The toll of the HIV epidemic among Black men in the United
States is staggering. CDC estimates that 1 in 16 Black men will
become infected with HIV in their lifetime. An estimated two-
thirds of people living with HIV/AIDS in the Black community are
men, and Black men in some U.S. cities have HIV rates as high as
heavily impacted countries in Africa. According to CDC, Black
gay and bisexual men are the most heavily impacted population in
the Black community. One study in five major U.S. cities found
that as many as half of all Black gay men in these communities
were living with HIV. Although not as heavily impacted, Black
heterosexual men are also at high risk for HIV infection through
heterosexual sex and injection drug use. On June 2, 2010, The
Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) convened a meeting at the
White House on Black Men and HIV. The meeting included black men
living with HIV, experts on HIV/AIDS, Federal, State, and local
policymakers, community-based service providers, representatives
from found