FACE Aids Week

Last night, I watched the movie "A Closer Walk" at ArtStreet for the second event of FACE Aids week. The movie is a wake-up call. I worked this summer for Taxpayers for Common Sense in DC, and we were right next to an AIDS prevention NGO, and yet I never went in to talk to them about what they did. HIV/Aids is one of the scariest dilemmas facing our world today. It is a preventable disease, but social norms, the "incubation period" of the disease, and unsafe drug use all help the virus thrive. The movie looks at the issue and shows concrete ways that people are working to curb the spread of HIV/Aids. Be informed, and be active on this issue. Not only does it disproportionately harm the poor and marginalized of the world, but it propagates without discrimination. Education, activism for better treatment, and good government policy for foreign aid are three avenues for fighting this disease. Please, whether it is now or once you are established after graduation, make an effort to assist the good people working on this issue to improve the global push against HIV/Aids. While there is no vaccine yet like Polio, HIV/Aids is going to be a test of this generation. Will we join together as one family and say "No!" both with our words, and with our deeds by pressuring government and financing non-profit care? History will bear witness. You can take a first step by supporting FACE Aids week and becoming informed.

Walk in the light and be blessed always.