Aids HIV Town Hall meeting 2-13
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The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) In partnership with the Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative (AAALI) presents: A NOBLE FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS The community is invited to express opinions and thoughts at a Town Hall Meeting Friday, February 22, 2013 3:00 P.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sheraton Inner Harbor, 300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Featuring: Author Tina McElroy Ansa - HIV/AIDS Activist Mary Bowman - Keith Holt HIV/AIDS Educator and representatives from the law enforcement and corrections community Free HIV Testing available 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.- For more info. contact Pam Chapman (703) 658-1529 Join NOBLE to Learn the Answers to your Questions: What are the HIV/AIDS issues affecting your community? What can you and your communities do to address HIV/AIDS? How can law enforcement agencies engage the community and work with organizations to address HIV/AIDS? The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that African Americans ac- counted for nearly half (44%) of all new infections in 2010, despite making up only 14% of the population. Young people aged 13 - 29 accounted for 39% of all new HIV infections since 2009. In 2010, black men accounted for 70% (14,700) of the estimated 20,900 new HIV infections among all adult and adolescent blacks. The estimated rate of new HIV infection for black men (103.6/100,000 population) was seven times as high as that of white men, twice as high as that of Latino men, and nearly three times as high as among black women. (Source: CDC.gov)
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The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE)
In partnership with the Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative (AAALI) presents:
A NOBLE FOCUS ON HIV/AIDS
The community is invited to express opinions and thoughts at a
Town Hall Meeting
Friday, February 22, 2013 3:00 P.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sheraton Inner Harbor, 300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Featuring:
Author Tina McElroy Ansa - HIV/AIDS Activist Mary Bowman - Keith Holt HIV/AIDS Educator and representatives from the law enforcement and corrections community
Free HIV Testing available 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.- For more info. contact Pam Chapman (703) 658-1529
Join NOBLE to Learn the Answers to your Questions:
What are the HIV/AIDS issues affecting your community?
What can you and your communities do to address HIV/AIDS?
How can law enforcement agencies engage the community and
work with organizations to address HIV/AIDS?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that African Americans ac-counted for nearly half (44%) of all new infections in 2010, despite making up only 14% of the population.
Young people aged 13 - 29 accounted for 39% of all new HIV infections since 2009.
In 2010, black men accounted for 70% (14,700) of the estimated 20,900 new HIV infections among all adult and adolescent blacks. The estimated rate of new HIV infection for black men (103.6/100,000 population) was seven times as high as that of white men, twice as high as that of Latino men, and nearly three times as high as among black women.
(Source: CDC.gov)
