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Washington Blade - November 25, 2005
Katherine Volin
Marsha A. Martin, who heads HAA, said the agency plans to host no events this year. Instead, Martin says she will lend her support to local HIV/AIDS service organizations.
ôWe're actually [taking] an opportunity to focus our attention on local service providers and some of the people who have been instrumental in bringing attention to the D.C. effort,ö Martin says.
Martin says the decision is not a reaction to last year's controversy. HAA will start its day, Martin says, at the official dedication of a new building for the group Us Helping Us.
ôUs Helping Us is the first and only AIDS service organization guided, developed, directed and owned by African-American gay men,ö Martin says. ôGiven what the community's concerns have been around the needs for African-American gay men, we thought it was an appropriate time to support their message.ö
Ron Simmons, president of Us Helping Us, says construction for the building began in January 2004.
ôIt was so symbolic, I think,ö Simmons says. ôWe really see this building as an extension, but it's almost a start of a new dedication to the work we do.ö
Us Helping Us will hold a public open house from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Simmons says, and will offer HIV testing in the afternoon.
WHITMAN-WALKER CLINIC will also offer HIV/AIDS testing on Nov. 30 and Dec.1 and will hold its traditional candlelight vigil from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Dec.1. Whitman-Walker's Max Robinson Center in Southeast, D.C. will sponsor an art show by and about people with HIV/AIDS at Martin Luther King Jr., Public Library, 901 G St., NW.
Whitman-Walker spokesperson Kim Mills says the Clinic sees some positive developments for those living with HIV.
ôWe see people are living with HIV as opposed to dying from the virus,ö Mills says. ôPeople are living longer and with medication and case management, they are having healthier lives, particularly if they get tested and get tested early.ö
The Gay & Lesbian Chorus of Washington, D.C. will participate in an evening of performances and discussion at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center of the University of Maryland, according to Ruth Waalkes, director of cultural participation at the center, which is in College Park, Md.
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