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BP MARKOWITZ OFFICE JOINS NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO URGE BROOKLYNITES TO "KNOW YOUR STATUS" AS PART OF FIRST ANNUAL BROOKLYN HIV TESTING AND AWARENESS DAY |

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Photo by Nancy Becker
In photo: From left to right: Victor Hunter, director of the Office of Minority Health, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Pastor Brian Carter, president of the Borough of Brooklyn Ecumenical Advisory Group; Yvonne Graham; Rev. Dillon St. E. Burgin, pastor of the Bethel United Methodist Church; Pastor Robert Waterman, pastor of Antioch Baptist Church; and Dr. Monica Sweeney, Assistant Commissioner, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. |
On Thursday, October 2, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz’s Office, represented by Special Assistant to the Borough President Yvonne Graham joined the NYC Health Department in hosting a press conference at Borough Hall to announce the First Annual Brooklyn HIV Testing and Awareness Day to be held Saturday, October 4.
The testing event, co-sponsored by the Borough President’s Office and the NYC Health Department, will be held on October 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church on Lexington Avenue between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues.
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