NBHAAD 2012 Information: Georgia


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State HIV/AIDS Department/Division - Website  
CDC HIV/AIDS State Profile - State Profile (PDF Doc)
National Center for HIV, Hepatitis, STD and Tuberculosis Prevention - Website
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State
Population
:
Black Population
# and %
 
9,671,400
2,800,400 - 29%
 
Total
Percentage
Black Population Poverty Rate:
1,003,600
36%
State Cumulative AIDS Cases:
39,460
State's Black Cumulative AIDS Cases:
26,241
State's Total New AIDS Cases:
1,391
State's Black New AIDS Cases:
1,041
State's Black Annual AIDS Case Rate: per 100,000
44.5%
State's Total Persons Living with AIDS:
20,011
State's Total Black Persons Living with AIDS:
13,794
Source - Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts: www.statehealthfacts.org

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2012 Events/Activities Registered

City

Contact Information

Activities/Events Planned

Athens

AIDS Athens
Elisa Zarate,
Client Services Coordinator
112 Park Avenue
Athens, Georgia

Office: 706-549-3730
Fax: 706-549-2730
Email: elisa@aidsathens.org
Website: www.aidsathens.org

  • HIV Testing

Athens

Northeast Health District
Amy Woodell, Health Educator
220 Research Dr
Athens, Georgia

Office: 706-583-2792
Email: atwoodell@dhr.state.ga.us

  • HIV Testing

Atlanta

AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta
Eulisa White, Data Manager
131 Ponce de Leon Avenue, Suite 130
Atlanta, Georgia

Office: 404-876-2317
Fax: 404-872-1701
Email: eulisaw@arcatlanta.org
Website: www.arcatlanta.org

  • HIV Testing
  • Cash Incentive

Atlanta

Shy Temple CME Church Health & Wellness Ministry
Patricia Yates-Rand, Coordinator
2012 Memorial Drive
Atlanta, Georgia

Email: yatespa@hotmail.com

  • Display with free handouts on HIV/AIDS awareness along with testing sites.

 


Atlanta

Clark Atlanta University
Karla M. Scipio, Nurse Educator
223 James P. Brawley Drive
Atlanta, Georgia

Office: 404-880-8322
Fax: 404-880-6010
Email: kscipio@cau.edu

  • Community Health Fair
  • Public Service Announcement
  • Celebrity Basketball Game

Atlanta

AID Atlanta, Inc.
Lamont Scales,
Prevention Programs Manager
1605 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia

Office: 404-870-7722
Fax: 404-870-7719
Email: lamont.scales@aidatlanta.org
Website
: www.aidatlanta.org

  • HIV Testing
  • Free rapid anonymous or confidential HIV test.

 


Atlanta

Party With A Purpose, Inc.
Robert Owens, CEO/Founder
223 James P. Brawley Dr.
Atlanta, Georgia

Office: 678.658.0378
Email: loveandbasketball@aol.com
Website
: www.loveandbasketball.org

  • Community Forum
  • HIV Testing
  • Public Service Announcement
  • DRIVEN Student Organization along with Party with a Purpose, Incorporated and CAU Health Services present to you Love and Basketball Celebrity Basketball Game. Love & Basketball is an event to unite celebrities, communities, and its partners in an effort to increase the level of awareness of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and to promote healthy living within the community in an innovative, fun, and engaging way.
  • This event will serve as a platform for HIV/AIDS awareness advocates addressing the community as well as raising the consciousness about preventative measures. We seek to achieve this goal by having a interactive panel discussion, providing free AIDS/HIV Testing for the Atlanta University Center community, contraceptives, information about prevention, and assistance for those who may be living with the disease

Atlanta

H.I.P. (HIV Intervention Project)
Greg Smith, Executive Director
250 Georgia Ave SE, Suite 309
Atlanta, Georgia

Office: 4048551447
Email: gregsmith@thatship.org
Website: www.thatship.org

  • Candlelight Vigil
  • Mayoral Proclamation
  • Newspaper Article
  • Press Conference
  • Public Service Announcement
  • Radio Broadcast
  • Additional Comments. I look forward to working with you Dr. Evans

