Pernessa Seele empowers Black women in the fight against HIV/AIDS
Pernessa C. Seele, who received her Doctor of Humane Letters in 2007, among many other honors, is the founder and CEO of The Balm in
March 5, 2024
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Pernessa C. Seele, who received her Doctor of Humane Letters in 2007, among many other honors, is the founder and CEO of The Balm in
Singletary spoke with rolling out about HIV/AIDS in the Black community and gave prevention tips
Billy Porter has “survivor’s guilt” for leading a full life with HIV. The 53-year-old singer and actor was diagnosed with the disease in 2007 and
Despite being only 13 percent of the U.S. population, Blacks represent nearly half of the HIV diagnoses and deaths. Assistant Professor Maranda Ward, an advocate
Cary Alan Johnson’s Desire Lines takes its reader on a journey to what gay life in New York was like during the 1980s. A Black
There is an unfortunate and sinister relationship between HIV and drug usage in black and brown communities. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report
HIV survivor Mechel Miller is grateful the country progressed markedly from 30 years ago when rampant misinformation, fear-mongering and ignorance prevailed, leading people to believe
The Gilead Center hosted an HIV/AIDS awareness panel to provide information and promote sexual health within the Black community. On Aug. 17, actress, singer-songwriter and
Art imitates life and can be powerful when the artists take their lived experience and couple it with their creativity to raise awareness and uplift
Uncle Murda went off during his final “Rap Up” when he claimed that Lil Nas X will die from AIDS. Actually, the Brooklyn-born Murda, whose
It’s been a long 26 years since the hip-hop industry lost a legend and the true godfather of gangsta rap. Like it or love it,
There are more than one million people living with HIV in the United States and one in seven of them are unaware that they are
40 years ago, a new disease emerged in the medical and scientific community. It was called AIDS, caused by the virus HIV. Almost immediately, it
Dázon Dixon Diallo, founder of SisterLove Inc., an HIV, sexual and reproductive justice organization, sat down with her faith-based coordinator, Africa McCladdie, and rolling out
With the pandemic still taking lives and ravaging our health care system, we still must bring attention to the HIV epidemic, another health crisis still
Battling on the front lines against the growing HIV and AIDS epidemic has been extra challenging in this precarious era due to palpable apathy and
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVvDeXhzDs8[/embedyt] Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which is more urgent this year because there is another pandemic to face. The
In recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Feb. 7, 2020, a summit focusing on the continuing impact of HIV and AIDS on Black
The majority of gift-giving spirits in the know have no deep-seated desire to share their philanthropic efforts by shouting from the mountaintop that they are,
Fresh off a flight from performing at the National Council of Negro Women’s Uncommon Height Gala in the nation’s capital, Deborah Cox is in the
