In our everyday fight to continue to educate our communities about HIV and AIDS it’s sometimes easy to over-look the “minority” groups within the population of those infected with either disease. In my search to find more outstanding organizations to spotlight here, I found the “Deaf AIDS Project” in Maryland, located in the cities of Landover [...]
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The CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) has reached out to The Red Pump Project to have a conversation about National Women and Girls’ HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). This conversation will be taking place on Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 12 pm (EST)/ 11 am (CST) in the form of a TwitterView, an interview on [...]
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One night, in 1989, when HIV/AIDS was still thought of as a white, gay man’s disease, 13 women met together for a potluck to support each other and share experiences. They began calling themselves “BABES with AIDS”. The name was a way to acknowledge the difference from white men living with the disease. As they [...]
Read moreby Renisha James So what happens when HIV has turned into full blown AIDS and you can no longer take care of yourself independently? Everyday tasks become extremely difficult and your mental state is hanging by a thread. This image is not well-known in our media or mainstream news, accept to those who are close [...]
Read moreby Renisha James Most people have heard of homeless shelters… battered women and children shelters… But have you ever heard of an HIV/AIDS shelter? I hadn’t until I ran across the Francis House located in Tampa, Florida. The Francis House is a different type of HIV/AIDS organization in that it offers services that really aim [...]
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by Renisha James SisterLove, Inc. is one of those organizations that absolutely does it all. Based in Atlanta, GA with an international branch in South Africa, this powerful organization is in the fight for women’s lives; educating them about their reproductive health and focusing on the deadly epidemic of HIV/AIDS. Their Mission: SisterLove is on [...]
Read moreby Renisha James When in search of an HIV/AIDS organization that was making a solid and meaningful impact in its community, I ran across one that stood out simply by its title: LIFEBeat: The Music Industry Fights AIDS. Being a music lover, I was intrigued. Who Are They? “LIFEBeat is the music industry’s charitable organization [...]
Read moreby Sandra Davis Clue # 1: This HIV/AIDS organization is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metro area. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Washington, D.C. has the highest STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) infection rate and one of the highest HIV/AIDS in the United States. Clue # 2: For twenty years, this [...]
Read moreby Sandra Davis Clue #1: What Chicago based HIV/AIDS Organization provides housing, health and substance abuse programs for its clients? Clue 2: Dining Out for Life, is one of the signature fundraising events for this organization? If you said AIDSCare, then you are correct. Reward yourself, go window shopping for your next pair of Red [...]
Read moreHappy New Year! We’ve been flying off the radar this past month as we prepare for what 2010 holds for us. Emails have gone unanswered and the blog has gone updated. We are back though, and will be hitting the ground running. We do have something to show for our hiatus though. Introducing The Red [...]
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