Faith Initiative -- AIDS Sunday

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="05bfd523.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc.</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community "><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id39.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Our Services"><U><B><IMG SRC="04e0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>    </B><A HREF="id46.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Macho Men Initiative"><U><B><IMG SRC="04d0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id48.htm" TARGET="_top" 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ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-424/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="134" height="99">  </div> <bR> <div> <B>North Carolina Faith Initiative </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mission Statement:</B></div> <div> The Mission is to be a mechanism for engaging the faith community in efforts to address health issues.  An emphasis is placed on accepting shared responsibility with local, regional, national health agencies and stimulating dialogue in the faith community regarding <A HREF="id63_hivaids.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What Is HIV/AIDS"><U>HIV/AIDS</U></A> with the church leadership through outreach and education in partnership with the state of North Carolina and affected communities.  </div> <bR> <div> <B>Goal:</B></div> <div> Reduce morbidity and mortality due to sexually transmitted diseases, with an emphasis on Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and address <A HREF="id54_health_disparities.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Health Disparities"><U>health disparities</U></A> in the African-American community.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Resources/Inputs:</B></div> <div> NC Department of Health and Human Services Faith Initiative (NC DHHS, Office of Minority Health, faith leaders, churches and Faith Based Organizations/Faith Institutions)</div> <bR> <div> <B>Objectives/Activities:</B></div> <div> <I>Revivals, seminars, workshops, faith-based conferences, forums, concerts, spiritual leaders roundtables an Ecumenical manual on HIV/AIDS, Faith-based curriculum and Brain trust task force</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Outputs:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id42_community_street_outreach_program.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community / Street Outreach"><U><I>Street and community outreach</I></U></A><I>, risk reduction education and counseling, peer & natural opinion leaders, group education series and </I><A HREF="id89_community_empowerment.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Empowerment"><U><I>community intervention</I></U></A><I>. </I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Target Population:</B></div> <div> <I>At-risk groups, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Women of Childbearing Age, Adolescents</I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Need:</B></div> <div> Increase education and participation of the faith community in HIV/STD prevention and awareness.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Effects:</B></div> <div> <U>Short-term</U>- Increase spiritual leaders participation, and increase requests for information, resources, and participation in HIV/STD prevention related activities.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Intermediate</U>- Change HIV/STD-related health behaviors of the community, increase HIV/STD education in churches and faith-based organizations, and community outreach.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Long-term</U>- Network of spiritual leaders who participate in HIV/STD education and risk reduction, HIV/STD risk reduction and education among faith-based organizations, and changes in knowledge beliefs and attitudes of the Faith community regarding HIV/STD education and risk reduction.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Faith Initiative Program Plan </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Target Population: </B></div> <div> <B> </B></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Spiritual Leaders</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Churches</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Faith-based organizations</div> <bR> <div> <B>Program Activities:  </B><I><B>(Interventions)</B></I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Formulate an Implementation plan</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Regional Clergy forums <I>(Group level intervention/Group education)</I>-to provide awareness, training, collaboration and solicit pastoral support.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Focus groups meeting -for the purpose of assessment to supply a needs/resource inventory.  Local resources to help support a health program will also be identified.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Revise the ecumenical manual and create faith-based brochures <I>(Health Communication/Public Information)</I>.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Faith-based curriculum <I>(Group Education)</I>-provides clergy training and serves as a pilot program.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Brain Trust <I>(Peer & natural opinion leaders/ Group level intervention) </I>-a committee of spiritual leaders who serves as representatives of their regions, will create a position paper for the Faith Initiative, identify means of disseminating information throughout the North Carolina faith community, provide a theological context, and create work groups.</div> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">2<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >nd</FONT> Faith conference in 2003.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Create a Faith Initiative Resource Inventory/Database.</div> <bR> <div> Collaborate with other Faith Initiatives.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>STATEWIDE AIDS SUNDAY EVENT</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>AIDS Sunday was first initiated in North Carolina in  1990 by the Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc., Fayetteville, NC.  This was the first event that assembled the faith community in North Carolina concerning the HIV/AIDS initiative.  Many prominent leaders have delivered the keynote address at this event:  Honorable Harvey Gantt, Dr. Ronald Levine, Representative Thomas Wright, Rev. Dr. Cureton L. Johnson, Pastor Eddie L. White, Mrs. Evelyn Foust, Rev. Beverly Spivey MD, Secretary Carmen Hooker-Odom, Minister Benjamin Chavis Muhammad and Mrs. Patricia Funderburk Ware.  October 26, 2003 will be the Thirteenth Year North Carolinians will celebrate AIDS Sunday.