The National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) initiative began in 1999 as a grass roots effort that aimed  to raise the awareness regarding HIV and AIDS prevention, care and data-driven education in communities of color.  As the challenges and solutions associated with HIV have evolved, NBHAAD has modified it's theme, focus, and methods of national support.

Why should we test?

• Because 1 in 2 people with HIV have had the virus at least 3 years before diagnosis.
• Because about 40% of new HIV infections come from people who don’t know they have HIV.
• Let's encourage friends and family to get tested at least once and people at high risk should be tested at least once a year.

Activities in the Metropolitan Washington, DC Area

• Area Walgreens
  ask for an HIV Test
• Join us on Twitter

District of Columbia

• The Black LGBTQ Experience with Rayceen Pendarvis
  Thursday, February 7 @ 6 PM
  Cleveland Park Library
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• Brave Soul Collective Prensents"Unfinished Business"
  Thursday, February 7, @ 8 PM
  Anacostia Arts Center
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• HIV and STD Testing
  Thursday, February 7, 8:30 AM - 11 AM
  Friday, February 8, 8:30 AM - 3 PM
  DC Health and Wellness Center
  77 P Street, NW
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Virginia

• Tha' DL Chronicals
  Thursday, February 7, @ 6:30 PM
  NOVA SALUD Inc., Falls Church
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• Film Screening; Thicker Than Blood
  Thursday, February 28, @ 6 PM - 9 PM
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Delaware

• Anything but Clothes Fashion Show
  Brandywine Counseling & Community Center; Deleware State University
  Thursday, February 7, @ 6:30 PM
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