NAACP: A State of Emergency: The HIV/AIDS Crisis In The Black Community

NAACP 97th Annual Convention Voting Our Values: Valuing Our Votes

July 15th HEALTH SYMPOSIUM
Seventy-two African Americans are infected with HIV every day. African Americans account for over 50 percent of estimated new HIV/AIDS cases and 51 percent of the people who die with AIDS each year. This symposium will focus on the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the Black Community, and more specifically on how to mobilize Black America around the HIV/AIDS crisis.

MODERATOR:

Rupert Richardson
Member, NAACP National Board of Directors
Chair, NAACP National Health Committee

PANELISTS:

Pernessa Seale
Executive Director
The Balm In Gilead Inc.

Phill Wilson
Executive Director
The Black AIDS Institute

Debra Fraser-Howze, MA
President & CEO
National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS

Dr. Kim Smith
Rush Medical Center

Dr. Gail Wyatt
Associate Director, UCLA AIDS Institute

Honorable Donna M. Christensen (VI)
US House of Representatives

HEALTH ADVOCACY LUNCH
SPONSORED BY: PFIZER Inc

PRESIDING:

Lacy Steele
Member, NAACP National Board of Directors

INVOCATION:

Rev. Patrice DeLeon
Member, NAACP National Health Committee

LUNCH PERFORMANCE:

Sheryl Lee Ralph

SPONSOR GREETINGS:

Janice Cruz Rowe
Multicultural Marketing Team Leader
Pfizer Inc

LUNCH SERVED—FILM VIEWING: “COVER”
INTRODUCTION OF SPEAKER:

Dr. Annie B. Martin
Member, NAACP National Heath Committee

SPEAKER:

Rae Lewis Thornton
Rae Lewis-Thornton, Inc

REMARKS:

Karen Boykins-Towns
Vice Chair, NAACP National Heath Committee

BENEDICTION:

Dr. Kenyon Burke
Member, NAACP National Health Committee