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January - February
2006
A Flawed Policy Wrapped in
Illusion
From the above statement
Congressman John Murtha
continues to say bring the
troops home. While, I have not
been overly active opposing the
war it is clear that the
majority of America has caught
up to the 70% of Blacks who
oppose the war.
more..
November -
December
2005
Happy Veterans Day
While most like a good party,
the Veteran Day parade is
usually a great giant one. The
activities are long on speeches,
short on actions, plenty of
food, drums, music and full of
accolades and diatribes.
Unfortunately after the
festivities are over our
ex-military personnel (veterans)
still find themselves in the
same painful and distressful
state they were in before all
the platitudes of that day,
month, and eventually year.
September -
October
2005
SUPPORT THE WARRIOR!!!
Today, New York State has
withheld over $600,000.00
dollars which usually go towards
Homeless Veteran Programs. As to
date the NYC Council has
appropriated zero dollars for
the improvement of veteran
services; (BVSJ for example has
received no funding).
more...
HIV and the Military
In reading
Zahid Rathore’s research on HIV-1
Incidence among Active Duty Army
Personnel, 1985-2003, many
important factors have been
identified dealing with the
African American male population.
Zahid contends that Blacks in the
military have higher HIV incidents
in several areas compared to other
ethnic populations, e.g. gender,
age, marital status,
race/ethnicity and length of
service. It is well understood
that HIV/AIDS exist in the
military, but is very seldom
researched or talked about.
more...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BVSJ
While
we worked on April 18th,
BVSJ became 26 years in existence. Happy Birthday founders, Board of
Directors, V.P.’s, managers and our diligent workers. We have become
one of the leading agencies in our community. We have operated
Pamoja House for ten years, Uzima for three years,
119th SRO for soon to be one year and 665 Willoughby
Avenue for four years this May. We have some dynamic departments and
programs which are unique, efficient and envied by others.
more...
Say
Bro Got A Dime?
Let me drop a dime on you. 911.
African-American women are one of the groups with the higher rates of infection
with the HIV Virus. As you know the HIV virus leads to AIDS. A recent report
showed that African-American women have twice the rate of infection of the
national average. A major contribution to this growth is males. Many reports
continue to indicate that many males are experiencing bi-sexual practices known
as the “Down Low”. This seems to be where some males are having sex with other
males on the quiet while posing as normal males inside or outside of marriage.
more....
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