AIDS Arms Announces Erykah Badu as 2002 LifeWalk Celebrity Spokesperson; Three Dallas Beneficiaries Named for This Year's Event.Business Editors AIDS Arms, Inc., the only Dallas-based agency providing both outpatient medical care and psychosocial psychosocial /psy·cho·so·cial/ (si?ko-so´shul) pertaining to or involving both psychic and social aspects. psy·cho·so·cial adj. Involving aspects of both social and psychological behavior. services for persons diagnosed with HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome , announced today Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards) are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States for outstanding achievements in the record industry. The current President of the Academy is Neil Portnow. winner Erykah Badu as the 2002 LifeWalk Celebrity Spokesperson. As a local artist committed to the prevention of HIV/AIDS, Badu has generously agreed to lend her name and her music to the cause as she will be performing at the annual LifeWalk Recruitment Party in August in addition to attending the twelfth annual event presented by LaurusHealth.com on Saturday, October 5. "Being a past Grammy Award Winner will certainly bring additional attention to LifeWalk," Raeline Nobles, acting executive director of AIDS Arms, Inc. said. "LifeWalk represents a significant portion of private and corporate donations to the agency and is vitally important to those impacted by the disease. We are hopeful her participation will augment a major break through regarding awareness about AIDS Arms, Inc., the relevance of HIV/AIDS in 2002, and greater financial support for those we serve." This year's goal is to raise $300,000 for AIDS Arms, Inc. and its beneficiaries -- Bryan's House, Renaissance III and AIDS Interfaith in·ter·faith adj. Of, relating to, or involving persons of different religious faiths: an interfaith marriage; an interfaith forum. Network, Inc. Bryan's House is an agency that responds to the needs of children and their families impacted by HIV/AIDS by providing medically managed child care, adolescent services and community-based, family-centered support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services . More information about Bryan's House can be found at www.bryanshouse.org. Renaissance III, an AIDS service and prevention organization for communities of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color in Dallas County Dallas County is the name of five counties in the United States of America:
AIDS Interfaith Network, Inc., a multi-cultural community-based HIV/AIDS service organization, offers programs designed to meet the practical, emotional, and spiritual needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families, friends and caregivers. More information about AIDS Interfaith can be found at www.aidsinterfaithnetwork.org. Together with Luke's Locker, AIDS Arms LifeWalk will add a sanctioned 5K Run to this year's event. Stepping off from the stairs of City Hall at 9 a.m., this 3.2-mile walk/run will take participants through the Neiman Marcus Neiman Marcus U.S. department-store chain. It was founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1907 by Herbert Marcus, his sister Carrie Marcus Neiman, and her husband, A.L. Neiman. store downtown to circle back through downtown and end at City Hall Plaza. Puppy pools will be set throughout the course as four-legged refreshment along the way. "LifeWalk is not only an excellent promotion for health and well being, but also a great family event and service for the community," adds Nobles. "It's exciting to see a fundraiser as important as LifeWalk continue to thrive and be such a popular community awareness project. By expanding the event's offering and working with Luke's Locker to include the Run, we certainly hope to bring more participants to this already popular venue and increase the funds available for those living with AIDS." Building a team for AIDS Arms LifeWalk is not only a fun activity, but also is a great way for an organization to support the needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in the metroplex A metroplex is large metropolitan area containing several cities and their suburbs.[1] It is also sometimes used as an alternative to metropolis or megalopolis, which is a chain of continuous metropolitan areas. . Teams have the added bonus of potentially winning great prizes such as American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the tickets, dinners for the entire team, or hotel packages! A minimum of 10 participants qualifies as a team. Each team must have an identified team captain and team name in addition to committing a minimum $25 entry fee. Individuals and organizations interested in forming a LifeWalk team are invited to participate in an upcoming one-hour training session September 4 and 5 at the Wyndham Anatole Hotel beginning at 7 p.m. Also, interested parties may request AIDS Arms to send a team captain information and registration packet or arrange for a representative to attend a meeting to discuss LifeWalk and how to build a membership team. For more information, please contact Denise Harper at 214/521-5191 ext. 14. About AIDS Arms, Inc. AIDS Arms, Inc. was established in 1986 to assist individuals in accessing the healthcare, resources and support necessary to manage successfully the challenges of living with HIV/AIDS. The agency serves men, women, children and families affected by HIV and promotes effective and efficient access to care by reducing the barriers impacting an individual's ability to live a stable, progressive life. Services are structured to target Dallas-area HIV-positive individuals with emphasis on underserved groups, such as African-Americans, Hispanics, women and those with medical adherence issues. AIDS Arms is a United Way agency and provided services to more than 1,500 HIV-positive individuals during 2001, a 23 percent increase compared to 2000. Recent studies have shown that African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. represent 54 percent of new infections. Other demographic groups significantly affected by the disease include women and Hispanics. AIDS Arms has continued its trend of marrying new advances in medical care with its established psychosocial model by adding the Peabody Health Center, which has a current patient ratio of 51 percent African Americans, 13 percent Hispanics and 34 percent Anglos. In addition, 74 percent are AIDS Arms female clients are heads of household and single parents. About AIDS Arms LifeWalk AIDS Arms LifeWalk represents a significant portion of private and corporate donations to the agency and is vitally important to those impacted by the disease. Since its inception, AIDS Arms LifeWalk has given more than $4 million to Dallas-based programs that support men, women, children and families affected by the disease. AIDS Arms LifeWalk is an annual event dedicated to producing financial support for Dallas-based agencies that provide services to enhance the quality of life for those impacted by HIV/AIDS. Additionally, AIDS Arms LifeWalk seeks to focus public awareness on the need to find a cure. Walkers may register for AIDS Arms LifeWalk by calling 214/443-WALK (9255) or by accessing the event's website at www.AIDSLifeWalk.org. Walk-ups are welcome the day of the event for a minimum registration fee of $25. About Erykah Badu Born in 1972 in Dallas, where she continues to make her home base, Erykah performed onstage on·stage adj. Situated or taking place in the area of a stage that is visible to the audience. adv. In or into the area of a stage that is visible to the audience. Adj. 1. at age four with her mother, Kolleen Wright, a professional actress, and wrote her first song at seven on an old piano her grandmother bought for her. In adolescence, she was encouraged in voice, dance and art, all the while absorbing the R&B music of the '60s and '70s, and the emerging hip-hop culture. At Booker T. Washington High, an arts-oriented magnet school magnet school n. A public school offering a specialized curriculum, often with high academic standards, to a student body representing a cross section of the community. , she had a regular spot rapping on a local hip-hop radio show, tagged "Apples." Then, seizing her own self-hood, she renamed herself entirely, changing her name from Erica Wright to Erykah Badu, "kah" for the "inner self" and "ba-du," after the scat singing Noun 1. scat singing - singing jazz; the singer substitutes nonsense syllables for the words of the song and tries to sound like a musical instrument scat singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music of the great jazz vocalists This is an alphabetical list of Jazz vocalists. : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A
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