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Now, with that being said, we just wanted to alert everyone to the fact that the second summit is coming up in a matter of days (Feb. 8) in Worcester, Mass, 45 minutes East of Boston. The one-day summit mingles the efforts from New York and Massachusetts and plans to pack in a lot of information in eight hours, as Chioma Nnjai, program manager for the Multicultural AIDS Coalition, Juliet Berk, contract manager for Massachusetts State HIV/AIDS Bureau, and Amanda Lugg, from New York's African Services, combine efforts to present this joint event.

Two hundred and fifty people have been invited to the summit and as of last week, 75 have been confirmed. Guests and panelists are representing such organizations and departments as Imams United, HIV Law Project, the New York City department of Public Health and the Office of Health and Population Affairs.

"This is going to be an awareness conference to the African community and those who work with them,” Margaret said. “I hope people walk away with interest in advocacy in the community."