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march 5. 2004 » J u t M t j 3 This year’s keynote speaker will be Vanessa Gaston, Urban League of Portland president and CEO. Continued from Page 1 1 The vaccinations come in a two-part (hepatitis B) and three-part (hepatitis A) series. Men can receive the first shot of either or both series this month; the rest can he received by visiting a Safeway or Fred Meyer pharmacy or one of the county health departments. Hepatitis A and B are especially c o n ta gious among queer men and can lead to seri ous health problems, even death. However, unlike HIV and most other STDs, both are com pletely preventable w ith vaccination. The federal C enters for Disease C ontrol and Prevention recommends all gay and hi men he vaccinated against them. For information contact the Rev. LeRoy Haynes at 503-287-0261 or Bishop Grace Osborne at 503-281-5850. H ouse R eintroduces HIV T reatment A ct T W orship S ervice A ddresses HIV/AIDS A mong B lacks worship service to break the silence about HIV/AIDS in the African American com munity will take place 4 p.m. March 7 at Bethel A.M.E. Church, 5828 N.E. Eighth Ave. The event is being organized by Albina Ministerial Alliance, Cascade AIDS Project and Balm in Gilead Inc. “ ‘Breaking the silence’ in the title of the service is from faith com m unity leaders giving the clarion call to the faith com m unity that it’s time to raise the bar on our knowledge, dis cussions and actions regarding H IV /A ID S in our community,” explains M ardica Hicks, a consultant hired by C A P to do outreach with the African American community. “It’s time to talk openly and honestly, from a well- A he y.S . House of Representatives reintro duced legislation Feb. 26 that would allow states the option of providing Medicaid funds to low-income HIV-positive people who have not yet developed full-blown AIDS. U.S. Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., is a lead sponsor of the Senate ver sion, which was introduced in the spring of 2003. T he Early Treatment for HIV A ct has 20 Republican and 51 Democratic co-sponsors in the House. U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, R-Iowa, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., are the bill’s lead sponsors. “We applaud the bipartisan group of repre sentatives who introduced this important legis lation,” said Cheryl Jacques, Hum an Rights Campaign president. “Right now, states don’t even have the option of providing health care with their Medicaid dollars to low-income indi viduals with HIV. Instead, they have to wait until those citizens develop the serious illnesses associated w ith full-blown A ID S. H aving access to treatm ent would not only help these citizens, hut would also save the state money in the long run. It’s time to untie the hands of the states in this regard.” Linda J. H arris (left), president of the Portland chapter of T he Links Inc., and Cascade A ID S Project consultant Mardica Hicks are organizing a worship service to break the silence about H IV /A ID S in the African American community informed yet faith-hased perspective, and to actively work to reverse our com m unity’s infection rates.” Recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate black women constitute the largest number of new AIDS cases among females, black children account for 50 percent of new AIDS cases, and black senior cit izens represent more than 50 percent of HIV cases among people older than 55. According to Hicks, Balm in Gilead began mobilizing the faith leaders of the African American community in 1989 to aggressively battle against AIDS. “Several leaders of the African American faith community in Port land— Rev. Dr. LeRoy Haynes, Bishop Grace Osborne, Rev. 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