June is AIDS Education Month in Philadelphia. Be sure to check out what religious leaders in the area are doing to promote HIV/AIDS testing and awareness!

Rev. Natalie Mitchem is not only working to nurture her congregants’ spirituality, but also their physical health.  Her position as director of First Episcopal District Health Commission of the AME Church allows her to bring together two of her passions: her training as a registered dietitian and her spiritual ministry.

 

As a certified nutritionist, Mitchem is frequently asked to speak to various congregations or in community setting, and encouraging people adopt a healthy diet is often at the heart of her message.

 

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Former Mayor W. Wilson Goode (left)  and Roy Hayes, founder of HIV support group, Bridge Over Troubled Water

Photos by Tom Gralish

On Friday, June 15, 2012, Dr. Wesley Muhammad will give a talk entitled “The Ethnicity of the Prophet Muhammad: According to the Classical Arabic Tradition.” There is a $5 requested donation. Phone: (215) 222-0520.

The New Africa Center/Muslim American Museum and Archive

4243 Lancaster Ave.

Philadelphia, PA, 19104

This Saturday, June 16th, the Bright Hope Baptist Church will be hosting a community event, “A Village Report: HIV/AIDS Update in the African American and Other Ethnic Communities,” that will feature discussion on pressing issues such as education, contraception, prevention, stigma, and more, as well as HIV testing on-site. Know your status! It is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, please call 215-232-6004.

Bright Hope Baptist Church

Wm. H. Gray Youth Annex

12th Street & Cecil B. Moore Ave.

Philadelphia, PA, 19122

  

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