NBHAAD 2012 Information: New Jersey


Find an 2012 NBHAAD Event/Activity in:

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
Find an HIV Testing Site HERE!    
 
State
Population
:
Black Population
# and %
 
8,667,900
1,086,900 13%
 
Total
Percentage
Black Population Poverty Rate:
367,800
34%
State Cumulative AIDS Cases:
55,292
State's Black Cumulative AIDS Cases:
30,023
State's Total New AIDS Cases:
1,475
State's Black New AIDS Cases:
838
State's Black Annual AIDS Case Rate: per 100,000
89.5%
State's Total Persons Living with AIDS:
19,108
State's Total Black Persons Living with AIDS:
10,200
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

Jersey City

Horizon Health Center
Jasmine Phillips, Health Educator
714 Bergen Avenue
Jersey City, New Jersey

Office: 201-451-6300 ext. 2401
Fax: 201-451-3561
Email: jphillips@horizonhealth.org
Website
: www.horizonhealth.org

  • Community Health Fair
  • HIV Testing
  • There will be a short clip of the African American HIV statistics. Also there will be a quilt with patches for the names of people we lost to HIV AIDS. Interacting, Educational games.

Jersey City

Our Youth
Rob De Anthony,
President/Founder
133 North Street
Jersey City, New Jersey

Office: 201 303 8160
Fax: 201 839 5869
Email: ouryouth2006@yahoo.com
Website: www.ouryouthnj.org

  • Vigil / Dinner / Live Entertainment

Lawrenceville

Rider University Black Student Union
Ashley Theosmy
"It takes a village to fight HIV/AIDS!"
2083 Lawrenceville Road
Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Email: theosmya@rider.edu
Website: http://rider.edu  

  • Open discussion and information session to give awareness to the community about HIV/AIDS. 

 


Newark

Planned Parenthood of Metro New Jersey
Dawn Randleman,
Call Center Supervisor
151 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey

Office: 973-6223900-251
Fax: 973-622-1698
Email: Dawn.Randleman@Ppmnj.Org.

  • HIV Testing.

Newark

African American Office of Gay Concerns
Gary Paul Wright,
Executive Director
877 Broad Street, Suite 211
Newark, New Jersey

Office: 973-639-0700
Fax: 972-639-9722
Email: gpwright@aaogc.org
Website: www.aaogc.org

  • Community Forum
  • HIV Testing
  • Additional Comments: Our "event" has not been solidified as yet.  We are working with several groups to produce an event.

Newark

Newark Community Health Centers, Inc.
Gary Closeil,
CDC Program Manager
101 Ludlow Street
Newark, New Jersey

Office: 973-565-0355 ext. 1228
Fax: 973-565 -0461
Email: gcloseil@nchcfqhc.org
Website: www.nchcfqhc.org

  • “Youth Health & Wellness Resource Summit” in observation of “National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day”
  • “2012 Youth Health & Wellness Resource Summit.”  Newark Community Health Centers, Inc. (NCHC) is hosting this youth summit in observation of “National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day” on February 7, 2012.  At the Dr. Marion Bolden Student Center located 230 Broadway, Newark, NJ - Open to students of Newark, NJ High Schools. HIV Awareness educational workshops, Omega Psi Phi Step Show, RAP-IT-UP BET Networks giveaways, hosted by Poet Elijah Brown...

 


New Brunswick

Africana House (Douglass Residential College/Rutgers University)
Charney Robinson,
Community Coordinator
125 George Street
College Hall, Room 101
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Office: 732 932-2900 ext 102
Email: charneyr@echo.rutgers.edu
Website: HERE

  • HIV Testing
  • Public Service Announcement

New Brunswick

Hyacinth AIDS Foundation
Rev. Gerald Bailey, Chaplain
2 Mitchell Avenue
Piscataway, NJ 08854
317 George Street, Suite 203
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Office: 732-246-0204
Fax: 732-246-4137
Email: gbailey@hyacinth.org
Website: www.hyacinth.org

  • Special Prayer Service

Trenton

Henry J. Austin Health Center
MaryLou Freund,
HIV CTS Program Coordinator
321 N. Warren Street
Trenton, New Jersey

Office: 609-278-5951
Fax: 609-695-3532
Email: marylou.freund@henryjaustin.org
Website
: www.henryjaustin.org  

  • Community Forum
  • HIV Testing
  • Newspaper Article
  • Radio Broadcast