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AIDS WALK By The Harlem Youth Court Grads

Posted on May 16, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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The Danny Tisdale Show with Debra Fraser-Howze

Posted on April 7, 2013 by | Leave a comment

Debra_Fraser-HowzeListen to The Danny Tisdale Show on the Harlem World Magazine Radio Podcast show with host Danny as he sings happy birthday to Debra Fraser Howze talks about SVP of Government and External Affairs for OraSure. Ms. Fraser-Howze worked for two decades of global leadership to communities of color regarding teenage pregnancy, social welfare, and HIV and AIDS. She advised two U.S. Presidents while serving on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS from 1995-2001, she is the founder of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS in Harlem and her daughter is Sheena Wright, from Abyssian Development Corporation. Continue reading →

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Magic Johnson Kicks Off HIV Awareness Campaign

Posted on March 26, 2013 by | 2 Comments

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 →

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

Posted on February 17, 2013 by | Leave a comment

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 →

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Alicia Keys Concert to support HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in Harlem

Posted on February 8, 2013 by | 1 Comment

Keys - Fraser-HowzeDebra Fraser-Howze (right), Senior Vice President of Government and External Affairs at OraSure Technologies presents a donation to Alicia Keys for her Keep a Child Alive Foundation. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: RIP Ed Koch

Posted on February 3, 2013 by | Leave a comment

image“How’m I doing?” Even if you didn’t grow up in New York in the late ’70s and ’80s, you’d probably recognize Ed Koch’s mayoral mantra—on TV talk shows, hosting Saturday Night Live, on book tours for his best-selling memoir, Mayor. Continue reading →

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Starbucks to Donate to Red for World AIDS Day

Posted on November 30, 2012 by | Leave a comment

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Starbucks Corp. is donating a portion of its proceeds on World AIDS Day to help fight the disease. Continue reading →

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Walter’s World: Ramping Up for A Ramp To Paradise 2

Posted on November 2, 2012 by | Leave a comment

By Walter Rutledge

A Ramp to Paradise 2 is now less than a week away from its première on Thursday, November 8, 7:30pm at the Kumble Theater, Long Island University Campus, in downtown Brooklyn. This new version of the 2010 Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center’s presentation promises to be an exciting interactive multi-media dance and theatre experience. The production pays tribute to the legendary New York dance club of the 1970’s and 80’s twenty-five years after its closing. Continue reading →

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St. Mary’s Center’s Upcoming 20th Anniversary Celebration in Harlem Today

Posted on October 15, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Harlem’s St. Mary’s Center, a skilled nursing facility and adult day health care program for people living with HIV/AIDS, is celebrating 20 years of providing quality medical and social services to people living with HIV/AIDS in New York City. Continue reading →

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Magic Johnson: Test for HIV in ‘Your Own Home’ (video)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Ervin “Magic” Johnson, the former NBA Most Valuable Player and HIV/AIDS advocate, is the face of first over-the-counter HIV test. Continue reading →

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