Día Mundial del SIDA (11/29)

De Tony Wafford

National Director of Health and Wellness for the National Action Network

El Sr.. De Tony Wafford, ha trabajado incansablemente como presidente del capítulo de Los Angeles de la Red de Acción Nacional, y fue nombrado recientemente nuevo Director Nacional de Salud y Bienestar de NAN por sus esfuerzos proactivos para ayudar a aumentar las pruebas y educar a la gente sobre el VIH / SIDA. Rev. Al Sharpton established NAN in 1991 as one of the leading Civil Rights organizations in the nation.

One of Mr. Wafford’s first acts as National Director of Health and Wellness was to launch NAN’s “I Choose Life” campaign to address HIV/AIDS in the African American community. The three-year project is a partnership with the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) ACT! Against AIDS Leadership Initiative.

Wafford Consulting, LLC

Tony R. Wafford delivers health-related information and education to urban communities. His tactics are town hall meetings and other culturally appropriate, grassroot approaches with demonstrated effectiveness for motivating the African American community leaders, medical professionals, service providers and people living with HIV/AIDS to become more informed and proactive in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.

Fondo

Tony established Wafford Consulting, LLC in 1985, after working closely with Terrie Williams, a New York-based public relations guru. Tony worked with such entertainment greats as Eddie Murphy, Miles Davis, Russell Simmons, Sean Combs, Al Haymon, Anita Baker, Johnnie Cochran, Rev. Al Sharpton and others. As a community volunteer, Tony started “Takin’ It to the Street,” a grassroots movement to distribute condoms and information concerning HIV/AIDS to barber shops, beauty salons and shoe repair shops with Congresswoman Maxine Waters. Durante los últimos diez años, Wafford has also worked closely with congressional leaders to coordinate one of the most well-attended and important meetings at the Congressional Black Caucus, conocido como “Joven, Gifted and Black”. Participants have included Russell Simmons, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, Chris Tucker and Cedric the Entertainer. With this caliber of participation, Tony has been able to keep the focus of education and information of HIV/AIDS in the forefront.

He has served as Co-Chair of the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), Americas Community Working Group. His work includes a history of successful collaboration. Some of which being Pfizer, OraSure, Abbott, Giliad and GSK. Tony has worked in partnership with Pfizer to create and produce an award winning video titled, “Women Like You” to heighten the awareness of HIV/AIDS among African American women. Also through the partnership with Pfizer, Tony created a nationwide HIV/AIDS campaign called “Fighting HIV Through R&B”. During the campaign, más que 30,000 African American men and women were tested for HIV/AIDS within 32 mes. This campaign was launch in Los Angeles, CA and travel to over 23 states and 66 cities throughout the country. This campaign offered free concert tickets to individuals that participated by testing and returning for their results. This campaign was truly a success!! During the campaign run, Wafford tested over 30,000 individuals and distributed over $2.2 million dollars in concert tickets! En 2004, Wafford convened the largest summit addressing HIV/AIDS in Black America. This summit was titled “The Cost and Casualties of Silence”. The summit was held on the campus of the University of Southern California (USC) and was broadcast live on C-SPAN and moderated by political commentator, autor, and talk show host Mr. Tavis Smiley. The panelist included Wilber Jordan, Maryland, Benny Prim, Maryland, Gail Wyatt, PhD, Nina Harawa, PhD, La congresista Maxine Waters, Maulana Karenga, PhD, Reverend Clyde Oden, Iyanla Vanzant and many others.

En 2006, Wafford convene the largest delegation of African Americans to attend the International AIDS Conference in Toronto, Canada to address the HIV/AIDS pandemic among African Americans in the United States. Participants included, NAACP Board Chair Julian Bond, Donna Christianson, Representante, US Virgin Islands, La congresista Maxine Waters (CA), Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA), Senator Vincent Hughes (PA), Actress/Advocate Sheryl Lee Ralph and Danny Bakewell, Editor and Publisher of the Los Angeles Sentinel, the largest African American newspaper in California and this is simply to name a few.

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery! En 2007, Wafford launch a campaign called “Test One Million”. Through this campaign, Wafford has successfully begun recruiting social, civic, corporate and community organizations to educate, promote and test one million African Americans for HIV/AIDS. Since launching this movement, several organizations and AIDS service providers has created their own version of test one million.

Wafford’s latest venture in the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS is a movement called “I Choose Life”. Wafford has partnered with The National Urban League, NAACP, SCLC, National Action Network and a host of other social and civic organizations to target five Southern states with the highest prevalence of HIV/AIDS infection. Please visit the “I Choose Life” tab on this website for more detailed information.

Información de Contacto:

Tony R. Wafford, National Director of Health and Wellness
Red de Acción Nacional (IN)
6709 LaTijera Blvd., #310
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Teléfono: (310) 412-9043
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