City of Philadelphia - File #: 050626

• File #: 050626
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 6/9/2005
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 6/9/2005
• Title: Honoring and Commending the Health Committee of the NAACP-Philadelphia Branch on the occasion of "National HIV Testing Day."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Nutter, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember Ramos, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Goode, Council President Verna, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember Mariano, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Kelly, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Cohen

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/9/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
6/9/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
6/9/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/9/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	READ
6/9/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass
6/9/2005	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced	Pass

Title
Honoring and Commending the Health Committee of the NAACP-Philadelphia Branch on the occasion of "National HIV Testing Day."
Body
Whereas, June 27, 2005 is the annual observance of "National HIV Testing Day," a day where events will occur throughout the nation to encourage its residents to Get Tested and Get Treated for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS;

Whereas, activities are planned throughout the month of June, "AIDS Education Month," to bring attention to the devastation that HIV/AIDS causes to Philadelphia's communities and the need for increased prevention and education efforts;

Whereas, in Philadelphia, as of December 2004, the total number of reported AIDS cases since 1981 was over 17,000, which represents 61% of all the reported AIDS cases in Pennsylvania;

Whereas, one of the leaders in raising awareness and promoting prevention education events for National HIV Testing Day in Philadelphia is the Health Committee of the Philadelphia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("NAACP");

Whereas, the NAACP was formed in 1909 by a multiracial group of progressive thinkers with the objective of ensuring the political, educational, social, and economic equality of minority groups. The NAACP has as its mission, in part, the goal of eliminating race prejudice and providing leadership for the protection and enhancement of the civil rights and well being of African Americans and other people of color;

Whereas, the mission of the Philadelphia NAACP Health Committee is to alert and educate its members and the community-at-large about the prevention and elimination of health disparities such as the horrible effects of HIV and AIDS not just on National HIV Testing Day, but every day;

Whereas, Philadelphia NAACP is joined in its efforts by State Representative Jewell Williams, AIDS Activities Coordinating Office-Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Black Women's Hea...