The Pew Internet and American Life Project released new data last week showing that 56% of all American adults use smartphones. At AIDS.gov, we have seen growth in mobile access to our website. Since January, 2013, nearly 37% of visits to AIDS.gov have been from a mobile device. This has already surpassed the total mobile visits from 2012. The HIV community should take note of the growth in smartphone usage. Here are a few things from the report that may be of interest. What Pew found: … [Read more...]
Aids.gov, ‘highlighted videos’, HIV/AIDS epidemic on African American
February 5, 2013 by
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), observed annually on February 7, provides an excellent opportunity to build HIV awareness within and beyond African American communities. Today, we highlight videos—both new and old—that are available through AIDS.gov and can be used to generate conversation about the disproportionate impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on African American communities. Each year, individuals across the country take part in AIDS.gov’s Facing AIDS photo-sharing … [Read more...]
Twitter Event – Feb 5 @ 2 PM, National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
February 5, 2013 by
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with its partners, will be hosting a Twitter Event tomorrow, Tuesday, February 5, at 2pm ET, to commemorate National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) This is celebrated annually on February 7. Twitter events give us an opportunity to connect with people across the country and in every community. For tomorrow’s Twitter chat we have already asked for and received numerous questions from community members on … [Read more...]
WOMAN of ACTION™ – Rosa Parks *Tribute
March 6, 2012 by
WOMAN of ACTION™ Tribute Rosa Parks "Back then, we didn't have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down." -Rosa Parks Rosa Louise McCauley was born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. At age 2, Rosa moved to Pine Level, Alabama, to live with her grandparents, and at age … [Read more...]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day– February 7
February 6, 2012 by
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – February 7 February 6, 2012 (This message is also available on video.) On this National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we have greater opportunity than ever before to reverse the HIV epidemic in Black America and the nation as a whole. Today, we have a National HIV/AIDS Strategy that directs the nation to focus its prevention efforts on communities at greatest risk, including African-Americans – the racial group most severely … [Read more...]
Kwanzaa: A Celebration to Enrich the Soul, Holly Allender
December 25, 2010 by
Kwanzaa: A Celebration to Enrich the Soul By Holly Allender In the depths of the Civil Rights Movement during the mid-1960s, an answer to cultural identity crisis came to a climax. Amongst the riots, the deaths of Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and all the other injustices, a new tradition touplift and celebrate African-Americans was created – Kwanzaa. From those hard, horrible times, this holiday was created to celebrate and honor African-American and Pan-African … [Read more...]
