SISTAs for Safer Sex HIV Testing

SISTA SOL at AID Atlanta is launching a monthly free testing event for African American Women! We encourage you all to come to our event , July 5, 2012 from 5 pm to 8 pm. We will continue this event every first Thursday of every month! So no excuses ;)

Center for Black Women Wellness

Center for Black Women Wellnes will be conducting a weight lost prgroam. Healthy Women 4 Healthy Families is a program that is focused on womens overall health. Join us to learn about healthy nurition, stress managment, and fitness.  The program is free, provides child care, lite refreshments, and weekly raffles.  Contact below for more infomation and applications process.

477 Windsor Street, Suite 309, Atlanta, GA 30312,  www.cbww.org  / Phone: (404) 688-9202 Ext. 32 or 10. / Fax: (404) 880-9435 fgriffith@cbww.org or frontdesk@cbww.org

Know Your Status

"Take the Test. Take Control."

June 27 is National Testing Day. Take the tes, know your status.

Are Black Women the Face of AIDS?

Women have been affected by HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic, an impact that has grown over time. Women of color, particularly Black women, have been especially hard hit and represent the majority of new HIV infections and AIDS diagnoses among women, and the majority of women living with the disease. Many women with HIV are low-income and most have important family responsibilities, potentially complicating the management of their illness. Research suggests that women with HIV face limited access to care and experience disparities in access, relative to men. Women also experience different clinical symptoms and complications. Given these trends and issues, efforts to stem the tide of the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic will increasingly depend on how and to what extent its effect on women and girls is addressed.

The fact shhet can be found: http://www.kff.org/hivaids/upload/6092-10.pdf

Learning to Perform a Breast Self-Exam

The Black Women’s Health Imperative encourages all Black women to take 5 minutes to perform a monthly breast self-exam (BSE) in the shower, beginning in their 20s. Get to know your breasts with these three simple steps:

Step 1

In front of a mirror, with your arms by your sides, look at your breasts for any changes in size, shape or position, or any skin puckering, dimpling, sores or discoloration. Inspect your nipples and look for any sores, peeling or change in the direction of the nipples. Then, turn side-to-side to inspect the outer part of your breasts.

Step 2

With soapy hands, place one hand on your hip and with the other hand begin feeling your underarm for any lumps or thickening. Repeat on the other side.

Step 3

Raise one arm behind your head and use the flat part of your fingers from the other hand to press gently into the breast. Follow an up-and-down pattern along the breast until you have covered the entire breast. Repeat on the other side.

If you detect changes, visit your health care provider for a clinical breast exam (CBE) or mammogram right away.

Georgia HIV Advocacy Network

On behalf of Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP, I am pleased to invite you to a special screening* of The Other City, a documentary film focusing on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Washington, DC. The documentary portrays healthcare disparities that also impact access to care and medication in Georgia. Following the screening, a panel will discuss access to HIV/AIDS care in Georgia through the lens of the challenges highlighted in the documentary.

Panel members will include The Other City director Susan Koch as well as key thought leaders, service providers, patients, and stakeholders from the Georgia HIV community.

WHEN: The screening will take place on June 26, 2012, at 6:00 PM

WHERE: The Loudermilk Center 40 Courtland Street North East Atlanta, Georgia 30303

If you plan to attend the screening, please RSVP to Brianna.mulligan@edelman.com.

We look forward to having you join us on June 26!