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AP Inc. marks National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

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Kirk Myers Abounding Prosperity Inc. is partnering with Dallas Hope Charities, Dallas County Health & Human Services, The Concilio and Parkland Health Systems and ViiV to host a community block party in honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

The event takes place 1-4 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at the HOPE Health Center, 1705 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The block party will feature cultural performers, educational speakers, health and fitness experts, food trucks and raffle prizes.

The event is free and open to the public. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2019, Black people accounted for 13 percent of the U.S.

population but 40 percent of people with HIV. The rate of new HIV diagnoses among Black people is eight times that of whites and twice that of Latinos.

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