Here are the facts:
HIV is one of the leading causes of death for Black adults in the U.S.
Among youth aged 13-24, Blacks accounted for 61% of HIV diagnoses.
Black women account for 70% of all female infections in Boston.
In one study, 46% of young Black men who have sex with men tested HIV positive.
Black Bostonians are 4 times more likely than other residents to die of AIDS.
1/3 of Blacks in Massachusetts who test HIV+ already have AIDS by the time they get into care.
Be part of the solution.
Join us for a community discussion about ending AIDS in our community. The statistics are shocking, and the silence and stigma must end. Through this local dialogue we are calling on the community and other partners to issue a call to action to stop AIDS in Black America.
Join us at Hibernian Hall, May 31, 2007, 6-9 pm. Click here to RSVP Today.
Keynote Speaker (pictured): Phill Wilson, Executive Director, Black AIDS Institute, Los Angeles.
Other Panelists Will Include:
Douglas Brooks, MSW, LCSW, Vice President, Health Services, Justice Resource Institute.
Catherine duBois Gaynes, HIV/AIDS Activist and Educator.
Reverend Martin D. McLee, J.D., Senior Pastor, Union United Methodist Church.
Harold Cox, Moderator, Associate Dean, Boston University School of Public Health.
This event is free and open to the public. Hibernian Hall, 182-184 Dudley Street, Roxbury, MA 02120 6:00 6:30 pm:
Free Catered Reception 6:30 9:00 pm: Town Hall Meeting Click here to RSVP or call 617-450-1644.
Cosponsored by: AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, Black AIDS Institute, Boston Public Health Commission, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Justice Resource Institute, and the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts.
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