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April 27, 2023 09:04 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

Alarming Rates of HIV and AIDS among Houston’s Blacks and Hispanics Bring National AIDS Memorial Quilt to the City

HOUSTON, April 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The statistics tell the story, and there’s a serious HIV crisis in Houston and even more specifically among Blacks and Hispanics. That's why the National...
March 22, 2023 12:03 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

National AIDS Memorial Quilt Stops in Memphis to Break the Stigma and Change the Pattern Around AIDS in Black and Brown Communities

MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Memphis ranks eighth in the nation for new HIV cases per year among large cities in the United States, according to the Infectious Disease Society...
February 22, 2023 11:07 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

National AIDS Memorial Announces Recipients of the Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Feb. 22, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AIDS Memorial announces that Bobbi-Angelica Morris, currently at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., and Joseph Taylor, at...
February 03, 2023 08:30 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

AIDS Memorial Quilt Heads to New Orleans and Baton Rouge to Change the Pattern and End HIV in Black and Brown Communities

NEW ORLEANS & BATON ROUGE, LA, Feb. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Louisiana has the fourth highest HIV diagnoses rates in the country, so beginning on Feb. 7, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness...
November 09, 2022 08:00 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

National AIDS Memorial Announces 2022-2023 Pedro Zamora Young Leaders Scholarship Recipients

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Nov. 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AIDS Memorial has announced its 2022/2023 Pedro Zamora Young Leaders scholars, its largest and most diverse class ever,...
September 29, 2022 10:50 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

Award Winning Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph Joins Change the Pattern Initiative as a Celebrity Ambassador to Reimagine the Fight to End HIV/AIDS in the South

Jackson, MS, Sept. 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Emmy-Award winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph joined together with Mississippi HIV/AIDS community leaders and advocates to launch the first major...
September 14, 2022 11:19 ET | Source: National AIDS Memorial

Major Display of AIDS Memorial Quilt Coming to Jackson and Surrounding Communities Sept. 28 – Oct. 4 to Change the Pattern in the Fight to End HIV in the South

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National AIDS Memorial and Southern AIDS Coalition are bringing the AIDS Memorial Quilt to the Jackson area Sept. 28 – Oct 4. as part of...