This segment of the blog will be entitled answers. One of the answers to what would you do I would receieve was, "get more involved in charity work" Here is my charitable response to that below, based on an email sent to friends.
Letting Love Lead....
I recently sent this email to my friends, and wanted to share it with the blogosphere as well.... Read up!
My quasi-roomate (Anasuya) is very involved with the AIDS/HIV epidemic among women of color. She recently embarked (Saturday eve to be exact) on a 3-month journey across Africa to teach the arts, writing, and other skills to women, children and teens who are infected or affected by the virus. It is her organization's mission to teach them ways to use their talents for financial gain, so that they may be self-sufficient, confident, and leave legacy's behind for thier children - whom inevitably unless a cure is found will be left homeless to fend for themselves.
African American women have been contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, faster than any group of women in the United States. In NYC alone, 53% of new AIDS cases are black women. Not to capitalize on dramaticism, but it can technically be stated, that just by virtue of my being a black woman, I am at risk at a rate of 1 out of 2 times in a sexual encounter, than my female counterparts of other races. This is an astoundingly scary statistic!!
She's blogging her journey, and I wanted to share the website to those who may be interested. The official website of the charitable organization that she works for is below as well. I encourage you to subscribe and be informed.
The site links are:
www.letlovelead.blogspot.com < The Blog
www.letlovelead.org < The Organization
Best,
-dl
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Hello. This post is likeable, and your blog is very interesting, congratulations :-). I will add in my blogroll =). If possible gives a last there on my blog, it is about the Projetores, I hope you enjoy. The address is http://projetor-brasil.blogspot.com. A hug.
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