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Last weekend when I bought the Breast Cancer Awareness ornament I wanted to also pick up the AIDS awareness one. However the one left that was at the store wasn't in good condition. Last night while at the store I stumbled across another one so I had to pick it up.
My tree is so aware.
Hi guys.... have been walking 10-12 hours a day exploring all corners of this fabulous city and not fit for processing & posting upon return to the hotel. What an extraordinary city it is, despite its fog & cooler temps. Aesthetically beautiful, diverse, laidback, people friendly & easy to negotiate. Full of flowers & colour, a city that in many ways seems caught in a '60's time warp of tranquility & tie dye.
A brief offering of pics for now. The rainbow flag....which flies all over The Castro this week, commemorating the anniversary of San Francisco's first Aids Awareness Campaign 30 years ago. The Red Ribbon is also stamped on the mountainside of Twin Peaks & can be seen far & wide across the city.
And the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, taken this evening from Baker Beach as the fog rolled in. Yes, I know. Everyone takes one, everyone posts one. This is mine. Seagull included. *~* See you soon. Be well.
We tend to forget things unless we are reminded sometimes. In my mad search to find something to photograph today, I came across this little red rubber ribbon in the junk drawer. As my fingers brushed across the surface I was reminded of a few things. It didn't remind me of AIDS, I am reminded of that everyday I wake up and see my partner who does. What it reminded me of are all the things I hear from other people.
"I hear they are close to a cure"
Not really. I've heard that since the early 90's.
"Does anybody really die of AIDS anymore"
Everyday
"With all the medication they have now, people with AIDS live happy productive lives."
The medication is harsh and relentless sometimes. The side effects can be truly horrible, making holding a steady job almost impossible sometimes. It can also be crippling or deadly in it's own right.
"If you are insured, how can AIDS be such a hardship"
It's called co-payments. Doctor visits $30, 15 to 20 prescribtions a month ranging from $10 to $60 each, guess what end of that spectrum the majority are on.
"I don't know anybody who has "AIDS" or is effected by it."
Yes, you do.
Then I was reminded of the things people don't know. People don't know what it is like to walk into the living room to find there husband or wife lying on the couch, hoping they are asleep and not dead because they accidentally took too much of the wrong medication. Not once in awhile, but a couple times a week. They don't know what it's like to fight every month with the insurance company over approving the same damn medication that you have been using for the last eight years.
I was reminded of all this in fraction of a second as my fingers brushed across this tiny red rubber ribbon that I have no clue where I got. So I decided, this is what I would photograph for today. I would photograph it and post it for the challenge for all to see and hope with all my heart that you don't forget.
This truly is a better shot on black
Our Daily Challenge: Rubber
Aids awareness ribbons, Magere Brug, Amsterdam.
Aids Conference 2018, Amsterdam.
Amstel, Skinny Bridge.
Aids lintjes op de Magere Brug .
The famous skinny bridge across the river Amstel and opposite of the Carré theatre, is an Old Dutch design wooden bridge known as a double-swipe (balanced) bridge. Tradition relates that the bridge was named after the sisters Mager, who were supposed to live on opposite sides of the river. They are said to have had the wooden bridge built to make it easier to visit one another. However it appears more likely, that the original bridge acquired the name from being so narrow (mager means skinny in Dutch), that it was hard for two pedestrians to pass one along another.
AIDS awareness painting on wall in Chimoio town, Mozambique. The text reads: "be carefull, always use a condom"
Today (December 1, 2015) is World AIDS Day. So I thought that it would be appropriate to share this photo of Elton John on Instagram. (He's seen here with Shirley Manson and Mary J. Bilge in a 2002 advertisement for MAC Cosmetics). Over the years, Elton has done so much in the fight against AIDS.
In the absence of a vaccine, the social vaccine of education and awareness is the only preventive tool we have.“ : Dr. Manmohan Singh.An AIDS awareness programme through Baul (folk) songs of Bengal is going on at Ballyganj Cultural Puja pandal'11
Hand-sewn, one-of-a kind, denim cape by Annie Ok, made from deconstructing a pair of Levi's jeans. The piece was imbued with the artist's own blood in an abstract pattern which would only be revealed as the denim fades with time and wear.
