Sunday, November 4, 2012

Search for 1000 Stories

Story Search - OK, I know I'm about to ask for a LOT as this will take a ton of courage from some of you. But I need your help and I need your stories. If you are HIV positive, love/loved an HIV/AIDS victim, cared for an HIV/AIDS patient, have/had a friend with HIV/AIDS, struggled with the topic, etc (you get the picture) and would be willing to anonymously share your story, please send me your story via Facebook email or to belva.white@comcast.net.

What message have you always wanted to share but haven't been able to? Where have you found hope, inspiration, despair or discouragement? If you feel led to help me and others learn more about HIV/AIDS from the view of someone who deals with it daily, it will make a huge difference in addressing the stigma associated with HIV/AIDS.

I will protect your privacy as desired (or write it in third person) and you will change hearts, I promise, in 2013. Sharing your story will make it easier for others to talk about it - a big step in making a real difference. I'll be compiling the stories for sharing in 2013. I know I'm asking for a lot, but we can only beat this together.
 When we have 1,000 stories to support and inspire others to put stigma aside, hopefully this blog will become a book and your words will be exactly what someone else needed to hear.