I
met Monica and Dareen in Philadelphia, October 2004, during
the United States Conference on AIDS. These women were gracious
enough to share their stories with me. They were inspired
by the song, “The Silence Is Broken,” which
I penned to create awareness, to educate and to stress prevention
in communities of color among the women there living with
HIV and AIDS. Their stories are real and they are passionate.
The very challenge that shook their lives is also the one
that will save it and other women in rural parts of the
United States of America. I will unfold them one by one.
If you have a story and want to tell it here, please email
us your information and we will contact you.
I have teenage daughters who tell me that sex is not in
their immediate future. They know that sex is something
that they will save for their husbands but all parents should
be warned and armed because the epidemic is real among heterosexuals
and it is silent in communities of color. I do this for
my children and for all those countless others who have
nobody. |
