Tony Christon-Walker
Tony D. Christon-Walker (born c. 1967 in Birmingham) is director of prevention and community partnerships for AIDS Alabama and co-founder of Birmingham Black Pride.
Christon-Walker learned that he was HIV-positive in the mid 1990s. He managed the
In January 2021 he opened AIDS Alabama's PrEP clinic for prevention treatment at El Centro/The Hub on 7th Avenue South in Lakeview.
In 2014 Christon-Walker was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He was treated successfully at Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Atlanta, Georgia and volunteers as a patient mentor there. He was invited to participate in a White House event marking renewed effort to fund a "Cancer Moonshot" research program in February 2022.
After Sheila Tyson resigned from the Birmingham City Council in November 2018 to be sworn into the Jefferson County Commission, Christon-Walker was one of sixteen applicants for the vacant District 6 seat. Crystal Smitherman was appointed. In the 2021 Birmingham municipal election Christon-Walker qualified for the District 6 seat on the Birmingham Board of Education, but withdrew. Leticia Watkins won that election.
Publications
- Christon-Walker, Tony (2020) Walking in Truth: Fatherhood. self-published. ISBN 9798654538789
References
- Swain, Sharron (January 11, 2021) "El Centro/The Hub opens today, Jan. 5, in Lakeview—why it matters" Bham Now
- Simek, Michelle (March 12, 2021) "The Testers are Being Tested: How HIV testing sites are adapting to the COVID pandemic." Positively Aware
- Tigner (October 31, 2021) "Tony Christon-Walker walks in his truth as a gay Black father." RollingOut.com
- "Cancer Health 25: Tony Christon-Walker" (June 16, 2022) CancerHealth