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Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first ever international day for global health. Every year, United Nations agencies, governments and civil society join together to campaign around specific themes related to HIV.
Each year, on 1 December, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with HIV and to remember those who have died from AIDS-related illnesses.
I became involved in the 80s, when I saw hundreds of young men and women around us dying mysteriously. Upon moving to California, I saw 100s loose their lives.
I will always be moved by the tireless work of Russell Kassman, Chris Carnes, Sharon McNight and others who helped bring joy to the infamous Ward 5B one Christmas by moving in a piano and bringing a performance to a ward of men dying but whom got one last moment of joy in their life.
And for decades since, each have tirelessly worked along with Donna Sachet and her “Songs of the Season” to continue to raise funds, educate and inspire.
So many people have helped over the years and so many people died due to early government inaction. The lessons of that day carry forward today.
History has a tendency to repeat itself with a broader punch when we don’t learn the lessons of our past.
But through the wisdom of people like Chris Carnes, Gretchen Carol Fleischmann, Sharon McKnight, Russell Kassman, Donna Sachet and then later in life Floyd McGregor, L Pierce Carson, Martin Durand, Deb Stallings, and others we carried hope forward via The AIDS Project and ultimately in partnership with now Councilwoman Liz Alessio and the Care Network and Planned Parenthood and other organizations around the nation also have stepped up in the means of education and public health. Politics ultimately was put aside and the lives of those lost recognized for their value to the greater community at large.
Thank you Hank Plante for keeping the stories alive over the decades via tales, stories and documentaries.
We must never forget our history, as it is a reflection of whom we are today and whom we will become tomorrow.
Patchy rain nearby, with a high of 86 and low of 65 degrees. Sunny in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon, partly cloudy for the evening,
What, no outrage for this poor victim of federal law enforcement who only acted in self defense?
i would make a polite suggestion; please describe the guys working on the store fronts as facade crews.
the term facade squad makes me think of another group of masked federal agents dispatched to do the trump regimes' dirty work.
If I don't feel like sitting at a table, will the Oppenheimer have a Geiger counter?
Torrez engaged in another frivolous lawsuit.
As I've stated previously, the grants in question were a demonstration program. Of course Dems like Torrez only know one meaning of the word demonstration, but this grant was not intended to provide funding for protests, it was a trial program.
I'm calling on the Secretary of Agriculture to change the official designation of the Lincoln from National Forest, to National Ashtray.
It's designation should be more in line with it's actual use.
does this mean that you don't have a personal relationship with brooke rollins? saying that, has pam bondi ever gotten back in touch with you regarding the source of funding for all those nasty protests against dear leader's royal inclinations? couple weeks back, you told us that news was going to break immedia
After looking at New Mexico election law, a person may run as a candidate for office in the primary of the party they are registered with, without first seeking that party's approval.
this is just another echo of the fight to recognize the health risks of exposure to agent orange in the decades after the vietnam war.
Laymans translation, Mr. Sharp is having some problems proving his clients contracted cancer from PFAS.
Notice he's not crying about coverage for known cancer causing agents, but PRESUMED cancer causing agents. That's because to date, there is no known PROOF of any adverse health effects from PFAS.
there's neighbor john, right on schedule. he has already declared his willingness for other folks to be exposed to well established risks in environmental situations - just as long as he can't see them from where he lives.
So, Miyagishima is going after Republican and Independent voters instead of the Democrat base in a blue state who's election laws are heavily biased towards Democrats. Tells you something about the state of the Democrat Party.