Congresswoman Barbara Lee to Host CDC HIV/AIDS Forum in Bay Area
Media Advisory
For Immediate Release: May 2, 2008
Contacts: Ricci Graham (510) 763-0370, Cleve Mesidor (202) 225-2661
(Oakland, CA) – Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-9) will host a forum, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to address the HIV/AIDS crisis in the African-American community on May 9 at the West Oakland Senior Center at 10am.
Dr. Julie Gerberding, director of the CDC, will discuss ongoing efforts by the agency to address the local HIV/AIDS crisis. The Bay Area Black Nurses Association, Cal-Pep, the Healthy Oakland Preventative Care Pathways and experts from local HIV/AIDS prevention or advocacy organizations will participate in the panel discussion. Participants will receive free on-site health screenings and HIV/AIDS testing.
This event is free and open to the public and the press.
Who: Congresswoman Barbara Lee & The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
What: Bay Area HIV/AIDS Forum: “From Prevention to Policy: Responses to HIV/AIDS in the African-American Community”
When: Friday, May 9, 2008, 10am-12 noon PST
Where: West Oakland Senior Center, 1724 Adeline Street, Oakland, CA
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