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PRNewswire - October 13, 1999
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) will unveil an educational film series aimed at addressing the growing epidemic of HIV/AIDS in the African- American community. Developed in partnership with DuPont Pharmaceuticals and AT&T Broadband & Internet Services (AT&T BIS), the programs will be aired in communities across the country, and feature Maya Angelou, David Satcher, Maxine Waters, Julian Bond and Kweisi Mfume, alongside candid and poignant revelations from African-Americans affected by the epidemic. Cable Positive will support the project by duplicating and distributing the films to cable industry participants.
WHY:
-- AIDS is the leading killer of African-American men ages 25-44 and the second leading killer of African-American women
-- African-Americans account for 45 percent of all new HIV cases, although they only make up 13 percent of the U.S. population
-- African-American youth between the ages of 13 and 24 are estimated to account for 56 percent of new HIV cases
WHO:
Julian Bond & Kweisi Mfume, NAACP
David Satcher, M.D., Surgeon General and Assistant Secretary for Health (invited)
Maxine Waters, Congresswoman, 35th District of California (invited)
Maya Angelou, Poet and Author (invited)
Leo J. Hindery, Jr., AT&T BIS
Nicholas L. Teti, DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
WHEN: Thursday, October 14, 1999 at 10:00 a.m.
WHERE: National Press Club Zenger Room 529 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20045
CONTACT: Sandra K. James of DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company, 302-892-1306; or Abenaa Hayes of The Rowland Company, 212-527-8813, for DuPont; or LaRae Marsik of AT&T BIS 720-875-5277; or Sheila Douglas of the NAACP, 410-486-9227.
SOURCE DuPont Pharmaceuticals Company
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