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California: Candlelight March Planned for Black HIV/AIDS Awareness

From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

February 4, 2011

On Monday in observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the San Francisco Department of Public Health's AIDS Office and community-based organizations will hold a 5 p.m. press conference followed by a candlelight march to the Western Addition neighborhood. A community forum at the African American Art and Culture complex, 762 Fulton St., will be held after the march; Bishop Yvette Flunder, founder of City of Refuge United Church of Christ, will deliver the keynote address. For more information, contact Vincent Fuqua at the AIDS Office at 415-554-9073 or vincent.fuqua@sfdph.org.

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Adapted from:
Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco)
02.03.2011; Cynthia Laird

This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.

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