sheilastewart
Sheila Stewart is an award winning media conglomerate whose career as a Radio, TV and Print Media Personality spans over 20 years. She is the News & Community Affairs Director for Radio One-DC Stations (93.9) WKYS-FM; (Praise 104.1) WPRS-FM; (1450)-WOL-AM); 1340-(WYCB-AM) and (102.3) WMMJ-FM.
Stewart received a BA Degree in Broadcast journalism from Benedict College and has also worked as an adjunct Professor of Journalism at several colleges.
More than 20 of her former students are working in radio-tv-print media all over the country.
Stewart devotes considerable time working with youth and organizations. She has mentored more than 40 at-risk girls and helped raised more than million dollars for charities such as The Susan Komen Race For The Cure, The United Negro College Fund, National Congress of Black Women; The 100 Black Men of America; The National Urban League; The National NAACP; The Jack & Jill Foundation; The United Negro College Fund and a host of others.
Stewart is also an accomplished writer and author. She wrote and published her first book "Faith and The 3 P's Overcoming Obstacles With Prayer, Persistence and Positive Thinking that received enthusiastic response and book signings.
Stewart has been honored by numerous organizations for community service work including the prestigious coveted "Crystal Award For Outstanding Community Service" by The National Association of Broadcasters; recipient of the National Community Service Award by the Federal Bureau of Investigations for raising $40,000 in one day for a missing 9 year old girl; recipient of The Keeper of the Community Service Award with US Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and saluted with The News Director of the Year Award at The Washington Post.
Stewart is also a former Miss Black South Carolina 1st Runner-Up; Miss Benedict Homecoming Queen and a proud member of the prestigious Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., Sheila is happily married to Life Coach/ Sr. Pastor Bill Russell Founder of The International Worship Center Church in Laurel, MD and mother of a beautiful baby boy. You can contact Stewart at sstewart@radio-one.com
Washington, DC – Whitman-Walker Health will observe National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Tuesday, Feb. 7, with free HIV testing through our mobile testing unit at the Anacostia Metro station from 12:00-3:00 pm and at Bachelors Mill, 1104 8th St., SE, 10:00 pm to 12:30 am.
Whitman-Walker will also offer a full schedule of free HIV testing at both facilities on Thursday, Feb. 7:
* 9:00 am-5:00 pm, Elizabeth Taylor Medical Center, 1701 14th St., NW.
* 9:00 am-4:30pm, Max Robinson Center, 2301 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., SE.
No appointment is needed for HIV testing at Whitman-Walker.
“Every day in the District of Columbia should be Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day,” said Don Blanchon, executive director of Whitman-Walker. “Three out of every four people with HIV or AIDS in DC are Black. One in three Black gay or bisexual men in DC has HIV. At Whitman-Walker, a large number of our new HIV diagnoses are among young, gay Black men.”
“It is vital that Black men and women receive not only ongoing primary medical care but information and education on how to protect themselves from HIV infection,” said Blanchon. “That is why WWH offers this community a home for high quality HIV health care. We provide free HIV testing, education about how to prevent HIV, and medical care if they do have HIV. We want to empower the entire community to protect their health and their lives.”
