NHAP's outstanding leaders transform influence into action, wisdom into direction.
Applying their insight, resources and abilities, NHAP Partners have created opportunities for messages to reach many communities across the United States.
- Bishop Eddie Long of the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church hosted a landmark meeting at which faith leaders came together to explore how they can best educate their congregations about HIV/AIDS.
- Robert Hanson, president of Levi's Brand US, recorded the first in a series of NHAP public service announcements that will air on national television and cable. Former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros recorded the second message in the series.
- Recording artist Martha Redbone included focus on NHAP, its mission, and her commitment in television interviews.
- Wilma Mankiller of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, famed recording artist Rita Coolidge and prominent actor Wes Studi appeared in public service ads to inform Native Americans about HIV/AIDS.
- Nearly 10,000 NHAP posters have been distributed at Native American powwows. Through these and public service ads, NHAP messages have had more than 600,000 no-cost media impressions – all made possible through the partners’ resources and energy. These impressions are made through the posters, the publications such as Indian Country Today that have carried NHAP’s public service messages, and the outreach of partners like Dana Tiger, who has conducted extensive one-to-one contact at powwows.
- Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farmworkers of America, has arranged with Radio Campesina to air NHAP messages to reach migrant farm workers, an important segment of the population, but one that is very difficult to reach through traditional mainstream media. Radio Campesina is listened to by many workers who relocate too frequently to depend on newspapers, literature or cable television as a regular source of information.
- NHAP print public service ads have appeared in Indian Country Today, a leading Native American publication that reaches some 80,000 readers with each issue.
- NHAP messages were featured at the 2005 Trumpet Awards in Atlanta, at the gala dinner, on information cards for attendees featuring a message from Tom Joyner, and during the nationally broadcast awards ceremony, which reached thousands of viewers.
- Dana Tiger, noted Native American artist, created and donated an original painting that appeared in the first of a series of NHAP posters, then made appearances at powwows and other gatherings to sign posters and speak personally with people about HIV/AIDS.