http://angryblackmen.tribe.net/thread/366cc184-c6a2-444f-b380-3029763891bd?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://angryblackmen.tribe.net/thread/366cc184-c6a2-444f-b380-3029763891bd#36e32ba5-c617-4d39-b4c7-cdac7a172f69 Did anyone catch the ABC New story "AIDS in Black America" last night? The information was quite alarming, check it out! I did not know that AIDS was running like wildfire in our community. Is anyone willing to share their comments, views, etc. on this issue so that we can find a way to lower these statistics. Check out these stats: Black Americans make up 13 percent of the U.S. population but account for over 50 percent of all new cases of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. That infection rate is eight times the rate of whites. Among women, the numbers are even more shocking—- almost 70 percent of all newly diagnosed HIV-positive women in the United States are black women. Black women are 23 times more likely to be diagnosed with AIDS than white women, with heterosexual contact being the overwhelming method of infection in black America. To read more, click on the following link: http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=2346857&page=1&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 I was totally ignorant of these numbers, how can each of us do our part mentally, physically and spiritually level, to lower these numbers in our community. Let's talk about it and act on it. Let a sistah hear from you! Peace and Blessings, Keva http://www.KevaLarthridgeMack.com Fri, 25 Aug 2006 16:32:25 GMT http://angryblackmen.tribe.net/thread/366cc184-c6a2-444f-b380-3029763891bd#36e32ba5-c617-4d39-b4c7-cdac7a172f69 $item.owner.firstName 2006-08-25T16:32:25Z