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Stop Black AIDS

The incidence of HIV/AIDS has reached alarming rates among African Americans, and young blacks are being hit hardest. To address the crisis, TheLoop21.com has partnered with the Magic Johnson Foundation, a recognized leader in HIV/AIDS prevention efforts, for an online awareness campaign this summer.

We're kicking things off with a June 3 event that will be followed by national conversations about the crisis — on TheLoop21.com and other influential blogs and Web sites — during the weeks of June 21-27 and July 19-25. The whole idea is to call attention to an epidemic often ignored by the mainstream media and to search for a way to begin addressing a problem that's deeply affected our community and is only getting worse.

Get involved by reading about why a campaign like this is needed. Read about why HIV/AIDS has become a crisis and more of our stories, sign our petition and please check back often for more of the kind of stories about this issue you won't find anywhere else.

What you can do right now:

• Add the logo to the right to your blog, Facebook or MySpace page (Here's how: hit "control" and right click to "save image as" to your computer)
• Start an online discussion about AIDS on your blog, Facebook or MySpace page
• Join in the first national online discussion June 21-27
• Sign our petition


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