Come march with Women With a Vision staff this Saturday, February 8th at the 5th New Orleans Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in Congo Square in Armstrong Park. Starting at noon, WWAV will join groups and residents from around the city in a Red Umbrella march and second line through the Treme neighborhood, and through areas of the 5th, 6th and 7th wards to raise awareness about the disproportionate impact HIV is having on the African-American community.
Did you know:

• Louisiana ranked 3rd highest in the nation for estimated HIV case rates and 11th in the estimated number of AIDS cases reported in 2011.
• The New Orleans metro area ranked 2nd in the nation.
• The Baton Rouge metro area ranked 3rd in the nation for estimated HIV case rates.

HIV continues to disproportionally affect African-Americans in Louisiana. African-Americans make up only 32% of the state’s population; however in 2012, 75% of new HIV cases were among African-Americans.  Among women 81% of newly diagnosed HIV infections were among African-Americans.
WWAV was founded more than 20 years ago to address the crisis of HIV/AIDS in Black communities in Louisiana. HIV/AIDS prevention and advocacy remains one of our core areas of work. This weekend please join us as we march to bring attention to the continued spread of HIV/AIDS in Black communities across the South.