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Mel Wells, President, One Day At A Time
215-226-7860
Ajeenah Amir, Marketing Associate
215-226-7860 ext. 307
ajeenaha@odaat.us
One Day At A Time Hosts North Philly Clean Up
November 2, 2009 - PHILADELPHIA, November 2, 2009 - One Day At A Time (ODAAT), in partnership with NET and Everything Must Change, will mobilize over 150 individuals for a neighborhood clean-up day in North Philadelphia on Friday, November 6, at 10:00 a.m. Participants will gather at the Winchester Recreation Center, located at 2332 North 15th Street. This area of North Philadelphia is particularly hard hit by poverty, substance abuse, homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and crime.
Starting at the Winchester Recreation Center, the clean up crews will follow a route south to Diamond Street, west to 25th Street, north to Lehigh Avenue, and then back to 15th Street to end back at the Center. The clean up will occur in preparation for the 5K Walk for Hope, to be held on Saturday November 7. The Walk for Hope will raise funds to support summer camp programs for inner city youth. The walk is organized by HOPE Worldwide, in partnership with ODAAT, GPCC, State Representative Jewell Williams, and State Senator Shirley Kitchen.
Individuals participating in the event will include members of the recovery community and ex-offenders. Â Mel Wells, president of One Day At A Time, says, "The beauty of this event is not just the work that gets done, but in seeing individuals in recovery and individuals who have been incarcerated join together to give back to the community that has supported them."
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 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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HIV Facts:
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%.
HIV Facts:
Gay and bisexual men accounted for a significantly greater proportion of estimated new infections nation-wide in the United States in 2010 than any other risk group.
Philadelphia statistics however reported heterosexual's accounted for the largest population.
HIV Fact:
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%.
HIV Facts:
Each year, more than 45,000 people become newly infected with HIV in the United States.
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HIV Facts:
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.
HIV Facts:
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.
HIV Facts:
The CDC recommends that everyone in the US aged 13-64, regardless of perceived risk, get tested for HIV to help stop the spread of the disease.
It also recommends that sexually active gay and bisexual men be tested for HIV at LEAST once a year.
HIV Fact:
Every 9 1/2 minutes another person becomes infected with the HIV virus in the United States.
HIV Facts:
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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HIV Fact:
In the United States, men account for 73% of new infections. Philadelphia reports African American women are the fastest growing population.
The CDC estimates that one-quarter of HIV-infected people are unaware of their HIV infection and that these cases account for 54-70% of all new infections.
