![myhivpromise:
I registered for the ride… and so it begins!
In recognition of World AIDS day 2011, I registered to participate in the AIDS/Lifecycle Ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles in June 2012. To do this, I have to raise $3,000 within the next six months- a lot of work but I know this 545 mile ride will be absolutely epic.
To help raise money, I am starting a social media awareness campaign a friend and I thought of a while back- MYHIVPROMISE.com. I want to create a site where participants are able to publicly voice their promise to themselves, families and communities concerning HIV/AIDS.
One of the largest struggles with creating the social and behavioral change behind HIV/AIDS activism, prevention, and treatment is the reality that change has to happen inside each and every one of us before anything out in the world will change. We need to make promises to ourselves about HIV/AIDS because every single one of us counts in the fight to end HIV/AIDS and the stigma behind it. We need to make promises to our families and communities because HIV/AIDS affects all of us regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender, age, social class, physical/mental ability, religion, or education. I want to hear your promise so that we can come together to become more than individuals and become a family, a safe space, an army of people united to end HIV/AIDS.
SO MAKE A PROMISE NOW.
My promise is below, as well as some sample ones:
“My HIV promise is to never ever shut up.” - Jay from Baltimore, Maryland, USA
“My HIV promise is to educate myself!”
“My HIV promise is to get my girlfriend and I tested for HIV.”
“My HIV promise is to tell my daughter about being positive.”
“My HIV promise is to create a safe space for positive individuals in my home, church, and workplace.”
“My HIV promise is to listen to my doctor and take my medications daily.”
“My HIV promise is to tell my children about safe sex.”
What should you include in your promise?
A statement of commitment to yourself, family/friends, community, etc concerning HIV/AIDS.
Your name and location.
How can you submit it?
Submit now! It only takes about 1 minute to think of and an ounce of creativity.
Submissions of Photos, Drawings, Video, Audio, or anything else are welcome! Just email myhivpromise@gmail.com with any attachments and I can figure it out.
-jay
Party people! This is my beautiful friend Jay, commonly referred to [by me, almost specifically] as Jay Baby.
Support the cause! Help fight HIV/AIDs!](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvjrogfVnO1r7vr74o1_400.jpg)
I registered for the ride… and so it begins!
In recognition of World AIDS day 2011, I registered to participate in the AIDS/Lifecycle Ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles in June 2012. To do this, I have to raise $3,000 within the next six months- a lot of work but I know this 545 mile ride will be absolutely epic.
To help raise money, I am starting a social media awareness campaign a friend and I thought of a while back- MYHIVPROMISE.com. I want to create a site where participants are able to publicly voice their promise to themselves, families and communities concerning HIV/AIDS.
One of the largest struggles with creating the social and behavioral change behind HIV/AIDS activism, prevention, and treatment is the reality that change has to happen inside each and every one of us before anything out in the world will change. We need to make promises to ourselves about HIV/AIDS because every single one of us counts in the fight to end HIV/AIDS and the stigma behind it. We need to make promises to our families and communities because HIV/AIDS affects all of us regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender, age, social class, physical/mental ability, religion, or education. I want to hear your promise so that we can come together to become more than individuals and become a family, a safe space, an army of people united to end HIV/AIDS.
My promise is below, as well as some sample ones:
“My HIV promise is to never ever shut up.”
- Jay from Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- “My HIV promise is to educate myself!”
- “My HIV promise is to get my girlfriend and I tested for HIV.”
- “My HIV promise is to tell my daughter about being positive.”
- “My HIV promise is to create a safe space for positive individuals in my home, church, and workplace.”
- “My HIV promise is to listen to my doctor and take my medications daily.”
- “My HIV promise is to tell my children about safe sex.”
What should you include in your promise?
- A statement of commitment to yourself, family/friends, community, etc concerning HIV/AIDS.
- Your name and location.
How can you submit it?
- Submit now! It only takes about 1 minute to think of and an ounce of creativity.
- Submissions of Photos, Drawings, Video, Audio, or anything else are welcome! Just email myhivpromise@gmail.com with any attachments and I can figure it out.
-jay
Party people! This is my beautiful friend Jay, commonly referred to [by me, almost specifically] as Jay Baby.
Support the cause! Help fight HIV/AIDs!
