Monthly Archives: February 2009

My Black History: John Brinson

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One evening I was chilling, as I usually do, chatting with my buddy Dante at my Foggy Bottom Metro Station. Out of the corner of my eye I could see this young guy just kind of chillin’ and I thought to myself “what does he need. . . ??” He then slipped a little something through the little at the stations leader kiosk. I asked Donte “What is that?” It was a CD. The first thing that came to my mind was “I gotta have that!”

Clearly for those that read my blog you know by now how I am a huge supporter of the youth of today! I would have to say that the number one quality that got me excited about John aka Hotline was his Marketing approach.

It is all too often that people expect to be “discovered” without putting the work at getting their hard work “out there.” I personally appreciate time spent on foot :)

When I got home I popped John’s CD, and what I really liked about is that it had a totally different sound. I am no critic but I would like to say it is Hip Hop meets Rock. . . so it is really the best of both worlds!

John is a DC native, graduated from high school in surrounding MD and will be finishing up college in the next six months! I think what made me smile the most is John wants to teach.

See, John doesn’t know how jealous I am of him. . . he has a talent that I will never have. . . an amazing way to reach “the youth of today. . . ” he can reach them through his music. To be straight, I am limited as a white female with limited rhyming skills and many times (most ha ha) I am just not very hip.
 I am really excited to see where John goes!!! Please check out his tunes. . . . and clearly follow my blog for updates on HOTLINE!

http://www.myspace.com/johndywan

Valentines Day 09: Share the Love, and nothing more. . :)

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Ladies and Gentlemen. . .

Trust me when I say that Valentines Day is literally my favorite Day of the year! I have never truly had a legitimate Valentine (wink wink BE) and so with that said I want to remind everyone that while you are getting your “grove on,” “working it,” “putting out the vibe,” have beer goggles on, true love, random hookups or whatever your means may be to get some booty. . .

I BEG OF YOU. . . .

Share that LOVE but please don’t share anything else.

My regular readers know how much I harp on using condoms!

DC HIV/AIDS rate 1 out of every 20 residents!
DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration

Think HIV doesn’t affect you. . . how about a side of Chlamydia with your date?

Symptoms:

Men

  • Discharge from the penis or rectum
  • Pain or burning sensation when urinating
  • Pain and swelling in the testicles
  • Itching of the tip of the penis

Women

  • Pain and itching of the vagina or surrounding area (vulva)
  • Discharge from the vagina
  • Pain when urinating
  • Pain when having sex
  • Serious complications can occur in women who have chlamydia who are not treated:
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease ( a serious pelvic infection in women)
  • Ectopic (tubal) pregnancies
  • Infertility

DC Department of Health, STD Control

Valentines Day 09: Share the Love, and nothing more. . :)

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Ladies and Gentlemen. . .

Trust me when I say that Valentines Day is literally my favorite Day of the year! I have never truly had a legitimate Valentine (wink wink BE) and so with that said I want to remind everyone that while you are getting your “grove on,” “working it,” “putting out the vibe,” have beer goggles on, true love, random hookups or whatever your means may be to get some booty. . .

I BEG OF YOU. . . .

Share that LOVE but please don’t share anything else.

My regular readers know how much I harp on using condoms!

DC HIV/AIDS rate 1 out of every 20 residents!
DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration

Think HIV doesn’t affect you. . . how about a side of Chlamydia with your date?

Symptoms:

Men

  • Discharge from the penis or rectum
  • Pain or burning sensation when urinating
  • Pain and swelling in the testicles
  • Itching of the tip of the penis

Women

  • Pain and itching of the vagina or surrounding area (vulva)
  • Discharge from the vagina
  • Pain when urinating
  • Pain when having sex
  • Serious complications can occur in women who have chlamydia who are not treated:
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease ( a serious pelvic infection in women)
  • Ectopic (tubal) pregnancies
  • Infertility

DC Department of Health, STD Control

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2009

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“When we look at HIV/AIDS by race and ethnicity, we see that African Americans have more illness (even though blacks account for about 13% of the U.S. population, they account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS; shorter survival times (Blacks with AIDS often don’t live as long as people of other races and ethnic groups with AIDS); and more deaths (for African Americans and other blacks, HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of death.”

