A Worthwhile Cause
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CLICK HERE to read up on and donate to a very worthwhile cause.
"The Latino Commission on AIDS is a nonprofit membership organization dedicated to fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Latino community.
In response to the critical, unmet need for HIV prevention and care for Latinos, a coalition of Latino leaders founded the agency in 1990. The Commission realizes its mission by spearheading health advocacy for Latinos, promoting HIV education, developing model prevention programs for high-risk communities, and by building capacity in community organizations. Through its extensive network of member organizations and community leaders, the Commission works to mobilize an effective Latino community response to the health crisis created by HIV/AIDS. Since 1995, the Commission has steadily expanded its services outside New York to meet the emerging needs of Latino communities in more than 40 States and Puerto Rico.
The Commission is dedicated to resolving the HIV crisis in the Latino community, where social stigma, poverty, language barriers, immigration status fears, and access to care deter testing and increase the infection rate. Over 200,000 Latinos in the U.S. and Puerto Rico are living with HIV/AIDS. The fastest growing ethnic group in the U.S., Latinos constitute 14% of the U.S. population but account for over 20% of the AIDS cases.
The Commission’s public health model encompasses four core and complementary services provided to Latino communities: health education, HIV prevention, capacity building, and advocacy. All services are offered in Spanish by a culturally diverse bilingual staff of health, education and business professionals."
Who is that guy? ayyyy papi!
1st—get tested bitches
aww i love how perez is always posting worthwhile causes, and this seems like a great one…. i'll be sure to check it out and you should too!
Those stats are scary!
Perez,
Thanks for promoting good causes from time to time. AZUCAR!
i hate to say it but AIDS/HIV are not really a topic you hear about much in my community. I live in a prodomenitly latino community around Los angeles. When teens have sex they worry more about getting pregnant rather then getting AIDS/HIV. Alot of teens have the idea that "OH it could never happen to me" then it does. PPL need to be safer and get tested so they don't pass it on to someone else.
People wouldn't be getting aids, if guys didn't stick their dicks in other guys ass's.
Indeed very scary, HIV/AIDS is rarely talked about in England (where i'm from) STI's are the ones they focus on more. But both subjects are just as important.
Another pet project?
What has this got to do with Celebrity Gossip or HOLLYWOOD NEWS???
It would really help if the Catholic Church would ease up on the no condoms thing. Strange how people who ignore the part about no sex outside of marriage suddenly get religion when it comes to protecting themselves against HIV and pregnancy with a condom. (I'm Catholic btw, before a bunch of you call me a bigot).
thats cuz those beaners cant keep it in their pants. Havent you ever noticed they all have like 12 kids in one apartment. ITS CALLED A CONDOM, say it with me!!!
www.cf.org
This guy is not Latino. He is a mix of islander and some other things.
Kudos, Perez Hilton. I think it's great that you provide insight about worthy causes to all of us who are too busy wondering what celebrities are doing to investigate or research ourselves.
Latinos are at higher risk than many believe because of the oppression that comes from the Catholic church, the distrust of government and the health care system and because HIV prevention has been largely focused on men who have sex with men, other communities of color and people who primarily speak English.
Thank you again, Perez for your dedication to helping others and highlighting such a worthy organization.
As for your other readers, yes we should all get tested (routinely), we should all practice safer sex and to dirty old man and playboy8820 - please get your heads out of your asses.