June 20 marks the one-year anniversary of the Sistas Organizing to Survive (SOS) mobilization initiative. A year ago, black women gathered in Orlando, Florida. They committed to get tested for HIV, to educate their sistas about HIV, and to encourage sistas to be tested where you live, work, play, and worship. Since that time, eight local SOS conference have been conducted, 4,100 people have taken our online pledge, and over 88,000 Black women tested in 2008.

On this anniversary of SOS, the SOS Black Women's Advisory Group is asking black women around the state to join them in getting tested and to Take a Sista to Get Tested. It is their goal to have 500 black women tested on this day. Last year, the journey began. Today, we continue to travel along the path of mobilizing and empowering black women to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS. Join the SOS Black Women's Advisory Group in making the statement that black women's lives are worth saving.

HIV/AIDS - We Make The Change