“HIV/AIDS affects black children the most. In 2005, 104 (63%) of the 166 children under the age of 13 diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 33 states were black.”

“According to information from 33 states, during 2005, among men, 41% of men living with HIV/AIDS were black; among women, 64% of women living with HIV/AIDS were black.”

“Of all black women living with HIV/AIDS, the primary transmission category was high-risk heterosexual contact, followed by injection drug use.”

“Of the estimated 141 infants perinatally infected with HIV, 91 (65%) were Black (CDC, HIV/AIDS Reporting System, unpublished data, December 2006).”

“Of the estimated 18,849 people under the age of 25 whose diagnosis of HIV/AIDS was made during 2001–2004 in the 33 states with HIV reporting, 11,554 (61%) were Black.”

“Since the beginning of the epidemic, blacks have accounted for 397,548 (42%) of the estimated 952,629 AIDS cases diagnosed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.”
For More Information see: blackaidsday.org

The Youth of Today: HIV/AIDS in DC
HIV infection among District youth is mostly the result of unprotected sexual behavior, as few adolescents in DC engage in injection drug use. There is an estimated 100,000 youth in the District ages 13 to 24. Nearly 1,000 District youth have been reported to have AIDS since 1984, almost a quarter from 2001-2005 alone. Since 1984, youth under age 25 have represented 5 to 6 percent of all the reported DC AIDS cases. Nearly 10 percent of the 4.027 HIV cases reported in the District from 2001-2005 were represented by residents ages 13 to 24. Since 2001, young men who have sex with men ages 13 to 24, particularly among young men of color, experienced a 900 percent increase of reported HIV infection and young heterosexual women of color by more than a third when compared to the previous five-year period.
DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration

Adults and HIV/AIDS in DC The disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS in The District is shocking. Although blacks only comprise 57% of The District population, they accounted for 81% of all new reports of of HIV cases and all living AIDS cases. In the District, from 2001-2006, over 90% of all new reports of HIV cases among adult and adolescent females were among blacks. Blacks and Hispanics also comprised 85% of newly reported HIV cases among young adults 13-19 years of age.
DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration


What can YOU do to help prevent the spread of this disease that is taking too many lives from the black community??

Talk about it! Talk with your friends, boyfriends, at church, at school anywhere you can. . . Talk about it!

Use Condoms! Use protection EVERY time!

Get TESTED and get TESTED often!

Here are just a few faces that give of their time in the fight to against HIV/AIDS!

Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2009

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“When we look at HIV/AIDS by race and ethnicity, we see that African Americans have more illness (even though blacks account for about 13% of the U.S. population, they account for about half (49%) of the people who get HIV and AIDS; shorter survival times (Blacks with AIDS often don’t live as long as people of other races and ethnic groups with AIDS); and more deaths (for African Americans and other blacks, HIV/AIDS is a leading cause of death.”

“HIV/AIDS affects black children the most. In 2005, 104 (63%) of the 166 children under the age of 13 diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 33 states were black.”

“According to information from 33 states, during 2005, among men, 41% of men living with HIV/AIDS were black; among women, 64% of women living with HIV/AIDS were black.”

“Of all black women living with HIV/AIDS, the primary transmission category was high-risk heterosexual contact, followed by injection drug use.”

“Of the estimated 141 infants perinatally infected with HIV, 91 (65%) were Black (CDC, HIV/AIDS Reporting System, unpublished data, December 2006).”

“Of the estimated 18,849 people under the age of 25 whose diagnosis of HIV/AIDS was made during 2001–2004 in the 33 states with HIV reporting, 11,554 (61%) were Black.”

