On Friday evening CNN aired an AC360 special report "Hope Survives: 30 Years of AIDS." The special drilled down on the enormous cost of HIV/AIDS in the Black community. Blacks represent only 13 percent of the nation's population but more than 45 percent of all new HIV/AIDS cases. "Our house is on fire," says Phill Wilson is the president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute.
The segment included Elton John and Academy Award winner and HIV/AIDS activist Mo'nique. Watch it AFTER THE JUMP ...
naked and yelling suggests some kind of psychosis... sad really
he was PHYNE
Posted by: nathans | 17 January 2011 at 11:33
Thanks, Rod.
Posted by: Osiris | 17 January 2011 at 12:10
Thanks for posting this, Rod.
Posted by: Andy Niable | 18 January 2011 at 04:56
I so appreciate Phill Wilson for his vigilance and his vehement conversation about HIV/AIDS! Thank you brother for keeping us on point and in conversation!!!!
I am really respect Mo'Nique for the ways that she continues to make Us a part of the community and the conversation she's involved in; it's great to see us so great in the audience and from the host, but I am really looking forward to the day that artists and authors from our community will be on the show and that's on Us not her. Get bios done, music recorded and books done and send them to "Our Show" (as Mo'Nique calls it). I am excited about 2011 and Moving Forward.
As for Elton, Just Bravo!
Posted by: TheRevKev | 18 January 2011 at 09:19
Great post, as usual.
Posted by: J Matt | 19 January 2011 at 02:50