History
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.
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