Tag Archives: HIV/AIDS

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

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)

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

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

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

Harlem’s Drag Ball History

Numerous historians and cultural commentators have traced the origins of today’s house ball scene to the notorious culture of Harlem drag balls in 1920′s and 1930′s New York. Continue reading

Harlem Dowling’s “Get Tested” Day

Health

Armed with bull horns and t-shirts that read “Get Tested”, Harlem Dowling volunteer youth brigade took to the streets of Harlem this past Friday. The six member team was on a mission to get passer buyers and residents to take part in the agency’s annual “National HIV Testing Day.” Continue reading

S.T.A.Y. Here in Harlem

Lifestyles

As Interns of Harlem World, we are given an opportunity to meet with some fabulous people and organizations, who are helping to bring positive change and hope to many people who live in our Harlem Community with HIV/AIDS.  Today, we met John A. Nelson, CPNP, PhD, Project STAY Nurse Practitioner, who is responsible for providing clinical care to HIV+ and HIV at-risk adolescents and young adults, community-based outreach, research, and program growth and development.  For those who may not know about S.T.A.Y, it stands for Services To Assist Youth and they have two locations, Continue reading

South Africa CD and Contest!

Music

Putumayo World Music is releasing South Africa, a celebration of the musical diversity of South Africa. This new album couldn’t come at a better time with South Africa on the international stage this year as the host of the World Cup this June/July. Along with this new album, we are also hosting a contest to win a trip to South Africa !! Continue reading

Touro College Discussion on HIV/AIDS

Dr. Stuart Feldman, dean of Touro College of Pharmacy, has announced that the college will host a panel discussion titled, “A Community Conversation on HIV/AIDS,” on Thursday, May 6, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Touro College of Pharmacy, Lecture Room 1, 230 West 125th Street, 4th floor, Manhattan. Continue reading