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ODAAT Hosts Basketball Game to Promote Unity and Partnership
Sports Event Promises Fun for Families and Community
April 25th, 2011 - Philadelphia, PA – One Day At A Time (ODAAT), one of Philadelphia’s most celebrated and respected drug and alcohol recovery programs, will host a community basketball game that will feature ODAAT alumni versus the District Attorney’s Office on Friday, May 6, 2011.
The ODAAT “Overcomers” square up against the District Attorney’s “Avengers” for a friendly game of basketball at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center, located at 2101 Cecil B. Moore Avenue. The event is free and all community residents are welcome to attend. Donations to support ODAAT are also welcomed.
The District Attorney’s Office is excited to take up the challenge and ready for a competitive and friendly game.
“We are thankful for this opportunity to partner with ODAAT in the community in a display of sportsmanship and unity,” says Leland Kent, Executive Director of Victim, Witness
and Neighborhood Services, as well as a player for the DA’s “Avengers”.
The basketball game will feature a DJ providing musical entertainment, door prizes and light refreshments. The event will be hosted as part of ODAAT’s 1st Annual Recovery Weekend, a mix of social events and serious discussions about the state of recovery in Philadelphia.
“This game will set the tone for our Recovery Weekend,” says Mel Wells, ODAAT President and Director of Community Outreach. “How often do you see persons that are in recovery, and who may have issues with the judicial courts, playing basketball with lawyers representing the DA’s office on the basketball court? It’s completely unprecedented and we are excited to have this event and build a new bridge.”
ODAAT provides services to low-income and homeless men and women suffering from addiction and HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia. ODAAT was founded in 1983 by Reverend Henry T. Wells when he opened his home to a group of recovering addicts, laying the groundwork for a peer-based/community-based recovery program. Since then, ODAAT has increased its scope and impact to include transitional housing facilities, comprehensive medical case management services, and services to address the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in the addicted community. ODAAT is a program of Greater Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition.
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High-risk heterosexual contact accounted for 31% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2010.
Philadelphia reported 55% in the same population.
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The CDC estimates that African Americans are more severely and disproportionately affected by HIV than any other racial/ethnic group in the United States.
More infections occur among young people under 30 than any other age group. Persons 30-39 have the second highest infection rate.
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In the United States, men account for 73% of new infections. Philadelphia reports African American women are the fastest growing population.
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One in every two people living with HIV in the United States is Black. Philadelphia reports 67%of new infections are African Americans.
2010 CDC data indicates about half of the just over 1 million Americans living with HIVS or AIDS are black.
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Injection drug use (IDU) accounted for 12% of estimated new HIV infections in the United States in 2010.
Philadelphia reported a slightly higher statistic of 13%.
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In 2010 the rate of new HIV infections among non-Hispanic blacks was 7 times the rate among whites. Hispanics saw a rate 3 times that of the white population. Whites accounted for 35% of estimated new HIV infections. Asians/Pacific Islanders accounted for roughly 2% and American Indians/Alaska Natives accounted for roughly 1%.
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