Planting Seeds..

This article was original posted to TheBody.com as part of their National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day activities.

To tweet or not to tweet? That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the organization to suffer the “followers” and “mentions” of your Twitter timeline or take to Twitter a sea of “retweets” and “#hashtags.” It’s ironic to start a discussion about social media using something as old school as Shakespeare. And if you and your organization are unaware of this newfangled thing called Twitter (and its cousins Facebook, Foursquare and YouTube), you might be better off in those Elizabethan times. For those of you who are at least familiar with the sites, and have even tipped your toes in far enough to have a Twitter account, read on.

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This article was originally posted at www.thebody.com as a part of their World AIDS DAY series of blogs, articles and reflections. I am reposting here to share with our Aniz audience.

In my 14 years as Founder/CEO of Aniz, Inc., it has not been uncommon to see a grandmother, mother and daughter, all HIV positive, in one or another of the multiple treatment programs offered by Aniz, Inc. In some cases, each of the women believed she was the only HIV-positive member of the family. Read the rest of this entry »

Today was the first day of sessions for the HIV Research Catalyst Forum. It must be said the most rewarding part of the day was seeing the diversity of advocates for improving the research for those infected/affected with HIV/AIDS. It is a reminder the faces of HIV/AIDS cannot be reduced to a label, a target population, a lifestyle. Everyone has a voice and everyone matters. Read the rest of this entry »