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*During the auction portion of Alicia Keys’ Black Ball, one man was ready to jump his bid from $100,000 to $250,000 for a trip to South Africa — if Keys would join him and his friends. “I’ll go for a little more,” Keys said Thursday night at the Apollo Theater, where her charity’s annual gala [...]
*Beyonce and Carole King are joining Oprah Winfrey and Alicia Keys at Keys’ annual Black Ball event, which benefits her Keep a Child Alive charity that assists people affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and India. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Beyonce and King will perform at the fundraising gala on Nov. 1 at New York’s [...]
*Alicia Keys announced Tuesday that her organization, Keep a Child Alive, will honor Oprah Winfrey at its annual Black Ball event on Nov. 1. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Keys calls the media mogul “a personal inspiration to me because her philanthropic work truly comes from the heart.” The ninth annual event will take place [...]
*Earnin “Magic” Johnson is rolling up his sleeves and bringing in the big guns to wipe away homophobia and HIV/AIDS. He’s petitioning rappers and other members of the Hip Hop community to be a part of his latest campaign to bring awareness to both issues and to stop discrimination against gays. His main focus, however [...]
*Usher’s ex-wife, Tameka Raymond, recently took to Twitter to express her feelings about gay men on the “down low,” and how they should be identified – for the benefit of straight women with lousy gaydar. Last month, the 40-year-old mother and stylist filed a petition against ex-husband Usher for sole custody of their two sons [...]
*In another edition of bizarre news, at least six HIV-positive people have died after evangelical churches in Britain reportedly told them to stop taking their medication because they had been healed by God, says the New York Daily News. Pastors at several churches in England and Scotland told undercover Sky News reporters that they could [...]
*The world is full of decent people who have contracted HIV/AIDS from someone or something accidentally. But then, you have the nasty people of the world who intentionally spread it as a sense of revenge. Others that are spreading it are too embarrassed or ashamed to tell their partners they have it because of today’s stigma…which was [...]
*Not only did Alicia Keys perform hit songs and covers at her annual charity event Thursday night in New York, but she also did everything in her power to extract extra money from her guests while entertaining them. During an auction to raise money for Keep a Child Alive, Keys took off two 18-carat gold [...]
*For the 21st year in a row, actress and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph is putting on the “DIVAS Simply Singing!” event to help promote HIV/AIDS awareness. The benefit concert includes appearances and performances by Kelly Price, Jenifer Lewis, Hip Hop artist YoYo and Gospel singer LaShun Pace, along with several others. The event will also [...]
*(LOS ANGELES, CA) – With her keynote address at the first Public Mass meeting of the 102nd Annual NAACP Convention, NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock set the tone for the coming year and implored the audience to go forward with courage in the fight for justice and equality. In just her second keynote address since [...]
*Songwriter-composer Carlton Burgess found another way to use his voice in AIDS awareness, reports Tampa Bay Online. The Tampa native, founder of the Burgess School of the Arts in Ybor City, just released his latest original song, “Love Never Gives Up.” Burgess enlisted three friends – Monica Smith Spivey, Dana Mackey and Joseph Holland – [...]
*America has been taken by storm of the HIV/AIDS epidemic that started in 1981. Since then, 25 million people have died from this disease in America and the casualties are growing. On June 5th, HIV/AIDS was embarked on by America as the 30th anniversary of the disease occurred and leading the way was the National [...]
*Results of a study released May 12th showing that the early introduction of antiretroviral drugs immediately after an HIV diagnosis deters the spread of HIV are “highly encouraging,” said C. Virginia Fields, President and CEO of the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS, Inc. (NBLCA). “We applaud the efforts of the courageous individuals and highly [...]
*Jermaine Dupri’s social networking site, Global14, is attempting to compete with giants like Facebook and Twitter with a new Internet radio feature. The online program called, “Your World, My Views” is a progressive talk show that addresses current events and issues like HIV/AIDS, relationships and health. Created in 2009 by comedian and host Tommy “T.J.” Sotomayor, [...]
*Christians from more than 1,500 churches across the United States joined in prayer for eradicating HIV/AIDS, particularly in Africa, on Sunday. The movement was spearheaded by ONE, an organization engaged in global grassroots advocacy and campaigning to fight extreme poverty and preventable diseases in developing nations. Notably, one of the founders of ONE campaign includes [...]
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