Title: The Multicultural AIDS Coalition Hosting Activities in Boston

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Section/SPIG: HIV/AIDS

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The Multicultural AIDS Coalition would like to remind everyone that:

Friday, Dec. 1, 2006 is World AIDS Day. This year’s theme is “Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise;”

Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; and

March 4 – 10, 2007 is the “Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing AIDS.” For more information on how to get involved in Week of Prayer events, please call (617) 238-2443.

The Multicultural AIDS Coalition is preparing to host six community events in response to the HIV/AIDS State of Emergency in Boston. For more information, please call (617) 238-2451.

Help others by becoming a Health System Navigator! The next Health System Navigator Training will be held in January 2007. Give us a call if you’re interested in helping fight HIV and AIDS in your community. For more information, please call (617) 238-2451.

Does your organization need Technical Assistance & Capacity Development services? The Multicultural AIDS Coalition’s Community Health Nexus program may be for you. Nexus offers management, programmatic, and cultural competency trainings. Nexus…transforming the way we serve communities. For information, please call (617) 238-2443.

MOCAA @ MAC holds weekly educational groups and provides confidential services for MSM of color. Check us out at www.mac-boston.org and click on MOCCA@MAC or simply call us at (617) 238-2404 for more information.

Our Africans For Improved Access Program provides services to the Sub-Saharan African community. We offer Safety Net Parties (for women); Padare (a Shona word for a gathering of men discussing community issues); and Pamozi (a Bantu word meaning togetherness) for HIV+ individuals. We also support African cultural groups in implementing HIV awareness activities. Give us a call to get involved! (617) 238-2421.

The Multicultural AIDS Coalition’s mission is to mobilize communities of color to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. We work to ensure high quality, accessible prevention and treatment services for people living with HIV, at high risk for becoming infected, or closely affected by the disease. Visit us at http://www.mac-boston.org.

The Multicultural AIDS Coalition is funded by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Boston Public Health Commission, U.S. Office of Minority Health/contract #TACMP050009-02, and New England AIDS Education and Training Center.

Multicultural AIDS Coalition, Inc, 31 Heath Street, Boston, MA 02130 www.mac-boston.org Phone: (617) 442-1622 Fax: (617) 442-6622