Pastors’ Wives Join Forces To Tackle Health Disparities
April 5, 2018
Thirty L.A.-area churches will host the 7th Annual Walgreens-sponsored First Ladies Health Day on Sunday, April 8.
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HIV/AIDS
Celebrating Black Women’s History: Achievements, Strengths and Struggles
March 1, 2018
Celebrating Black Women’s History: Achievements, Strengths and Struggles
A Covenant With Ourselves: Choosing Life, Rejecting Death
December 7, 2017
In the historical narrative of his return to Kemet to end isfet, political anarchy and injustice, and to re-establish Maat, a just and rightful order, the Nubian Pharaoh Piankhi speaks of this choice of life or death.
Trump Slights Africa in First Policy Speech to Leaders
September 28, 2017
He could also have mentioned major drives across the continent against polio which have cut down new cases to record lows.
Heroes in the Struggle: Taraji P. Henson, Gina Brown, Laverne Cox, Alfre Woodard and more Honored in Fight Against HIV/AIDS
September 28, 2017
Gina Brown was pregnant with her daughter when she received the news that she was HIV positive on April Fool’s Day in 1994.
Campaign Continues to Recruit Faith Leaders in Battling HIV Epidemic
August 9, 2017
100+ L.A. area churches join effort to position HIV as a social justice issue HIV/AIDS and faith may be an unlikely pairing to some, but the reality is that African American believers and non-believers alike are impacted by the disease. According to the Los Angeles County Department of Health, more than 49,000 people in the L.A. area are living with HIV. The rate of Black males infected with the virus is 2.5 times that of White males and the rate of Black females is 9.2 times that of White females. In Los Angeles, heterosexual contact accounted for 15% of new diagnoses
CDU/OASIS Clinic Crush Stigma for National HIV Testing Day
July 6, 2017
HIV testing is a free and important prevention tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS
U.S. Ambassador in Zimbabwe Assures No Cut in Funds for HIV
May 17, 2017
U.S. officials said the malaria and HIV/AIDS programs would be resilient even if the United States had to deny funding to existing healthcare providers.
It’s Time to Act Like Men and Women
April 19, 2017
Today is National Transgender HIV Testing Day and I’m making it a point to address the issues of our Transgender brothers and sisters.
Kat of Black Ink Crew Chicago Says ‘Safe Sex is Great Sex’
December 21, 2016
LA Sentinel chats with Katrina Jackson aka Kat of Black Ink Crew Chicago at 2016 AIDS Healthcare Foundation event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
Dawnn Lewis Talks HIV/AIDS Advocacy at 2016 AHF Event
December 18, 2016
The Los Angeles Sentinel talks with actress and singer Dawnn Lewis at 2016 AIDS Healthcare Foundation event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
Singer Rosalee at AHF Keep the Promise Event
December 17, 2016
The Los Angeles Sentinel catches up with singer Rosalee at 2016 AIDS Healthcare Foundation event at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
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I Choose Life Health and Wellness Center and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. Tees it up Against HIV/AIDS
November 2, 2016
The event was a tremendous success and very well attended with 72 golfers and 127 supporters, all of whom received HIV/AIDS information
The Best Tool in Your Tool Box
June 9, 2016
I Choose Life Health and Wellness Center has been working with the young people at John Hope Continuation High School in South Central Los Angeles promoting…
They Say, ‘It Appears That no one Cares’: But We Do!
March 24, 2016
In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, I saw a story entitled, ‘It appears that no one cares’: Report slams Juvenile Hall for filthy conditions and poor leadership. In the story, they depicted Los Angeles County’s Central Juvenile Hall as a leaderless operation with “unacceptable” and “deplorable” conditions similar to a “Third World country prison.” The story went on to say, that some of the walls were covered in gang graffiti and filth and that no one made an effort to wash it away. Morale among staffers was at “dungeon lows from a workforce that claims to be