National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Commemoration With Assemblymember Mike Eng
The Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT) commemorated National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day with a press conference on Friday, March 12, 2010 at the Asian Youth Center. The panelists included Dr. Rosemary Veniegas, HIV researcher, UCLA; Doreen Garcia, Executive Director, Casa De Las Amigas; Nancy Sekizawa, Certified Addiction Specialist, APAIT; and Karla Ferreira, APAIT’s Miss Quest 2009.
The event highlighted the impact of HIV/AIDS on women of color in the San Gabriel Valley. The goals of this event were to: 1.) Increase HIV/AIDS awareness among women in San Gabriel Valley, 2.) Highlight the correlation between substance use and HIV/AIDS, 3.) Increase HIV testing in San Gabriel Valley and 4.) Reduce the stigma of HIV in the community.
California Assemblymember Mike Eng provided closing remarks and urged the audience to continue to support the fight of HIV/AIDS for those who impacted, especially women of color.
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