National Black HIV Awareness Day

“Black Love Matters,” a National Black HIV Awareness Day event, will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at B & B Cocktail Lounge, 310 South Ave.  The event features live music by World Be Free, lots of give-aways and food.  There is no cost to attend. Sponsored by ACR Health’s Communities of Color initiative and Upstate Medical University, Black Love Matters offers free and confidential HIV and STD testing; an activity involving wristbands that simulates HIV infections; and education about National Black HIV Awareness Day.  Some representatives from “HIV Stops with Me” will come by to share their stories and hand out poster from the campaign.