Hearts & Voices Debut DC Show
November 7, 2010 | Tags: Hearts & Voices
On December 10, Lifebeat’s Hearts & Voices Program in partnership with Alsura, Inc., will hold it’s first ever performance in Washington, D.C. for the clients of the Whitman Walker Clinic. Lifebeat’s Hearts & Voices Program has been providing the healing power of music to the HIV/AIDS community in the Greater NYC area for over 18 years and is excited to begin expanding to the Metro DC area. The December 10th concert will be the first of quarterly music events for people living with HIV/AIDS produced by Lifebeat’s Hearts & Voices and Al Sura, Inc.. Future dates in 2011 are tentatively scheduled for Friday, March 25th, Friday, June 24th & Friday, September 23rd.
The December 10th performance will feature singer/songwriter , Reina Williams, a talented Baltimore, MD –based artist who has been writing songs since she was in the 5th grade. William’s songs have been featured on MTV, NBC, Cinemax, and more. www.reinawilliams.com
About LIFEBEAT
Lifebeat is a nonprofit that uses the power of music and the music industry to help educate young people about HIV/AIDS prevention. For more than seventeen years, Lifebeat has helped to mobilize the talents and resources of the music industry to raise awareness and funds, and to provide support to the HIV-positive community.
Lifebeat relies on a small but dedicated staff and an active Board of Directors to carry out our mission, as well as a wonderful group of volunteers and a network of national AIDS service organizations (ASO’s) to educate young people through our outreach efforts. lifebeat.org
About Al Sura
Al Sura, Inc. is a non-profit and public charity foundation whose mission is to promote grassroots communication, education and awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS within the African-American community. Al Sura started in 2008 because organizers saw a crisis that needed to be met in addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington, DC. The organization’s goals are to create awareness on the need for HIV/AIDS prevention measures, provide leadership training on this issue and to provoke action around this epidemic. www.alsura.org
About Whitman-Walker Clinic
Whitman-Walker Clinic is the largest community-based provider of HIV/AIDS services in the DC metropolitan area. The Clinic is dedicated to providing high-quality, comprehensive, integrated and accessible health care services to people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.
In the early 1980s, the Clinic was among the first in the nation to respond to the AIDS epidemic. As a result of the increased demand for HIV/AIDS services in metropolitan Washington, three regional Whitman-Walker Clinic centers were opened: Northern Virginia in 1988 (which closed in 2009); Suburban Maryland in 1991 (which closed in 2005); and the Max Robinson Center in Southeast DC in 1992. The Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center at Whitman-Walker Clinic opened in 1993 in Northwest Washington and is the Clinic’s primary medical and research facility. Today, both of the Clinic’s facilities provide primary outpatient health care services for people with HIV/AIDS. www.wwc.org
for more information on this event email performers@lifebeat.org.
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