National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities

• On October 3, 2008, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) hailed House and Senate passage of their resolution to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Minority AIDS Initiative and renewed their call to address the disproportionate impact of HIV and AIDS in minority communities. Click here to view the press release.
  
  

• The 2008 United States Conference on AIDS commemorated this ground breaking legislation with the Plenary Luncheon: 10th Anniversary of the Minority AIDS Initiative. Click here to view the press release.

This session was moderated by NMAC's Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, Ravinia Hayes-Cozier, who helped write the Minority AIDS Initiative. Others important figures who worked on this historic initiative will speak as well, including:

• Congresswoman Maxine Waters
• Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen
• Miguelina Leon
• Dr. Beny Primm
• Ernest Hopkins

• In July 2007, NMAC released a new report entitled, The Minority AIDS Initiative: Meeting the Challenges in Communities of Color Nationwide. This publication marked the first policy white paper produced through a collaborative effort by the National Minority HIV/AIDS Policy Partnership (NMAPP). Click here to view the press release. To download a copy of the The Minority AIDS Initiative: Meeting the Challenges in Communities of Color Nationwide, click here.