Ummah Endowment Fund White Attire Affair

Last Saturday was the 9th Annual White Attire Affair, sponsored by the Ummah Endowment Fund.

The event began as a fundraiser for Us Helping Us, but this year the focus was more on promoting HIV related behavior change among African American men in the District. A beneficiary for this year's event has not been announced.

Ron Simmons had some strong words about the event in last week's Washington Blade:

“I don’t believe that it really helps us,” Simmons says about the Affair’s work for black men with HIV. “You put on an event that costs close to a quarter million dollars and when the smoke clears, the agency gets $10,000, and the people who are promoting it get the same. It sounds like a business partnership.”

If you attended the event and would like to share your experience on the blog, or if you have some pictures of the event you'd like us to add to our Flickr Photo Stream, please write me.