Help us meet the match from Elton John!

In March of 2019, the NC AIDS Action Network launched the NC AIDS Action Network Endowment at the NC Community Foundation with a matching challenge gift of $75,000 from the Elton John AIDS Foundation. The matching gift was given in honor of Carolyn McAllaster, a longtime movement leader, founder of NC AIDS Action Network, and former board member who retired from Duke Law in 2019.

NC AIDS Action Network’s annual event Cocktails and Conversations, was designated in 2019 to support the endowment. At that event, Carolyn was recognized for her years of work on behalf of people living with HIV in North Carolina with The Order of the Long Leaf Pine, an award given by the governor of North Carolina to persons who have made significant contributions to the state and their communities. Cocktails and Conversations was cancelled in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A year later, we are hosting this annual event in a virtual format on April 22, 2021 with a new name: Cupcakes and Conversations!

Everyone who purchases a ticket will receive, in advance, a cupcake from Sunflour Baking Company, a local bakery in Charlotte, NC (your choice of caramel or in the tradition of Cocktails and Conversations red velvet Irish cream with Baileys baked in!) The virtual program will feature “conversation” from local and national HIV advocacy leaders. Revenue from Cupcakes and Conversations will go toward completing the challenge match from the Elton John AIDS Foundation, which was put on pause in 2020 due to COVID-19. We’re excited for this event to bring together people living with HIV, medical providers, advocates, friends, and philanthropic leaders to advance our work and meet the match from Elton John!

Please purchase tickets or sponsorship today! For tickets bought after April 12th, they may not arrive until after the event. 

Cupcakes and Conversations Host Committee 

Robert Greenwald, Adam Linker, Elaine Martin, Carolyn McAllaster, Sandy Moulton, Joy Ostroff, Damon Seils, Cindy Snyder, Jennifer Tolle Whiteside, Erik Valera, Jesse White

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