Latino aids awareness day planned

2nd SACRAMENTO LATINO AIDS AWARENESS DAY
PRESS RELEASE

As the largest minority group in the U.S., Hispanics are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS. Hispanics comprised 15% of the U.S. population or 44.3 million people, yet represented 18% of the HIV/AIDS cases.

October 15 is National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD). This date marks an opportunity for the greater Sacramento area to increase awareness of the devastating and disproportionate effects of AIDS in the Hispanic community. Out reach activities include: A community prayer, and news conference, media and live presentations, and FREE on-site testing.

As of July 31, 2008, California had 180,997 cumulative reported HIV/AIDS cases; of these, 43,510 or 24 percent of all HIV/AIDS cases were Latinos.

"Call to Action" to the Sacramento community to attend and participate with invited speakers, activists, health service organizations, Hispanic performers, entertainers and local TV & radio celebrities to advocate, educate and promote the National Latino Aids Awareness Day locally.

PLANNED EVENT
2nd SACRAMENTO LATINO AIDS AWARENESS DAY
Thursday Oct 15th 2009 at 5:30PM - 9:00PM.
Sacramento Cultural Arts Center
6520 44th Street Ste. 308, Sacramento, California 95823

For more information, contact: Frank Lizárraga, 916.267.3689 lizarraga@lovetaxi.biz or Eliego López (MAAP, Inc), 916.394.2320 x256, eliegolopez@maap.org