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This year’s keynote speaker will be Vanessa
Gaston, Urban League of Portland president
and CEO.
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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. Aaron Hamlin and others— have
been involved with the Balm and its Black
Church Week of Prayer for Healing for quite a
few years,” she says.
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