I’m not going to share a personal story today but want to tell you about Ashley Murphy, a 16 year old girl that has been living with AIDS all of her life. Her story goes like this...
“I acquired the HIV virus from my late birth mother, who had an addiction to crack and alcohol. She smoked crack even while in labor before going to the hospital—such was her addiction. She loved me, but her addiction made it impossible for her to care for a child and as a result my HIV progressed to AIDS before I was 6 weeks old. My foster parents adopted me and never gave up on me. They treated me as if I was a healthy baby and had high hopes for me. I took my medications faithfully, even though they tasted really awful.
Recently I spoke in front of 16.500 young people at ‘We Day’, an international youth empowerment movement, telling my story and helping more kids like me. I have spoken at medical conferences in front of scientists and researchers and at smaller venues, educating others about HIV and correcting misconceptions.
You need to protect yourself. Talk about HIV/AIDS. Bring it out in the open. Become educated about it and know that this health crisis is far from over. Ignorance is the greatest threat to humanity -and education is the key to an AIDS-free generation. There should be no more children born HIV positive. It is within our grasp to make that a reality.”
So educate yourself and let's fight against stigma and discrimination together. Together we bring change to the world, one for all and all for one!
Recently I spoke in front of 16.500 young people at ‘We Day’, an international youth empowerment movement, telling my story and helping more kids like me. I have spoken at medical conferences in front of scientists and researchers and at smaller venues, educating others about HIV and correcting misconceptions.
You need to protect yourself. Talk about HIV/AIDS. Bring it out in the open. Become educated about it and know that this health crisis is far from over. Ignorance is the greatest threat to humanity -and education is the key to an AIDS-free generation. There should be no more children born HIV positive. It is within our grasp to make that a reality.”
So educate yourself and let's fight against stigma and discrimination together. Together we bring change to the world, one for all and all for one!
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