Baltimore Planning Council Recognizes Public Official with a Greater Than AIDS Plaque

A Baltimore public official was recently honored with a Greater Than AIDS plaque during a swearing-in ceremony at city hall. The Baltimore City Commission on HIV/AIDS attended in support of the planning council's efforts.

The Baltimore Planning Council developed the Greater Than AIDS plaque to recognize leadership on AIDS. The awards given out last week consisted of a postcard-sized hardcopy of the Greater than AIDS image encased within a poster frame and surrounded by black matting. Printed on the back of each of the poster frames is a commitment statement: "As a community, we declare: BALTIMORE > AIDS." This declaration was surrounded by the signatures of community and council members in support of this community commitment statement.

“The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Black AIDS Institute should be very proud of your team's work in the Greater Than AIDS campaign,” says Member of the Commission on HIV/AIDS for Baltimore City Cyd Lacanienta. “The concept is simple and powerful, its message particularly relevant for Baltimore where, in 2006, 89 percent of the new AIDS cases in the city were African Americans. We thank you for the remarkable banners that your team has designed and posted for sharing.”

Click here for more information on the national Greater Than AIDS campaign.

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