“Since the beginning of the epidemic, blacks have accounted for 397,548 (42%) of the estimated 952,629 AIDS cases diagnosed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.”
For More Information see: blackaidsday.org

The Youth of Today: HIV/AIDS in DC
HIV infection among District youth is mostly the result of unprotected sexual behavior, as few adolescents in DC engage in injection drug use. There is an estimated 100,000 youth in the District ages 13 to 24. Nearly 1,000 District youth have been reported to have AIDS since 1984, almost a quarter from 2001-2005 alone. Since 1984, youth under age 25 have represented 5 to 6 percent of all the reported DC AIDS cases. Nearly 10 percent of the 4.027 HIV cases reported in the District from 2001-2005 were represented by residents ages 13 to 24. Since 2001, young men who have sex with men ages 13 to 24, particularly among young men of color, experienced a 900 percent increase of reported HIV infection and young heterosexual women of color by more than a third when compared to the previous five-year period.
DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration

Adults and HIV/AIDS in DC The disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS in The District is shocking. Although blacks only comprise 57% of The District population, they accounted for 81% of all new reports of of HIV cases and all living AIDS cases. In the District, from 2001-2006, over 90% of all new reports of HIV cases among adult and adolescent females were among blacks. Blacks and Hispanics also comprised 85% of newly reported HIV cases among young adults 13-19 years of age.
DC Department of Health, HIV/AIDS Administration


What can YOU do to help prevent the spread of this disease that is taking too many lives from the black community??

Talk about it! Talk with your friends, boyfriends, at church, at school anywhere you can. . . Talk about it!

Use Condoms! Use protection EVERY time!

Get TESTED and get TESTED often!

Here are just a few faces that give of their time in the fight to against HIV/AIDS!

and the Tobacco Companies Say they don’t market to kids. . .

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So, I have a lot of catching up to do in the public health arena but luckily I have good friends watching out for public health injustices everywhere they go. My good friend Valerie Fox was perusing the internet and what did she find but this:

“The Kentucky Tobacco and Candy Association was formed to promote the general business welfare of all persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of distributing, marketing or selling tobacco, candy and related products at wholesale.”

Welfare of all persons. . . interesting statement. I personally don’t think TOBACCO and WELFARE should go anywhere even remotely in the same sentence.

Just the other day I was at my local mobile retailer and my buddy pulled out his pack of gum and at first I said out loud “That is cool pack” and then I saw it. . . “Helll Nooooo” I said out loud! The gum pack is now identical to a cigarette pack!! WHY?? (Well I know why. . . )

The bottom line is this. . . Wrigley’s is owned by Mars Bars which is owned in part by Phillip Morris which is the Altria Group.

You can check out more information about the deplorable, deceiving sick ways of the Candy Makers and the Tobacco Deceivers through the American Legacy Foundation specifically this link:
http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/action/search/basic?q=mars+bars&ps=10&df=er&fd=0&rs=false&ath=true&drf=ndd&p=3&ef=true

So if anyone is interested in the conference they can give good old Marvin Gray with the Kentucky Candy and Tobacco Circus a call. . .but don’t confuse him with the great Washingtonian Marvin Gay RIP.

and the Tobacco Companies Say they don’t market to kids. . .

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So, I have a lot of catching up to do in the public health arena but luckily I have good friends watching out for public health injustices everywhere they go. My good friend Valerie Fox was perusing the internet and what did she find but this:

“The Kentucky Tobacco and Candy Association was formed to promote the general business welfare of all persons, firms or corporations engaged in the business of distributing, marketing or selling tobacco, candy and related products at wholesale.”

Welfare of all persons. . . interesting statement. I personally don’t think TOBACCO and WELFARE should go anywhere even remotely in the same sentence.

Just the other day I was at my local mobile retailer and my buddy pulled out his pack of gum and at first I said out loud “That is cool pack” and then I saw it. . . “Helll Nooooo” I said out loud! The gum pack is now identical to a cigarette pack!! WHY?? (Well I know why. . . )

The bottom line is this. . . Wrigley’s is owned by Mars Bars which is owned in part by Phillip Morris which is the Altria Group.

You can check out more information about the deplorable, deceiving sick ways of the Candy Makers and the Tobacco Deceivers through the American Legacy Foundation specifically this link:
http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/action/search/basic?q=mars+bars&ps=10&df=er&fd=0&rs=false&ath=true&drf=ndd&p=3&ef=true

So if anyone is interested in the conference they can give good old Marvin Gray with the Kentucky Candy and Tobacco Circus a call. . .but don’t confuse him with the great Washingtonian Marvin Gay RIP.