Real World DC- Meet a Real World Epidemic

When an infection reaches 1% of a population it has reached the level of a 'severe and generalized epidemic. So what if an epidemic reaches 3% of the population? Well then, you're talking about the HIV/AIDS epidemic DC.

Real World's presence in the District brings with it an enormous opportunity to bring the nation's attention to the epidemic in its capital. This is a very real crisis facing the citizens of the city hosting the show, and we'd like MTV to use this opportunity to spread the word.

We'd like MTV to stock the Real World House with condoms, and to talk about the epidemic facing the District.

Join the facebook group and help spread the word.

really, your kids are having sex. like seriously.

Bloger and fellow AIDS activist OC Girl has a great blog post up about doing HIV prevention outreach in the District of Columbia. She writes:

Obviously those kids are sexually active. However, I am forbidden from doing outreach at the school or handing out condoms to anyone under 18. So, when I passed by the school a few weeks ago and saw what I saw, I seriously considered breaking the law.

continue reading this blog post on OC Girl's kick ass blog

Prevention Justice Mobilization: Stopping AIDS Through Unity and Action

“What do we want? EFFECTIVE PREVENTION! When do we want it? NOW!” shouted HIV/AIDS, women rights, and faith-based advocates as they marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to join a World AIDS Day rally at the White House. as they marched down Pennsylvania Avenue to join a World AIDS Day rally at the White House.

On Friday, November 30, nearly 200 activists—including community members, students, and people living with HIV and AIDS—brought together local, domestic, and global demands for critical changes to U.S. HIV and AIDS policies. Those rallying called upon the government to cut the red tape on HIV and AIDS programs, with particular emphasis afforded to prevention programs at home and abroad.

The rally-goers, armed with posters and giant scissors with messages like “Sex Education Saves” and “Cut the Red Tape on U.S. Global HIV Prevention,” weren’t the only people making demands of the Administration. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Washington D.C.’s non-voting delegate in Congress, issued powerful words to President Bush as part of her address to the crowd.

Read the rest of Kimberly Whipkey's post on the Prevention Justice Mobilaztion's website