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There are a least a few nuggets of wisdom my parents shared with me
when I was younger that continue to influence me today. One nugget for
me was “Education is the one and only thing that no one can ever take
away from you.” If you walk into my office at Emory today, you won’t be
able to look at me without seeing a picture behind me that reads
“Millions watched the apple fall, but Newton asked ‘why’.” So, it’s no
surprise to me and those who know me best that learning all I can about
HIV/AIDS has been a big piece of this journey. Being a life-long
Southerner from South Carolina and Georgia - with no deep desire to live
elsewhere, I’m especially concerned about how HIV/AIDS seems to be
thriving here.
I learned about an interactive HIV/AI
DS
map by reading various articles on the Emory website. Showing my own
stereotypical tendencies, I expected to see a big concentration in
California. Instead, the Bible-belt and my beloved South jumped out
like a sumo wrestler on a pogo stick. I continued to drill into this
and learned that my home states of Georgia and South Carolina are on the
CDC “hot list” due to the rise of new cases. In case you are curious
about your area, I’ve posted some docs you can take a look at or the
interactive map on-line can be found at http://www.aidsvu.org/map
During my formative college years, we watched the Challenger explode
and the AIDS epidemic implode. Later, during my orientation session for
the Emory Executive MBA program, we discussed a case study in which
decision makers received data and risk points in the midst of pressure
to move forward in spite of the data. Not knowing the full story, our
class overwhelmingly said we should move forward because the data wasn’t
strong enough to outweigh the pressure. Our professor then went to the
next slide – showing the Challenger explosion – and said, “Well, you
just killed people.” With that lesson, we were ready to learn.
Equally, the advances made in managing HIV has a down side as our youth
don’t see this as a threat. The result – rates are increasing and
history is repeating itself.
Yes, my parents were right –
education is the one thing no one can take away from us. The only thing
I would add is that it doesn’t do a lot of good if it doesn’t drive
action. By participating in the AIDS LifeCycle ride, it really isn’t a
surprise that California did not make the top 10 list with us – they are
taking this issue head-on and dealing with it.
Please help spread the word and change the map color of the South. We are all human and we are all a part of the future.
There are a least a few nuggets of wisdom my parents shared with me
when I was younger that continue to influence me today. One nugget for
me was “Education is the one and only thing that no one can ever take
away from you.” If you walk into my office at Emory today, you won’t be
able to look at me without seeing a picture behind me that reads
“Millions watched the apple fall, but Newton asked ‘why’.” So, it’s no
surprise to me and those who know me best that learning all I can about
HIV/AIDS has been a big piece of this journey. Being a life-long
Southerner from South Carolina and Georgia - with no deep desire to live
elsewhere, I’m especially concerned about how HIV/AIDS seems to be
thriving here.
I learned about an interactive HIV/AI
I learned about an interactive HIV/AI
DS
map by reading various articles on the Emory website. Showing my own
stereotypical tendencies, I expected to see a big concentration in
California. Instead, the Bible-belt and my beloved South jumped out
like a sumo wrestler on a pogo stick. I continued to drill into this
and learned that my home states of Georgia and South Carolina are on the
CDC “hot list” due to the rise of new cases. In case you are curious
about your area, I’ve posted some docs you can take a look at or the
interactive map on-line can be found at http://www.aidsvu.org/map
During my formative college years, we watched the Challenger explode and the AIDS epidemic implode. Later, during my orientation session for the Emory Executive MBA program, we discussed a case study in which decision makers received data and risk points in the midst of pressure to move forward in spite of the data. Not knowing the full story, our class overwhelmingly said we should move forward because the data wasn’t strong enough to outweigh the pressure. Our professor then went to the next slide – showing the Challenger explosion – and said, “Well, you just killed people.” With that lesson, we were ready to learn. Equally, the advances made in managing HIV has a down side as our youth don’t see this as a threat. The result – rates are increasing and history is repeating itself.
Yes, my parents were right – education is the one thing no one can take away from us. The only thing I would add is that it doesn’t do a lot of good if it doesn’t drive action. By participating in the AIDS LifeCycle ride, it really isn’t a surprise that California did not make the top 10 list with us – they are taking this issue head-on and dealing with it.
Please help spread the word and change the map color of the South. We are all human and we are all a part of the future.
During my formative college years, we watched the Challenger explode and the AIDS epidemic implode. Later, during my orientation session for the Emory Executive MBA program, we discussed a case study in which decision makers received data and risk points in the midst of pressure to move forward in spite of the data. Not knowing the full story, our class overwhelmingly said we should move forward because the data wasn’t strong enough to outweigh the pressure. Our professor then went to the next slide – showing the Challenger explosion – and said, “Well, you just killed people.” With that lesson, we were ready to learn. Equally, the advances made in managing HIV has a down side as our youth don’t see this as a threat. The result – rates are increasing and history is repeating itself.
Yes, my parents were right – education is the one thing no one can take away from us. The only thing I would add is that it doesn’t do a lot of good if it doesn’t drive action. By participating in the AIDS LifeCycle ride, it really isn’t a surprise that California did not make the top 10 list with us – they are taking this issue head-on and dealing with it.
Please help spread the word and change the map color of the South. We are all human and we are all a part of the future.
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