HIV and Women

This past weekend I attended an HIV outreach event. I eagerly approached the PG plaza mall in order to find members of a particular nonprofit in order to raise HIV awareness. The afternoon began with an array of intruiging incidents. First, we had set up a booth as we were not allowed to solicit people directly in the mall. On the table where we sat there consisted of two brochures. One in reference to women and the other in reference to men. The brochure refering to women said, "A call to women of color" and within the brochure only black women were targeted. In the male brochure it seemed to include both Latio and Black men. I bring this up for various reasons.

1. HIV is a growing and devastating the black population yet this cannot be regarded isolated from other incidents
2. a brochure that targets mainly black individuals may in some ways be helpful but in other ways assumes that black men and women engage in more risky behavior.