A real problem has been getting ministers who are even willing to talk about it in their pulpits. They're children of God. In the past few years, he said the church has held two seminars on AIDS education. One of the things that we are facing is the fact that AIDS does not only hit homosexuals, does not only hit those who abuse drugs. In fact, among black women, who make up 56 percent of AIDS cases nationally, heterosexual sex has surpassed drug use as the leading cause of infection.
Volunteers work days and nights in teams of four or five people on different blocks.
In addition to dispensing information, they offer free, confidential AIDS antibody testing by appointment. Jones, of Homewood, has been a volunteer for two months. They ask for us. We do bars, clubs, stores. We just walk up to whoever we feel comfortable with.