Commissioned by Levi's and LIFEbeat, the music industry's charitable organization dedicated to reaching America’s youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention. Select NYC artists were asked to customize a pair of Levi's for the UrbanAID charity fundraiser auction.
Hand-sewn, one-of-a kind, denim cape by Annie Ok, made from deconstructing a pair of Levi's jeans. The piece was imbued with the artist's own blood in an abstract pattern which would only be revealed as the denim fades with time and wear.
Commissioned by Levi's and LIFEbeat, the music industry's charitable organization dedicated to reaching America’s youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention. Select NYC artists were asked to customize a pair of Levi's for the UrbanAID charity fundraiser auction.
A handmade HIV/AIDS awareness pin. The red ribbon is an international symbol of solidarity and support for those living with HIV, and of remembrance for those who have succumbed to AIDS and AIDS-related illness. Credit: NIAID
Another perspective of the longest mural featuring AIDS affected persons. On the walls of Indira Nagar MRTS Station, Chennai
HIV and AIDS. What’s the difference? View this infographic to find out.
aidsinfo.nih.gov/education-materials/infographics
Credit: AIDSinfo.gov, National Institutes of Health
A t-shirt and buttons from the early years of AIDS activism. This display is part of a Smithsonian Museum of Natural History exhibit titled "Outbreak: Epidemics in a Connected World." Credit: NIAID
[detail] Hand-sewn, one-of-a kind, denim cape by Annie Ok, made from deconstructing a pair of Levi's jeans. The piece was imbued with the artist's own blood in an abstract pattern which would only be revealed as the denim fades with time and wear.
Commissioned by Levi's and LIFEbeat, the music industry's charitable organization dedicated to reaching America’s youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention. Select NYC artists were asked to customize a pair of Levi's for the UrbanAID charity fundraiser auction.
AIDS awareness painting on a wall in Chimoio town, Mozambique.
It is not entirely clear to me what this lady is doing at the police (PRM).
Hand-sewn, one-of-a kind, denim cape by Annie Ok, made from deconstructing a pair of Levi's jeans. The piece was imbued with the artist's own blood in an abstract pattern which would only be revealed as the denim fades with time and wear.
Commissioned by Levi's and LIFEbeat, the music industry's charitable organization dedicated to reaching America’s youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention. Select NYC artists were asked to customize a pair of Levi's for the UrbanAID charity fundraiser auction.
A handmade HIV/AIDS awareness pin. The background features 3D prints of the HIV virus (spherical; the red viral surface is covered with blue proteins which enable the virus to enter and infect human cells), and a colorized transmission electron micrograph of HIV virus particles (red) in various stages of maturity, budding and replicating from an H9 T cell (blue). Note: Creative rendition; not to scale. Credit: NIAID
A handmade HIV/AIDS awareness pin. The background features 3D prints of the HIV virus (spherical; the red viral surface is covered with blue proteins which enable the virus to enter and infect human cells), and a colorized transmission electron micrograph of HIV virus particles (red) in various stages of maturity, budding and replicating from an H9 T cell. Note: Creative rendition; not to scale. Credit: NIAID
yet another of the "anti aids" campaign here in Berlin, using various fruits and vegis to promote condom use.
A handmade HIV/AIDS awareness pin. The red ribbon is an international symbol of solidarity and support for those living with HIV, and of remembrance for those who have succumbed to AIDS and AIDS-related illness. Credit: NIAID
Left: HIV testing at ATS; right: treatment at the clinic. Painting on wall in Chimoio, Mozambique. ATS = "Aconselhamento, Testagem e Saúde".
AIDS awareness street art in Machaze district, promoting condom use. The text reads: "think of the consequences, change behaviour, prevent HIV/ADS".to the left, the same text in the Ndau language. Manica province of Mozambique.
This AIDS awareness mural painting is stressing the importance of condom use. The text on the righthand side reads: "for a long life: protect yourself of HIV/AIDS" and on the left: "kick AIDS far away, play safe".
