Warren Wimmer, John Monahan, and Terry Goddard II celebrate the Paul Starke Awards.
John P. Monahan was presented with the Paul Starke Warrior Award on December 2nd as part of the West Hollywood World AIDS Day events. As a board member of The Serra Project and later the Alliance for Housing and Healing, John tirelessly dedicated his resources to our mission to provide housing for those living with HIV/AIDS.
In his acceptance speech John noted that he “was there from the beginning. I remember when AIDS was called ‘gay pneumonia.’ My friends were dying.” John recalled how the obituary section of the San Francisco gay newspaper grew to take up three-quarters of the pages during the early 1980s. It was a tragic time that pushed John to work hard as an executive for WellPoint Health Networks where he managed health coverage for 2.1 million underserved members.
John maintains a close connection to Alliance for Housing and Healing. He knows that housing is healthcare and that the fight is not over.
Read more about the Paul Stark awards at the WeHoville website.
