Category Archives: HIV

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Magic Johnson Kicks Off HIV Awareness Campaign

Magic+SpeaksAbout 250,000 people in the US have HIV and don’t know it. These people are unknowingly responsible for up to 75% of new infections. Almost half of new infections are among African Americans. Continue reading

HW Pick: Tony Kushner, “How to Survive a Plague” And Harlem (video)

The video clip above is from Thursday’s edition of “Charlie Rose” on PBS, Pulitzer Prize winner (and Oscar nominee this year for “Lincoln”) Tony Kushner praised David France’s Oscar-nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague while discussing the legacy of his Angels in America. Continue reading

Alicia Keys Black Ball ’12: Keep A Child Alive Event

Harlem’s Alicia Keys continues to do great work for the children of the world in her organization Keep A Child Alive cause.

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Harlem’s African Services Committee Benefits From New Social Media Intiative

African Services Committee, a nonprofit based in Harlem that combats malnutrition, tuberculosis and AIDS in New York City and Ethiopia will benefit from an unusual Nantucket, Massachusetts initiative.  Continue reading

A Rare Haven for Gay Men and Lesbians in Harlem

In a church nestled among a row of residential brownstones, parishioners clapped and danced as a woman began to testify. Continue reading

Harlem’s Anika Noni Rose at Elton John’s annual Oscar party

Harlem resident, Tony Award-winning actress and singer Anika Noni Rose delivered a style no-no upon arriving at Elton John’s annual Oscar party at West Hollywood Park in West Hollywood, California in this revealing Basil Soda bomb. Continue reading

Touro College Honors C. Virginia Fields on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TouroCOM) honored former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, president & CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. Continue reading

Harlemite Maria Davis Makes AIDS History With amfAR As They Celebrate 25 Years Of Research (video)

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research and Harlem’s Maria Davis have come together to celebrate amfAR’s 25 years of work by telling her compelling story to share about her battle with HIV/AIDS and how she is defying the odds and making a difference.

Maria Davis, is a Harlemite who was diagnosed with HIV in 1995, she was a successful hip hop promoter and worked closely on Jay-Z’s first album ‘Reasonable Doubt’ before her world was turned upside-down. Continue reading

HIV/AIDS Policy And Program Expert Soraya Elcock Returns To Harlem United

Soraya Elcock, well-known policy advocate and HIV/AIDS program expert, returns to Harlem United Community AIDS Center as Senior Director of Policy and Business Development.  In the newly created role, Ms. Elcock will complete the Policy Division, joining Kimberleigh Smith, Senior Director of City and State Policy, and Kali Lindsey, Senior Director of Federal Policy. Continue reading