Atlanta

HOPE Atlanta Programs of
Travelers Aid of Metropolitan Atlanta

Dr. Harvinder Makkar,
Director of HIV/AIDS Program
75 Marietta Street, Suite 400
Atlanta, Georgia

Office: 404-817-7070x123
Fax: 404-817-9922
Email: harvindermakkar@hopeatlanta.org Website: www.hopeatlanta.org

  • HIV Testing

Augusta

Augusta Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.
Angel Little, President
P.O. Box 938
Augusta, Georgia

Email: sororpresidentaac@aol.com   

  • Art Competition
  • Community Health Fair
  • Mayoral Proclamation
  • Newspaper Article
  • Public Service Announcement

Augusta

Serenity Bahavioral Health Systems
Carol Boone
3421 Mike Padgett Highway
Augusta, Georgia

Office: 706-432-4845
Fax: 706-432-4930
Email: cboone@serenitybhs.com

  • HIV Testing

Cartersville

AIDS Alliance of Northwest Georgia
Lola Thomas,
Executive Director
1 Friendship Plaza, 3rd Floor
Cartersville, Georgia

Office: 770-606-0953
Fax: 770-606-8462
Email: info@aanwg.org
Website: www.aanwg.org

  • HIV Testing
  • Newspaper Article

Jessup

CARE INC.
Iman V. Johnson,
Prevention Coordinator
105 W. Plum Street
Jessup, Georgia

Office: 912-530-8078
Fax: 912-530-9188
Email: iman@jesupcare.com
Website: www.jesupcare.com

  • HIV Testing
  • Newspaper Article
  • Public Service Announcement
  • Radio Broadcast
  • TV/Cable Programming

 


Macon

Middle Georgia "Sisterhood", Inc.
Beverlyn Hudson, CFO/Women's Health & Education Chair
2044 Pio Nono Avenue
Macon, Georgia

Email: beverlynhudson@aol.com

  • Community Forum
  • HIV Testing
  • Mayoral Proclamation
  • Press Conference
  • Super Bowl Sunday, we will host a testing event at a local night club which hosts a large Super Bowl Event.

Morrow

S.A.F.E. (STI Awareness for Everyone) Rasheen A. Hunter
2000 Clayton State Blvd
Student Activity Center Mail Box 101  Morrow, Georgia

Office: 8432981122
Email: rhunter4@student.clayton.edu 

  • Candlelight Vigil
  • Community Forum
  • Community Health Fair
  • HIV Testing

Savannah

Savannah State University
Jacqueline Awe,
Director of Student Development
3219 College Street
Post Office Box 20524
Savannah, Georgia

Office: 912-358-3114
Fax: 912-358-3630
Email: awej@savannahstate.edu  

  • HIV Testing
  • Other: Outreach, Information Dissemination, Releasing of Balloons
  • Community Forum
  • Community Health Fair
  • Testing
  • March/Rally
  • Newspaper Article
  • Public Service Announcement on HIV/AIDS Awareness
  • Walk & Balloon release The 1st annual Black HIV AIDS Awareness fair (walk/balloon release) event is an open community forum to celebrate African American awareness about HIV/AIDS and to support the mission of World AIDS Day which is to educate the unknowing and to commemorate those affected by this epidemic.

Savannah

Savannah State University
Johnnie Dumas Myers, Ph.D., Associate Professor
SBS Department/Savannah State University
3219 College Street
Savannah, Georgia

Office: 912-358-3227
Fax: 912-692-4558
Email: myersj@savannahstate.edu  Website: www.savannahstate.edu

  • Candlelight Vigil
  • Community Forum
  • HIV Testing
  • Public Service Announcement
  • Greek and Non-Greek Stroll Competition, vocal Artist, and movie

Stone Mountain

AID Africa
Connie Anam, Founder/President
1342 Muirfield Drive
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Email: aidafricacharity@gmail.com

  • Community Forum