SLOANE BERRENT'S BLOG
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Don't Join Me at the AIDS WALK LA This Weekend or Donate To This Cause. No seriously, AIDS Research and Treatment Is Overrated.
- Posted on 10.13.08
Related causes: Health, Human Rights
Friends,
Why bother right? AIDS was an epidemic that swept through America like so 10 years ago and now it's this thing that we don't really hear that much about anymore. I mean it's not like 2 million people died in the US alone last year. Or the fact, according to the CDC that 33 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in this country, half of them women.
But wait. What if the AIDS epidemic was about more than AIDS? What if it was about equal access to medical treatment no matter how much money you have in your pocket or the color of your skin or based on where you live? What if finding a way to live with the disease in dignity was better than giving up and letting go and saying fuck it because no one cares about me.
I started the journey to educate myself about AIDS when I was in high school. I would take the public bus to the other side of town and volunteer for the Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force. I was the first Youth Chair for the first ever Pittsburgh AIDS Walk. That was...Read More
