Iris House Observes Natl. Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Thursday, March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and Iris House has teamed up with two amazing women-focused organizations, Voces Latinas and the Caribbean Women's Health Association to bring a number of special testing and education programs to our communities throughout New York and New Jersey!

More than 226,000 women, 80 percent of whom are between 15 and 44, are living with HIV in the United States. One in 4 people living with HIV in the United States is female. African-Americans made up 60 percent of new HIV infections among women, despite being only 14 percent of the female population of the U.S. Hispanic women make up 16 percent of the new infections among women in the U.S.

You can help bring down the numbers of new infections and provide support for women living with HIV by making a gift to Iris House today. More than 75 percent of our clients living with HIV in 2014 were virally suppressed, and we are well on our way to beating that number this year!

You can help us end this epidemic by knowing your status and helping your sisters, daughters, mothers and friends to learn more!

March 9

11 a.m. ���������
Testing and Education Event, with Lunch (offered in Spanish)
Voces Latinas,�37-63C 83rd Street, Suite 1 B, Jackson Heights, NY� 11372
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Noon���������
Testing and Education Event, with Lunch,�
Iris House,�2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY� 10030
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1-6 p.m.��
Testing Event
Iris House @ Plainfield Public Library,�800 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ� 07060
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2 p.m.��������������
Testing and Education Event, with food
Caribbean Women's Health Association,�3512 Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY� 11203

March 10

5:30 p.m.���������
Meet guests from Doctor Oz's Charlie Sheen Episode,�Learn About HIV, disclosure, stigma, PrEP and their experiences
HIV Testing, Presentation and Dinner Provided
Iris House,�2348 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY �10030

March 11

3 p.m.
HIV Testing, with gift card or food bag
Iris House at the First Unitarian Society of Plainfield,�724 Park Avenue, Plainfield, NJ� 07060

Several of these educational programs are possible with the generous support of Gilead Sciences.

Iris House is located at 2348 Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd. New York, NY 10030. For information, email [email protected] or visit http://www.irishouse.org/events.html