Wearing Red: HIV-AIDS Advocacy and Awareness in NYC

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), New York leads the nation in the number of new HIV cases. And as of 2010, approximately 129,000 people are diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in New York. This AB experience is designed to educate participants on HIV/AIDS and why it has turned into an epidemic. Participants will be working with the Terrance Cook Health Care Center learning from and forming relationships with residents living with HIV-AIDS. We will examine how the HIV/AIDS crisis has brought new light on issues such as class as a determinant aspect in accessing healthcare, homophobia in the African-American community and its consequences on gendered, sexualized, and stigmatized identities. We will also gain new perspectives on the lives of sex workers in New York City from organization speakers.

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