. Alicia Romeo Romeo thinking that Juliet’s sleep is death, he drinks poison. [Br. Lit.: Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet] See : Suicide , 215/981-3374 |
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