Eleo Pomare, amfAR, and The Balm in Gilead to Receieve Awards for Fight Against HIV/AIDS   

The Law and Policy Group, Inc.'s champagne awards reception will take place on Saturday, November 13th at Rush Arts Gallery located at 526 West 26th Street in New York City. This year's theme is "A Call to Action: Fighting HIV/AIDS in the New Millennium." Dancer Eleo Pomare, amfAR, and The Balm in Gilead will be honored for their fight against HIV/AIDS.   

Mr. Eleo Pomare, the James Baldwin award recipient, is an internationally recognized dancer, choreographer, and teacher who creates socio-political works of dance including a major dance performance piece about HIV/AIDS which has increased dialogue and awareness among the dance community and its audience. Eleo Pomare is an elder statesman of dance who bridges the gap left by the generation of dancers and teachers lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Mr. Pomare is founder of the Eleo Pomare Dance Company and Dancemobile. He is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship as well as awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and other institutions.

Our Young Lion Award recipient this year is The Balm in Gilead. The Balm in Gilead is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization with an international mission to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS throughout the African Diaspora by building the capacity of faith communities to provide services, HIV/AIDS education, and to build support networks for all people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS.     

Our Stalwart Award recipient is the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR). Today, amfAR is the nation's leading non-profit organization dedicated to the support of AIDS research, AIDS prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy.

Tickets:$50 (individual), $125 (Supporter), $250 (Sponsor), $500 (Patron).

For tickets call: 212-946-6339 or email us at: info@lawandpolicygroup.org.

Proceeds benefit The Law and Policy Group, Inc. HIV/AIDS Awareness campaign and the Frank Hall, Jr. scholarship award.

The Law and Policy Group, Inc. is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization. We provide policy information, speakers, public outreach, and legal analysis on various issues affecting the lives of children, women, and people of color.  For more information see our website: http://www.lawandpolicygroup.org/. Write to us at: 67 Wall Street, Suite 2211 New York, NY 10005.