Season’s Greetings!
We are very proud of this past year’s collective work of the Black AIDS Institute staff and contributing partners. Our mission is to stop the AIDS pandemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV and AIDS.
To accomplish our mission the Institute interprets public and private sector HIV policies, conducts trainings, offers technical assistance, disseminates information and provides advocacy mobilization from a uniquely and unapologetically Black point of view.
It’s been a wonderful year for the Institute and we are pleased to share highlights with you on the 2009 activities we found the most momentous.
- The Institute launched the Black AIDS Media Partnership in promoting the Greater Than AIDS Campaign nationally through multiple media channels such as radio and billboard, the campaign was most recently featured at the Denver Nuggets game on World AIDS Day.
- The CitySheet Series was introduced as a resource that provides community stakeholders who want to get involved in stopping the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Black community with local information and potential partners in one succinct document.
- The Black AIDS Institute was featured on CNN’s Black AIDS in America 2, Soledad O’Brien’s 4-hour Documentary, on July 22 & 23, 2009. The Documentary was co-produced with Essence magazine and explored creative approaches to community solutions around the country.
- Over the summer we coordinated HIV testing at NNPA, NAACP, and Urban League national conventions, as well as at the Essence Music Festival; a total of about 1000 tests were delivered through these events.
- Black AIDS Weekly was relaunched to highlight news, events, and editorial related to Black HIV/AIDS. The publication is an important resource to keep our friends, partners and community members up-to-date on Black HIV/AIDS news and events.
- We presented workshops and/or plenary at each of the following conventions: National Newspaper Publisher’s Association, NAACP, Urban League, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, and the National Council of Negro Women.
To celebrate the season of giving, we encourage you to make a donation to the Black AIDS Institute to help us keep this tremendous momentum going. The Institute relies on your tax deductible donations to continue our important work in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the Black community
Best wishes and Seasons Greetings from the Staff and Board of Directors at the Black AIDS Institute.
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