BAI
Honors
Coretta Scott King, Ron
Simmons
and
Others
The Black AIDS Institute
(BAI) unveiled the portraits in the 2004 Heroes in the
Struggle exhibit at the fourth
annual Gala Reception and Awards Ceremony in Hollywood November
12. The honorees included Dr. Ron Simmons and Patricia Nalls,
whom we have featured in Port Of
Harlem.
Heroes in the Struggle is a
photographic tribute to people of African descent who have been on the
frontline in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The 2004 Heroes in the Struggle honorees
were:
- Coretta Scott
King, Human Rights Activist and Leader
- Dr. M.
Joycelyn Elders, First African-American US Surgeon General
- Dr. Ron Simmons,
Executive Director, Us Helping Us
- Patricia
Nalls, Founder and Executive Director, The Woman's Collective
- Jenifer Lewis,
television and movie actress
- Congresswoman
Juanita Millender- McDonald
- Gwendolyn E.
Boyd, 22nd National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Stuart Burden,
Director of Community Affairs, The Americas, Levi Strauss &
Company
- Jerry Lopes,
President of American Urban Radio Networks
- Dr. M. Keith
Rawlings, Medical Director of Peabody Health Center in Dallas,
Texas
- The 2004
Corporate Hero is Merck & Co., Inc.
The vast majority of the 3 million people
who died last year of AIDS were Black. By showcasing
examples of heroism from within communities of African descent, BAI
hopes that Heroes in the Struggle
galvanizes African-Americans and others to refocus and recommit to
overcoming this epidemic. BAI
also hopes that the traveling exhibit will send a message to Black
communities that HIV/AIDS is a Black issue.
Picture:
Dr. Ron Simmons, Executive Director, Us Helping Us
Editor's Note:
The Combined Federal Campaign number for Us Helping Us is #7703. Their annual fund raising banquet is
Sunday, November 21. For more information, call
202-546-8200.
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