Kate Shindle
Kate Shindle, Miss America of 1998, will be in Bedford-Stuyvesant next Tuesday, urging people to get tested for HIV/AIDS.
More than 5,000 residents of Bedford-Stuyvesant have the disease, making that community one of the city's hardest hit.
"Ninety percent of my job as Miss America was advocating on behalf of AIDS issues," Shindle said in a statement issued by Housing Works, the agency sponsoring her visit.
"I had hoped almost 10years later we would have more answers," Shindle said. "However, there is still an urgent need for New Yorkers to be aware of their HIV status and educated on how to protect themselves ..."
Shindle, who's now starring in the Broadway musical "Legally Blonde," is to take an HIV test herself to show how simple the procedure is. She's scheduled to visit the mobile unit from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. It will be parked on the corner of Fulton St. and Nostrand Ave. from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. next Tuesday, offering free tests and counseling.
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