Pioneer AIDS Organization Leaves Bankruptcy, Plans to Raise Funds

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Pioneer AIDS Organization Leaves Bankruptcy, Plans to Raise Funds

Philadelphia Inquirer (12/22/94) P. B1
Kaufman, Marc; Collins, Huntly

Now that its plan for reorganization has been accepted, Blacks Educating Blacks About Sexual Health Issues (BEBASHI)--the pioneering AIDS education group--is emerging from bankruptcy. BEBASHI will begin fundraising again and will be in a better position to obtain government grants, officials said. Lorina Marshall, chairwoman of the BEBASHI board, said the court's approval of the plan would permit BEBASHI to initiate a private campaign aimed at raising approximately $125,000 to help eliminate the group's debt and continue its programs. The organization was founded during the mid-1980s when awareness of AIDS was limited in the black community. Rashidah Hassan, former executive director of BEBASHI, said that despite the bankruptcy, the group was able to continue providing services to more than 375 people with HIV or AIDS, as well as counseling, testing, and information to thousands more.

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