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OraSure Technologies,Inc. and Terry D. Fluker Present
NATIONAL BLACK HIV/AIDS
AWARENESS DAY
EVENT
February 26, 2012
“WHO ME? HIV/AIDS”
February 7, 2012 marks the 12th
year for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). It’s a day of free
testing, education and treatment. The focus is to raise awareness in the
African American community that AIDS is not over.
The African American
community continues to be hit particularly hard by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We
only make up 13% of the U.S. population yet we account for about 50% of all new
cases. Sad to say however, HIV is 100% preventable!
On Sunday, February 26, 2012,
OraSure Technologies,Inc. and Terry D. Fluker, producer and director, will host
one of its own drama stage plays entitled,
“WHO ME? HIV/AIDS”,
with a cast of
actors that are people with real-life personal stories of living with or being affected
by HIV/AIDS. This play showcases an array of talents filled with exciting music
featuring inspirational gospel singers and hip-hop artist. There is also a ballroom
scene with the Pittsburgh GLBTQ Community. It will be held at the August Wilson
Center, located at 980 Liberty Avenue downtown.
Terry Fluker has been very effective
in past events in reaching the African American Community with exciting HIV/AIDS
outreach education projects, partnering with AIDS Service Organizations and
programs in the Southwestern PA area.
Keep beating the drum for
everyone to get involved in helping to put an end to AIDS. So everyone will
have the right education and prevention tools to protect themselves or abstain
altogether!
Call 1-877-732-0401 for free
local testing.
This play is one you don’t
want to miss. Tickets are available by contacting Terry Fluker at 412-628-6813
or by emailing terryfluker29@yahoo.com or at Dorsey’s Records Shop 7614 Frankstown
Avenue, 15208. Tickets are $10.00.
Proceeds will also benefit further
HIV/AIDS Outreach work. (See our Ad on Page 50 of the Soul Pitt Quarterly Winter 2012 Edition)
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According to The National Black AIDS Day Organization, in 2009, an estimated 16,741 Blacks were diagnosed with AIDS in the US, a number that has slowly decreased since 2006. By the end of 2008, an estimated 240,627 Blacks with an AIDS diagnosis had died in the US. In 2007, HIV was the ninth leading cause of death for all Blacks and the third leading cause of death for both Black men and Black women aged 35-44. Unfortunately, many of those who are infected with HIV are unaware of their status and may unknowingly transmit the virus to others. While only representing 14% of the U.S. population, Blacks account for 44% of all new HIV infections, according to the most recent information collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 2009. Blacks are the most disproportionately impacted racial/ethnic group across all sub-populations (e.g., men, women, and youth) in the United States - at all stages of the disease - from new infections to deaths.
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