We have all heard the facts about HIV and AIDS. The statistics are broken down by race, gender, age, nation, and every conceivable data driven segmentation. -Epidemiological data tells us that over 35 million people are living with HIV worldwide and approximately 18 million, over half, are women. -HIV is the world’s leading infectious killer. -An estimated 39 million people …
Black Women & the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: The Nation’s Progress in “Ending AIDS” on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
For Immediate Release: February 7, 2015 Contact: Linda H. Scruggs at [email protected] or 202-299-7832 Since the earliest days of the AIDS epidemic, HIV and AIDS surveillance data have revealed that black women remain a disproportionately impacted demographic among women living in the United States. As we observe February 7th, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), this fact remains true. …
AHF’s Black AIDS Crisis Taskforce (ABACT) media launch on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Saturday February 7th.
ABACT, an AHF initiative to create a coalition of African American health advocates and cultural influencers who will individually promote sexual responsibility and collectively help combat stigma and shame in the African-American community. The group will work to directly address the various factors that contribute to years of national and international statistics that show people of African descent continue to be disproportionately …
International Condom Day!
This year, WORLD will be teaming up with AHF on Thursday, February 12th at Laney College in Oakland to promote the use of condoms as a means of preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STI’s) We hope to see you there! International Condom Day Facts According to the CDC, 1 in 20 Americans will get infected with hepatitis B …
STATEMENT IN OBSERVANCE & SOLIDARITY
Lamia Beard, “…never feared living in her truth and standing up for herself.” http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/murdered-trans-womans-family-celebrates-her-life.” It is disheartening that we start 2015 with the loss of yet another life to violence for “living in their truth”. What is known is that Lamia Beard, a Norfolk, VA resident died because she lived in a world where violence is often the …
SAVE THE DATE: Nena’s Retirement Party
Join WORLD in a celebration and send-off of Nena Bridges! As of the new year, Nena has retired and we want to say goodbye to her in style! January 23rd 2015 5:30 pm @ Club BNB (Bench & Bar) 2120 Broadway