News 2014
In This Issue
This week we're profiling the comedienne Mo'Nique, one of the 15th anniversary Heroes in the Struggle honorees. Everybody knows that Mo'Nique is one of the funniest women on the planet. And who can forget her amazing, Academy Award-winning performance in the movie "Precious?" I met Mo'Nique 12 years ago when she was starring in "The Parkers". Most people don't know that she has been a tireless advocate in the fight against HIV/AIDS since the dark early days of the epidemic, using her unique talent to create opportunities to increase awareness.
Mo'Nique Shows the Power of Speaking Up to Shatter Stigma
The third in a series of profiles about the 15th Anniversary Black AIDS Institute Heroes in the Struggle Gala Reception and Awards Presentation honorees.
For the last 20 years, Mo'Nique has taken on stand-up, film, television and literature. But behind the glare of the cameras, she's also taken on a greater cause: raising awareness about HIV/AIDS.
Read more: Mo'Nique Shows the Power of Speaking Up to Shatter Stigma
Alicia Keys at the 2014 Essence Festival to Headline a Special Essence Empowerment Experience Panel with Greater Than AIDS and the Black AIDS Institute
Fifteen time Grammy Award-winning artist and HIV advocate Alicia Keys will join with Greater Than AIDS and ESSENCE to headline a special ESSENCE Empowerment Experience panel on Friday, July 4th at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on "Through Love of Self, Family and Community, Empowering Black Women to End AIDS."
Women Living with HIV and Healthy Pregnancies
Many women living with HIV wonder if they can have healthy pregnancies. Happily, the answer is yes: With good medical care, women with HIV can have healthy, HIV-negative babies and be strong and healthy parents.
Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling and Affirmative Action
Two events underscore just how badly off-the-mark the Supreme Court's ruling on race was. In a 6-2 decision, the Court upheld Michigan voters' amdendment to the state constitution to end the consideration of race as a factor in the state's higher-education admissions.* Almost on cue, racially charged incidents quickly followed the decision and unfolded in a way that seemingly only Hollywood could engineer.
Read more: Cliven Bundy, Donald Sterling and Affirmative Action