Question for you...
Who's rocking their red pumps today?!
Today, Thursday, March 10, 2011 is National Women & Girls’ HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). To commemorate this day women and girls nationwide are asked to step out in their "red pumps". It's all part of The Red Pump Project.
Every year, the United States recognizes March 10th as National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). It’s a nationwide initiative to raise awareness about the increasing impact of HIV/AIDS on women & girls and encourages ladies to take action. While progress has definitely been made in the areas of AIDS prevention and treatment, women still represent 27% of all new AIDS diagnoses, with African-American women accounting for 66% of that group. This year focuses on this statistic, “Every 35 minutes, a woman tests positive for HIV in the United States.”
In observance of this day, The Red Pump Project asked bloggers to participate in the third annual “Rock the Red Pump™” campaign: 500 in 50. Last year, 250 people took to Twitter, Facebook, and their blogs to help “Rock the Red Pump” and this year the goal was to get 500 blogs in 50 days to do it. I'm Married Now joined the movement and I'm happy to announce that as of 8:30 am today there were over 850 bloggers signed up!
Today, spread the word of HIV/AIDS awareness to the women in your life, if you haven't got tested...do it, and take a moment to show me your red pumps!
