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Jay Ellis is committed to finding a cure for HIV by 2020.
In commemoration of National Black HIV Awareness Day on February 7, the “Insecure” actor has partnered with leading HIV and AIDS research organization, amfAR, to help eradicate the staggering rates of HIV cases in the black community.
Ellis, a newly appointed member of the organization’s Board of Trustees, told The Huffington Post that he learned his uncle had died from the immunodeficiency virus years ago.
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