Wednesday, February 27, 2013

HIV...It Takes a Community!

The Minority AIDS program is made up of the dedicated volunteers in the Gainesville community who  are certified to provide free HIV and STD testing, put together HIV forums and seminars, and provide pertinent HIV/AIDS information to the array of people that make up the community. With an ever changing society, we strive to come up with innovate ideas to continuously target and update the community on our events and the resources we have to offer. 

HIV is more than just a virus, but a state of mind, as it takes everyone's commitment to help support this movement and invoke change in the HIV/AIDS community. The preconceived notions and stigma associated with those infected with HIV is killing faster than the virus itself. 

As volunteers, we put much of our efforts into mobilizing our community through education, testing, and preventative measures. As individuals, we all have our own personal reasons to why we dedicate so much of our time and energy into the work that we do. However, we can all say that we share the same goal and passion in trying to prevent and control the spread of HIV.

HIV is preventable and it is with the help of every individual we can fade the scars of the infected and mend the hearts of the affected. We found our call to action, will you? Follow the Minority AIDS volunteers on our journey to not only change HIV/AIDS, but to change you!