Now you may be asking why Mississippi. Why the South? So a couple little known facts. The South comprises 38% of the U.S. population but it represents over half, yes over half at 52% of all new HIV diagnoses. Let me drop another stat on you. Out of the 17 states defined as being in the South by the U.S. Census; 13 of them have HIV-Specific Criminal Laws or Statutes on the books & 11 of them have actually prosecuted people for living with HIV. HIV Criminalization is still real. I’m sharing these stats because you need to know. I didn’t know and we must change the pattern. 

 

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01:23 - Purple Tie Affair

01:52 - Change The Pattern

04:02 - Jada

04:47 - Call My Name

05:52 - SLR

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