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• Arkansas HIV/AIDS Task Force Final Report Requests $3 Million for Awareness Efforts, Testing Sites
• Absence of "Frank Talk" About HIV/AIDS Hurts Black Women in Washington, D.C., Opinion Piece Says
• Magic Johnson: Take AIDS Fight Into Black Communities
• An Open Letter From Phill Wilson, CEO, Black AIDS Institute on the Election of President-Elect Barack Obama and the Potential to Strengthen the National AIDS Response
• Mississippi: Health Department Fights Criticism Over HIV Effort

• Profiles in Courage
  African Americans on living, loving and fighting with HIV
• Movers & Shakers
  From rapping onstage to representing in the Senate, African-American stars are rallying to the cause
• How Is HIV Different in African Americans?
  Expert medical opinions on HIV differences in African Americans
• Issues & Actions
  Movers and shakers offer expert advice on turning the epidemic around
• HIV & Black Churches
  Tools for HIVers seeking a church to call their own, or church members looking to set up HIV-related programs
• Special Reports
  A collection of in-depth examinations of the state of HIV in black America, with a focus on policy and activism
• The 411 on HIV in 2008
  Overview, resources, readings, statistics and events not to miss

• What is the most critical HIV/AIDS issue facing the African-American community?
• What are the top myths that you encounter about HIV/AIDS in the African-American community?
• How have your relationships with family and friends changed since you were diagnosed?

To measure a person's heartbeat, you take their pulse. To take the pulse of a community, you ask its leaders the hard questions. That's just what The Body did with a host of movers and shakers, including Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama.

Read about more Movers and Shakers

Move over, Oprah, Colin and Condi: Here come more than a dozen of the most inspiring African Americans you'll ever meet. From Greg Braxton (left) in Chicago to Precious Jackson in Los Angeles, you'll meet men and women who are committed to making a difference.

Read other Profiles in Courage

Need inspiration?
Read this interview
with Phill Wilson,
long-time HIV
survivor and
founder of
the Black
AIDS Institute.



   Download the 47-minute podcast
   Read the interview

HIV/AIDS is the number
one cause of death
among African-American
women aged 25-34.
One of the most
eloquent women
speaking out on
this issue is
actress and singer Sheryl
Lee Ralph.

   Download the 11-minute podcast
   Read Sheryl Lee Ralph's powerful plea

Expert medical opinions on HIV differences in African Americans

People say that HIV is color blind -- and they're right. But let's not kid ourselves: HIV may be the same virus even if you're African American, but having it doesn't always mean the same thing. How is the HIV epidemic different if you're black than if you're white? Why do blacks seem to get HIV more, get sicker more quickly, and get access to HIV treatment later than other ethnic groups in the United States? The answers are varied and interesting. The Body brought together a distinguished panel of HIV specialists who not only treat many African Americans with HIV, but who also conduct research and are advocates for their patients. Read on to find out what these specialists had to say. Read More

47% of new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2005 were in African Americans 64% of women (age 13 and over) living with HIV/AIDS in 2005 were African American   Click here for more stats.

Forget money, meds and media. What we need most is an African-American ACT UP.

If the African-American community is to save itself from an AIDS epidemic as devastating as anything sub-Saharan Africa is facing, we need our own ACT UP. More than money, more than media attention, more than HIV medications, we need the kind of body-on-the-line activism that would make Rosa Parks, H. Rap Brown and Martin himself proud. But why is it so hard for black people to march against HIV/AIDS?

What we need, right now, is for 20 African Americans with HIV to do a sit-in at the offices of the Black Congressional Caucus and demand that the caucus make AIDS the No. 1 issue on its agenda. Read More