Sonya posted a new blog Our Heart... on A Girl Like Me’s “Voices from our Allies” page: Do we truly understand the power of learning to listen with our hearts? Well recently the community has been opening up to me pertaining to HIV/AIDS Awareness, and it’s truly amazing! I have been learning to live each moment in love, because life is not promised to us, it is a gift. We are to savor every moment with those we love, care for, and with our community. Everything around us is always speaking to us…The question is, are we willing to listen, learn and grow from everyone and everything around us...
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As many of you know, when the The Well Project was founded in 2002, it was primarily a U.S.-focused resource. As time went by, however, it became clear that the need for accurate, reliable information about women and HIV knows no boundaries and we are now pleased to serve women and their care networks around the globe. Last year, more than 70 percent of our 1.3 million website visitors and 50 percent of the 50,000 visitors to the A Girl Like Me blog were from outside the United States. In fact, The Well Project's website and online resources are accessed by women living in every country in the...
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Sonya posted a new blog What Could it Be? on A Girl Like Me’s “Voices from our Allies” page: I really wonder why people are so quick to attend a baby shower vs. attending an HIV Awareness/Testing Event. It blows me away to know that we are willing to bring a gift of diapers, play games and smile, as we try to guess the weight and size of the new baby. We never once mentioned the fact that they should have used a condom! Hmmm…STDs, HIV, and even unwanted pregnancies….Oh, like what just happened here…What is the real reason why so many people are scared to even say H—I--V? I think about this...
Sonya posted a new blog To My Sisters..."spoken word style” on A Girl Like Me’s “Voices from our Allies” page: Too many of my Sisters are winding up dead because they allow smooth-talking brothers to mess with their head! Why should another Sister, full of promise, have to die because a man lied about his sexual preference to shield his male pride? On an endless quest for love and affection, my Sisters are neglecting themselves when they don’t insist on using protection. What many consider just a “casual date” often turns deadly due to poor judgment and careless mistakes. They say “you shouldn...
Tiffany posted a new blog “ Even in my compassion, I have lacked action” on A Girl Like Me’s “Voices from our Allies” page: …That is what she said in response to the hearing of another young woman dead in our community as she urged her friends on facebook to have a call to arms. I was so struck by the statement that I knew it had to be my own. How many of us have heard the numbers about HIV/AIDS in our community and still lacked action? How many of us know someone in the community that has been discriminated against because of their status and done nothing? How many times have you said this is...
Sonya posted a new blog “ It is My Business” on A Girl Like Me's "Voices from our Allies" page: Did you ever stop to think that just maybe, your actions are affecting me? I know you say all the time “what I do is my business, I’m not hurting anyone”, but the fact of the matter is that yes, you are hurting me! I sit and watch you day in/day out, and listen to your plight. You tell me how fatigue you are, how you are discharging, and don’t have any appetite, but in the same breathe you are also saying “it’s nobody business that you are infected with AIDS”…REALLY! Here is a REALITY check my...
New post from Tiffany on "Voices from our Allies": The World is Watching! The world is watching as news of two more cured come out of IAS. The world is watching as questions about the “End of AIDS” seem more plausible than ever before especially for those of us who remember bold claims of yester year that we once believed only to have our hopes dashed by a virus more adept at adapting and mutating into something far more complex than what had been seen before. It has been 20 plus years since the International AIDS Conference has been on US soil and it is much different than it was then. We in...
Sonya posted a new blog " Let's Applaud Each Other" in Voice from our Allies: Let’s Applaud Each Other Let’s Stand up and Applaud each other …for survival, strength, determination, Purpose, and Destiny….Now, take a look around you …look to your neighbors on your left and now look to your neighbors on the right…. Startling stats tell us that 1 out of 5 people don’t know their status…is that you? I would never have believed or asked to be affected by HIV, but I believe that in all things there is a purpose; and I’m here before you on behalf of the affected people who are unable to speak because...
Hi everyone, We just wanted to share this short clip of a documentary about A Girl Like Me blogger, Maria Mejia, and her advocacy work and use of social media to promote HIV awareness and prevention messages. We look forward to the release of the full piece! Keep up the amazing work, Maria! [vimeo http://vimeo.com/43944946]