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45A RELIGION/The Charlotte Post October 3, 1996 Faiths join to fight AIDS By Jeri Young THE CHARLOTTE POST The HIV/AIDS crisis among African Americans is getting worse. “I have been watching the trends,” said Mike Case, an educator for the Metrolina Aids Project. "Ten years ago it was a predominantly gay dis ease. In 1994 it was the lead ing killer of African American males between the ages of 15- 44." Locally, the statistics are not much better. Of the 496 new AIDS cases reported to the Mecklenburg County Health Department through June 30, 72 percent where African Americans adults. Of the 1,087 women currently diag nosed with AIDS in North Carolina, 897 are African American. To help stem the epidemic and disseminate information about aids and aids preven tion, several local congrega tions have banded together to present “The Revival of the African-American Faith Community for the Healing of AIDS” conference, Oct. 13-19. The programs, which will be held in African American churches, will provide area residents, as well as church members , an opportunity to hear about AIDS from experts. "We hope that people will leave this week knowing the causes and response to AIDS” Rev. Curry said local organizer Pastor Gwen Curry of Present Day Ministries of Jesus Christ. Curry and the Rev. E.L. White of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church of Thomasville are co sponsors of the event, which is funded by the state’s HIV/STD Control Section. Curry, whose church holds weekly AIDS testing sessions, hopes the sessions will pro vide a forum for open dia logue on AIDS among church- “This.is the first time this has been done through the African American churches,” she said. “We hope that people will want to know what they can do to help.” AIDS educator Mike Rogers, who works in the African American community, sees the often pressing social and economic conditions that plague African American com munities as reasons why it has been so devastated by AIDS. “(Blacks) want access to ser vices,” he said. “But it is often difficult to get there. When services are provided in the community they are more apt to use it.” “It is very important to raise awareness,” Rogers said. “It is kind of a taboo subject. It is not talked about openly. This is an opportunity to bring AIDS out in the open in a way that is not taboo.” “We want people to be com passionate to people infected with AIDS,” said Curry. “We want them to share the pre vention message with their constituency.” For a listing of program times and locations, please see page 13B. m - 4 - C A N C E R Thanks to research, we now know Ktiowkdae IfiPmffff ' ik e^re much more about breast cancer and how to treat it. Today, most African American women with breast cancer who are diagnosed and treated early continue to lead active and vibrant lives. Forburreht inforrhation on breast cancer, call the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service at 1-800-4-CANCER, BIG LEXAGUB SPORTS ARB HBRB WHICH WILL COME FIRST? SUPERBOWL? N.B.A. CHAMPIONSH CHAFILOTTE HASN’T HAD EITHER ONE BUT WB’ ALREADY A WORLD CHAMPION BOXER, KELVIN SEABROOKS COMMUNITY RELATIONS DIRECTOR KELVIN SEABROOKS, and HIS CHIROPRACTOR DR. 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