The NAACP Develops an HIV Manual for Black Churches
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About NAACP’s Commitment to HIV/AIDS as a Social Justice Issue
Throughout our history, the NAACP has fought to combat policies and practices that undermine human rights and social justice. HIV is now one of these important issues for our community. Black people are more likely to become infected, less likely to know they have the disease and more likely to die from HIV/AIDS than any other race.
Based on this belief, the NAACP conducted a year-long, 11-city research tour with over 250 faith leaders across denominations to identify best practices and challenges when addressing HIV within the Black Church. With this collected research and insight from the HIV manual advisory committee, we developed The Black Church and HIV: The Social Justice Imperative.
Read more about this initiative here. Download the Manual and/or the Pastoral Brief here.
Efforts like this cannot overlook HIV among Black women.
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