AIDS: A resolution about the AIDS pandemic adopted by African-American leaders at the Leading for Life summit on October 1996 is presented. Alvin Poussaint of the Harvard Medical School believes the response to the AIDS pandemic needs to have the same energy and moral urgency as that displayed during the civil rights movement; however, it is observed that passion among the African-American community falls short of what is needed. A call for action has been initiated, including more attention being paid to clinical trials using African-American subjects, an issue resulting from the Tuskegee incident. Overcoming socioeconomic barriers to study participation, and the feeling of shame surrounding AIDS among African Americans also needs to be addressed. The resolution calls for the African-American community to join together in a national emergency effort to better inform African-American families about HIV/AIDS prevention education, care, and treatment issues.