SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2012
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
ALUMNI HOUSE-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY
LIMITED SEATING - FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED
WORLD
AIDS DAY
Millions around the World
will recognize WORLD AIDS DAY on Saturday, December 1, 2012. In recognition of WORLD AIDS DAY bay area organizations collaborate
efforts: Get Screened Oakland, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, INC,
SHERO Women’s Empowerment Network,
Urban Coalition for HIV/AIDS Prevention Services WORLD,
and 100 Black Women, Inc, OBAC, “Sistahs Getting Real About HIV/AIDS” and
Gilead sciences, Inc , Hosts, “Many Women, One Voice African American
Women & HIV Screening & Panel
Discussion in recognition of WORLD AIDS
DAY on December 1st, at
Alumni House-University of California Berkeley Campus from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
World AIDS Day is held on 1
December each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the
fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate
people who have died. World AIDS Day was the first ever global health day and
the first one was held in 1988.
More than 90,000 people
are currently living with HIV in the UK and globally an estimated 33.3 million
people have HIV. More than 25 million people between 1981 and 2007 have died
from the virus, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.
Today, many scientific
advances have been made in HIV treatment, there are laws to protect people
living with HIV and we understand so much more about the condition. But despite
this, people do not know the facts about how to protect themselves and others
from HIV, and stigma and discrimination remain a reality for many people living
with HIV. World AIDS Day is important as it reminds the public and Government
that HIV has not gone away – there is still a vital need to raise money,
increase awareness, fight prejudice and improve education.
Many Women, One Voice African American Women & HIV screening
is so critical for women who still live in shame and fear to expose themselves
because of the many stigmas associated with HIV/AIDS.
Although World AIDS Day is a
great opportunity to get the public talking about HIV the need to remember the
importance of raising awareness of HIV all year round is critical to our
survival.
The event is being underwritten by Gilead along with support from
other sponsoring organizations:
While music and cheers
blared throughout the Global Village at the International AIDS Conference, a
small group of women gathered at the African/Black Diaspora Networking Zone to
learn more about HIV. For 20 minutes, the women tuned out the background noise
and focused their attention on a short documentary, "Many Women, One
Voice: African American Women and HIV."
The documentary, created
by Gilead Sciences and the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS,
highlighted the growing rate of HIV in African American women.
"The film really
put things into perspective, and the most important thing was that it provided
faces to voices — strong, healthy-looking women who look just like us
here," said Elma Kerry, a conference volunteer from Detroit.
African-American women
revealed their experiences from the moment they learned they were positive to
their everyday living. But the film wasn't just about their personal
revelations. Throughout the film, the phrase "It's not about me; it's
about somebody else" was constantly repeated. The short documentary was
about every African-American woman and the fight against HIV.
Vanessa Johnson, co-founder
of the National Women and AIDS Collective, was one of the women featured in the
film and a speaker at the conference, which was recently held in D.C. at the
Washington Convention Center. "I'm
encouraging those who are willing to spread the discussion educate our
communities and get involved in the fight," Johnson said
Speakers at the event include:
At birth,
Hydeia Broadbent was abandoned at the University Medical Center of Southern
Nevada in Las Vegas where Patricia and Loren Broadbent adopted her as an
infant. Although her HIV condition was congenital, she was not diagnosed as
HIV-positive with advancement to AIDS until age three. The prognosis was that
she would not live past the age of five. Now at the age of 27, Hydeia spends
her time spreading the message of HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention, by:
promoting abstinence, safe-sex practices (for people who choose to have sex),
and the initiative “Knowing Your HIV/AIDS Status.”
“People
think because I was born with HIV my story does not apply to them. Well this
same disease I am living with is the same disease you can get if you don’t know
the HIV status of the person you are considering becoming sexually active with
before hand, I ask people to use my testimony as a warning of what you don’t
want to go through.” Hydeia Broadbent
Hydeia
Broadbent began her debut as an HIV/AIDS activist and public speaker at six
years old. By 12 years old, Hydeia appeared on many national television
programs including Oprah, 20/20, Good Morning America, Weekly with Ed Gordon,
and “A Conversation with Magic Johnson” on Nickelodeon. She has been featured
in prominent publications to include; New York Times, Teen People,
Essence, YM, Ebony , Health Quest, Sister to
Sister, POZ, National Geographic, Real Health, Seventeen,
and Heart & Soul. She also graced the cover of TV Guide.
Hydeia has also taken part many of America’s talk radio programs including, The
Michael Eric Dyson Show, Russ Parr Morning Show, and The Tom Joyner Morning
Show.
Over the
next 10 years, Hydeia has become a notable speaker and guest panelist at many
of America’s most respected educational institutions including Duke University,
Morehouse School of Medicine, UCLA, USC, and Howard University. Hydeia has been
a featured speaker for the International AIDS Conference in 2006. She also
spoke at the 2007 Essence Music Festival as well as the 2007 AIDS Rally at the
Potters House lead by Bishop TD Jakes, in Dallas, Texas.
Cathy D. Adams
CDA Consulting Group
P.O. Box 23511
Oakland, Ca 94623
Phone: (5l0) 653-4085
Fax (510) 653-4083
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