Monday, April 16, 2007
News Spelman gets Empowe(RED)
Posted by Alyssa Abkowitz on Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 7:56 PM
Spelman College has joined forces with Global Fund's (PRODUCT) RED campaign to help African-American women understand the threat of HIV/AIDS. The (PRODUCT) RED campaign is known for partnering with corporate giants such as Gap and Apple to raise a slew of money to help stop the epidemic.
As part of Spelman's Empowe(RED) campaign, the college will host students from an Atlanta high school for a workshop on HIV/AIDS on Thursday. Following the workshop, Spelman will take the women to an event sponsored by Magic Johnson, the famed basketball player who has lived with AIDS for more than a decade. Johnson will be in town to talk about the rapid rise of HIV/AIDS in the African-American community.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, African-Americans are 10 times more likely to contract HIV than whites. Here in Georgia, about 66 percent of individuals with HIV/AIDS are black, even though blacks comprise just 30 percent of the population.
For more info on how you can participate in Spelman's Empowe(RED) campaign, visit www.theservicecoalition.com. For more info on Magic Johnson's event, visit www.istandwithmagic.com.
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