ABOUT NBHAAD

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness & Information Day, held annually on February 7, began in 2001 as an effort to educate African Americans about the threat HIV/AIDS poses to them and its devastating effects on communities. The day is part of a national mobilization effort to get African Americans to learn more about the disease, get tested, and make a commitment to fight HIV/AIDS.

NBHAAD was created by the Community Capacity Building Coalition, a group composed of the organizations: Concerned Black Men, Inc. of Philadelphia; The Mississippi Urban Research Center at Jackson State University; Health Watch Information and Promotion Service; the National Black Alcoholism & Addiction Council; and the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS. The Coalition is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and uses those funds to provide HIV/AIDS prevention capacity-building assistance to community-based organizations in African American neighborhoods.

For the 2004 commemoration, events will be held in the following cities: Atlanta, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New Orleans, New York, Oakland, CA, Philadelphia, Raleigh-Durham, NC, Trenton, NJ, and Washington, DC.