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Twelfth Annual Statewide</B></div> <div> <B>AIDS Sunday</B><B> <A NAME="aids_sunday"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>City of Fayetteville</B></div> <div> <B>Office of the Mayor</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>PROCLAMATION</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>WHEREAS</B></I><B>,      </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="BruceOldStyle BT" ><I><B>the Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc. was organized in 1989 by grassroots citizens, spearheaded by community/civic activist Ashley Rozier, II, with a commitment to eradicate the fears concerning AIDS; </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>AND</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>WHEREAS</B></I><B>,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >          </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="BruceOldStyle BT" ><I><B>the principal objective of the Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc. is to help prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases, teen pregnancies, crime, and substance abuse in the general/minority populations; </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>AND</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>WHEREAS</B></I><B>,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >          </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="BruceOldStyle BT" ><I><B>to assist people affected by HIV/AIDS and substance abuse – financially, psychosocially and morally – the Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc. in association with other health and non–health facilities, has taken the lead in providing awareness at community health fairs, in churches and most of all, in our neighborhoods; </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>AND</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>WHEREAS</B></I><B>,</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >          </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="BruceOldStyle BT" ><I><B>the Cape Fear Regional Bureau For Community Action, Inc. is fervently committed to changing the behavior of populations, thus making for a more healthy community in which to live;</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="BruceOldStyle BT" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><I><B>NOW THEREFORE</B></I><B>, </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="BruceOldStyle BT" ><I><B>I, Marshall B. Pitts, Jr., Mayor of the City of Fayetteville, North Carolina, do hereby proclaim October 27, 2002, to be</B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>AIDS SUNDAY</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>in Fayetteville and urge all resident to recognize the crusade against AIDS in our city, the Cape Fear region, and throughout the state.</B></I></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B>Marshall B. Pitts, Jr.</B></I></div> <div> <I><B>                                                         Mayor </B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>                    </B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="1a5afdf0.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Mrs. Patricia Funderburk Ware</B><B> <A NAME="ware"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Patricia Funderburk Ware is Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, apolitical appointee in the George W. Bush Administration.  Prior to her appointment, she served as President and CEO of Preserving Family Well-being Foundation, a national, non profit organization that focuses on issues of the African American Family.  She is also president and CEO of PFW Consultants, LLC, which provides training and advocacy in the areas of teen sexuality, pregnancy and HIV/AIDS prevention.  Mrs. Patricia Funderburk Ware was also the Director of Education Services for Americans for a Sound  AIDS/HIV Policy, a non-profit, national HIV/AIDS education and advocacy organization. She served in the first Bush Administration as Director of the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs at the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. She has testifies before the U.S. Congress and state legislatures on adolescent sexuality, HIV/AIDS and related issues. She facilitates training, provides consultation and appears as a speaker throughout the U.S. and internationally.  She has been appointed as a director or in an advisory position with government agencies, community-based and professional organizations. She has been interviewed on a number of radio and TV talks shows including CNN, MSNBC, Black Entertainment Television and “Nightline”. She publishes articles; is often quoted in the print media; and is featured in teen pregnancy and HIV/AIDS videos.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mrs. Ware’s professional career is very diverse. As an actress, she performed with the National Players Classical Acting Company on a cross-country and world tour and was the first statewide actress-in-residence for the North Carolina public schools. She has appeared in radio and television commercials, industrial films and in an Academy Award nominated film. As an arts administrator, she founded a statewide non-profit organization that became a national model to preserve the cultural and artistic heritage of racial and ethnic minorities.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>As co-founder and executive director of a community economic development corporation, she developed projects to stimulate resident controlled economic growth in depressed areas.  Through this organization, she assisted residents in developing businesses, and revitalizing their lives and communities. To be more effective as an advocate, she moved into the inner city in 1986 with her daughter, Eboni, where they stayed for four years. It was during this time that she also became an advocate for adolescent health issues.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mrs. Ware has received numerous awards and national and local acclaim for her work in the arts, economic development, health education, and as a community development activist, including the 2001 National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Honoree Award, and the Twentieth Year Outstanding Alumni Award from her alma mater, Hampton University. She has a BA degree from Hampton University, a Master of Fine Arts degree from The Catholic University of America, an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from Aspen College, and is working towards a Doctor of Public Administration Degree at the University of Southern California. She has also lived and worked in South Korea and participated as a Student in International Living in Sweden.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mrs. Ware and her husband Bradley Ware, MD, a Family Practice Physician, regularly speak as a team about HIV/AIDS and teen pregnancy prevention. Their daughter, Eboni is a graduate of Hampton University and resides in Nashville, Tennessee.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1a7b6df0.jpg" border=0 width="182" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Minister Benjamin Chavis Muhammad</B><B> <A NAME="muhammad"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Minister Benjamin Chavis Muhammad rose in international and national prominence through no silver spoon on golden stairway, but through sheer courage, determination, and perseverance.  As a young man growing up in the destitute and impoverished rural eastern part of North Carolina, Minister Muhammad beat all odds by becoming a role model for millions of disenfranchised and powerless citizens worldwide.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Toady, the former National NAACP Executive Director is the Special Assistant to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.  He is President of the National Hip Hop Action Network, headquartered in New York, New York.  As President of the National Hip Hop Action Network, Minister Muhammad works tireless hours with entertainment mogul, Mr. Russell Simmons, to mentor and educate young Americans on becoming healthier and more productive citizens through character and self-esteem building.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-310/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="84" height="88">  </div> </td> </tr></table></body>