AIDS awareness mural painting in Sussundenga, Manica district of Mozambique. The text says: "For life, let's do treatment".
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Photograph by Jonathon M. Whitmore
May 12, 1992
"Swampscott School Committee member Richard Feinberg addresses parents and students about book 'Risky Times' to the right is school committee member Cyndy Taymore."
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Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
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Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
Cameroon has major problems with HIV and AIDS - this one of many educational signs - promoting abstinance, fidelity or condoms.
Cameroon like other West African Countries has an amazing amount of cool and interesting painted signs and urban art.
Swampscott, Massachusetts
Photograph by Jonathon M. Whitmore
"Parent Sharyn Hahn addresses school committee meeting in opposition to the younger grades reading 'Risky Times'"
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Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
Topsfield Common
Topsfield, Massachusetts
Elizabeth Rosen and Abby Rosen of Boxford, Massachusetts
Photograph by Deidra Waz
December 1, 1994
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Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
Photograph by Jonathon M. Whitmore
May 12, 1992
Author of Risky Times
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Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
Photograph by Jonathon M. Whitmore
May 12, 1992
Author of Risky Times
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Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
Photograph by Jonathon M. Whitmore
May 12, 1992
Author of Risky Times
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Citation: The Salem News Historic Photograph Collection,
Salem State University Archives and Special Collections, Salem, Massachusetts
Liberate: to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage. Despite the physical and emotional setbacks that people with AIDS suffer, life must go on. We must all work together to “liberate” those living with AIDS through medical advancements, sexual precautions and “awareness.”
[detail] Hand-sewn, one-of-a kind, denim cape by Annie Ok, made from deconstructing a pair of Levi's jeans. The piece was imbued with the artist's own blood in an abstract pattern which would only be revealed as the denim fades with time and wear.
Commissioned by Levi's and LIFEbeat, the music industry's charitable organization dedicated to reaching America’s youth with the message of HIV/AIDS prevention. Select NYC artists were asked to customize a pair of Levi's for the UrbanAID charity fundraiser auction.
I'm in the check-out line at Dollar Tree when suddenly a little boy maybe around 7 or 8 years old, 9 at the most, yells out: "Mommy, what's that on the back of that man's head?" She looks right at me with a semi-terrified look on her face like she wants to crawl away and disappear down the aisle with all the seasonal goodies and I look at her reassuringly and nod. "It's okay", I told her. "I can handle this", I tell her as I turn and crouch just a little so I don't seem as scary to the youngster. "What does it look like?" I ask him. "Like an eight", he quips back, "but it's not all there". "What color is it?" I ask, knowing that the recently dyed bright red hue hasn't yet faded like the one before that turned pink with perfect timing for another important health cause. "Rojo!", the boy proudly exclaims. "Yes, that's right! It's red and it's in the shape of a ribbon", I said. "Do you know what it means?", I continue. "No, is it for the troops?" he answers. "Well, they are a part of it but really it's for everyone around the World", I tell him, "It's the AIDS ribbon and I have it there to remind people that it's still out there and to be careful, to protect themselves and watch out for other people they care about". He grins as the cashier signals me that I'm next to be scanned and rung up. I turn to the boy's mother and say: "Now it's in your hands to make sure he gets the correct information so he doesn't become infected, like I did." "Bless you, and thank you for doing what you're doing", she says. "Now I don't have to worry and stress out about how I'm going to bring it up to talk to him about it. And take care of yourself, okay? I'll be praying for you!" she says as my dollar items get added up one-by-one and I fumble for my wallet. "Thanks, and let's hope they do a better job than we've done", I say to her as the cashier laughs when she notices the image on my credit card is of me grinning and standing next to my 4th Avenue Underpass portrait project tile. "We owe it to them to stop the spread", I say loudly as I grab my bags and head out the door, smiling because I'm happy that I may have just saved a life or two by dyeing a red ribbon on the back of my ultra-bleached blonde head (end)
Tucson, Arizona - October 2008
JEFFREY SCOTT BROWN, person living with HIV since 1991