Sponsors & Supporters

The RED UMBRELLA MARCH (RUM) will be held:

When: Saturday, March 10th, 2012, @ 2 p.m.

Where: Start at Hunter’s Field at the corner of N. Claiborne & St. Bernard Avenues.  The RUM will be led down N. Claiborne Avenue by the renowned Stooges Brass Band, The Original Lady Buck Jumpers and the Dumaine Street Gang, then we will turn left onto St. Philip Street, turn right onto N. Rampart Street and turn right again into Congo Square where Dr. Corey Hebert and radio personality Kelder Summers will host our rally.

We would like to thank the many community groups, organizations, businesses and individuals, who have partnered with us to raise awareness about the impact of HIV/AIDS  on the African American community. Your continued support and commitment towards preventing HIV and saving lives in the New Orleans African American community will make for a healthier and more empowered community!  JOIN US!

 

SPONSORS:

The Links Inc., Crescent City Chapter

The National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc.

James and Melissa Harris Perry

Great New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center

Avita Drugs Pharmacy

Shades of Black Sisterhood, Org.

William J. Fanning Foundation

Louisiana GreaterThan.org

Total Community Action, Inc.

Dr. Corey Hebert

Kelder Summers

 

SUPPORTERS:

Esplanade Ridge and Treme Civic Association

Brotherhood, Inc.

Jackson State University Alumni

Dumaine Street Gang

African American Women of Purpose and Power

St. John #5 Faith Church

Women With A Vision-New Orleans Justice Project

Kristen Gisleson Palmer, New Orleans City Council District C

NO/AIDS Task Force

100 Black Men

We All, We Got Brotherhood

N’R PEACE

The New Orleans Tribune

National Association of Black Accountants, Inc.

The Original New Orleans Lady Buck Jumpers

Southern University at New Orleans School of Social Work

Louisiana Center for Health Equity

NOLA Women For A Change

Café Treme

Historic Faubourg Treme Association

Institute of Women & Ethnic Studies

For more information on the Red Umbrella Event, please contact Michael Hickerson, Event Coordinator at redumbrellasecondline@yahoo.com or (504)638-6519.

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