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As we approach the International AIDS Conference, I would like to see more on our progress on the domestic front. It would be wonderful if African American churches were more visible in the activities. Although I know that our churches are still encountering lots of challenges with stigma relating to this diseae, I think that much of what they do goes unnoticed. When the organizing for the community involvement in the Conference began, it took a very long time to get black church folks into the process. There was, I believe, hesitancy on both sides - those in the community who should have been reaching out to the churches in much more concrete ways and the churches who should have known to knock harder at the door to be involved. This speaks to the 'let's wait and see if they ask us" thinking that prevails in one of the most affected Cities in the nation. How long and how many more needless infections will it take to truly act like "One City"?
ROY BAYARDO
I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE COVERAGE. POZ HAS DONE AM EXCELLANT JOB OF KEEPING THE HIV COMMUNITY INFORMED. GOOD JOB POZ.
February 2, 2012