Join me, NWtoSE aka JanaB as I go get tested at the Chairman Vincent Gray and Council member David Catania for HIV Testing Day @ The Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Prevention Works giving away safer sex kitsPlus many more! For more information please see this flier and contact Tanchica Terry @ 202.724.8170 or tterry@dccouncil.us or contact me NWtoSE
Check out this YouTube video and GET THE FACTs Click here for English and Click here for Spanish/en espanol HIV/AIDS is disproportionately affecting minority populations AND the District of Columbia: US:
HIV has a devastating toll on African Americans, who account for almost half of new HIV diagnoses (49% in 2006)
At the end of 2007, a total of 15,120 people were living with HIV/AIDS in the District, accounting for about 3% of all District residents.
Remember these numbers are people that have been tested and have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control. The numbers ARE HIGHER.
District residents age 40-49 are the most significantly impacted by HIV/AIDS with over 7% of residents in this age group living with HIV/AIDS.
Blacks continue to be the most severely impacted with over 4% of black residents infected with HIV followed by Hispanics (1.9%) and whites (1.4%).
Black males have the highest burden of disease with 6.5 % of all black males in the District living with HIV/AIDS.
This high rate is due to Men having sex with men (MSM). We [the DC community] need to BEGIN to stop stigmatizing this dire state that too many DC men are dealing with. . . and too many ALONE. More data can be accessed through the DC Department of Health HIV/AIDS administration 2008 Epidemiology Update here KNOW your status get tested! If you live in DC come out on Monday and get tested at this event click here for details. If you are outside of DC or can’t make it out on Monday go to hivtest.org to find the closest testing site and more education about HIV/AIDS!
Disneyland 1987: Captain EO“Captain EO, a 3-D adventure starring Michael Jackson and directed by Francis Ford Coppola as well as executive-produced by George Lucas, opened in Disneyland’s Magical Eye Theater situated in Tomorrowland in September of 1986.” http://www.disneyorama.com/2009/06/remembering-captain-eo/ Click here and here to remember Captain EO I went to Disneyland for the first time in ’87 and it was sooooooo cool to see MJ in 3D!!!!! I will never forget walking into the theater and picking up the glasses and sitting back and getting ready for that show! The Music:
“Black or White” . . . . clearly for those that know me they know that I strive for this ideal in society and the idea that it “doesn’t matter if you are black or white” is something I live by personally. I hold the idea very near and dear to my heart because it is a concept that will forever affect my daily life and SHOULD affect everyone’s daily life. Black or white, will also most likely affect my future family as well as light or dark. Thank you Michael for putting the words out there. One day I pray that it won’t matter if you are black or white when it comes to education, healthcare, jobs, getting a cab etc.
“Man in the Mirror” . . . Gotta Make change for once in my life. . . REAL LIFE 2009!
“Thriller”. . . I do a real nice move to this (a few of them). I also know a few people that tend to walk around like they are living in a Thriller video daily! lol!
“Billie Jean”. . . my sorority sisters and I had a planned dance routine that we would perform at various functions! It was great!
“ABC”. . . The Jackson 5- you just can’t get much better than this.
Michael you will be missed. Thank you for your music, your talent and your message. Usher, Chris Brown, Boyz II Men, Diddy, The Game, and Mario Winans already rolled out this Tribute last night be one of the first to hear it “Better on the Other Side”
NWtoSE asks “Where were you when the news broke that Michael Jackson had died?”
I was just heading home from CVS getting some boxes to move out of my apartment when I got my typical CNN Breaking News alert. . . and then I walked into Ross Hall at GW where I saw some headline on the TV that said MJ had been taken to the hospital but at the time I thought it was for a pyscheval and I brushed it off because I was moving so fast thinking about moving out of my place. . . then I got a text from my girl Erika that said he died I turned on my TV and it was confirmed. Michael Jackson was gone.
Please stay tuned for more posts from reaction on the death of the King of pop from NWtoSE
Join me, NWtoSE aka JanaB as I go get tested at the
Chairman Vincent Gray and Council member David Catania for HIV Testing Day @ The Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW (near Metro Center or Federal Triangle) on:
Monday, June 29, 2009
10 am-2pm
for your FREE HIV/AIDS Test.
For more information please see this flier and contact Tanchica Terry @ 202.724.8170 or tterry@dccouncil.us or contact me by leaving a comment. . . I will e-mail you back.
Today I was chatting with my girlfriend about the Metro crash that killed 9 two days ago. She was the first one to text me to make sure I was ok because she knew I had been heading out from a meeting on the metro and she knows how I always hustle are group of friends to sit in the first car because it is less crowded. I don’t ride the metro that way typically but people outside of DC don’t realize how small the District is and how many people you know that could be on any given train.
I know I will keep riding the Metro because for anyone that knows me they know that I love Metro and Metro loves me. In fact the transit authorities “know me” as the “quit smoking” girl. I am so thankful for the hard work that the Metro Personnel put in everyday. I pray for the families of the victims of this horrific tragedy.
I would also not be in public health without saying to TRY and be aware of exit routes. Clearly in this situation the emergency plan was limited.
From NWtoSE the Blueline to the Green to the Red to the Yellow to the Orangeline lets give up our seats more often, smile at each other more often and heaven knows I will take my ipod out of my ears more often.
The United States Holocaust Museum has set up a memorial fund for the family of their/our dear officer Stephen Tyrone Johns.
According to reports from CNN news Johns will be remembered as a “Gentle Giant,” who stood 6 feet 6 inches tall.
He is survived by his family in the DC/Maryland Metro area, and his son Stephen Jr. who is 11.
Johns attended Crossland HS where he graduated in 1988.
I think that in DC too many of us go about our days in DC and rush, rush, rush and go through metal detectors like clock work without thinking about security in general. I had just taken my grandmother to the Holocaust museum 3 weeks prior to this shooting. Thank you Officer Johns and every security guard in the DC area and beyond who every day put themselves on the line for my safety and others. You WILL be greatly missed.
Please click on image below to link to the Johns Memorial Family Fund:
