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Raised in South Jamaica, New York, Reverend Ingram graduated from Francis Lewis High School and went on to serve 7 years of active duty in the Army. She would later move to the South Bronx, where she attended Transfiguration Lutheran Church with Pastor Heidi Neumark as her pastor, and mentor; empowering her to rise up out of herself and her life challenges, which seemed to her, at the time, as insurmountable.

Reverend Ingram is a graduate of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, with a Master of Divinity. She has been the pastor of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church on Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia Pa, for the past four years.

Reverend Ingram has become a strong advocate for those living in the margins, as she once was. She is an activist in the HIV/AIDS arena: herself living openly and unabashedly with the HIV virus for over 22+ years. Reverend Ingram can frequently be found speaking about HIV/AIDS, empowering others to live abundantly through the grace and mercy of Jesus Christ: life without shame, confronting the stigma, and breaking through the silence; encouraging everyone: "to know your status, get tested, and be informed". Silence = death.

Bishop Joyce Turner Keller has lofted the term “southern hospitality” to an entirely new level. She is not only the founder and CEO of Aspirations, a non-profit faith-based community service organization, but someone who is living with HIV/AIDS herself, and has dedicated herself to educating, supporting and inspiring others living with HIV/AIDS throughout the nation. 

In May 2006 she received proclamation from Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco of Louisiana for hosting the first Hepatitis Awareness Day, shortly after hosting the first National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in March of that year. Over the years, Bishop Joyce has incurred an extensive list of certifications, recognitions, and awards for her extensive work in community awareness and development in the HIV/AIDS arena.  She is a certified HIV/AIDS – Hepatitis C Community Educator by the Louisiana State Office of Public Health and the Shreveport Office of Public Health through the Atlanta Center for Disease Control. 

She has been an ordained minister for thirty five years, is matriculating in the field of Psychology at Southern University Baton Rouge, and is the proud grandmother of thirteen grandchildren

Aaron Stella was raised in Augusta, GA and Cullman, AL. After moving to Philadelphia when he was 19-years-old, he attended Temple university and Graduated with a Degree in English and Business. After college, he became a journalist and wrote for several publications in Philadelphia; and, on July 1st, 2010,  he was diagnosed with HIV just days after he commenced preparations to open his own publication called Philly Broadcaster. Now, Aaron lives in Nashville with his boyfriend and is the webmaster and ad writer for a company called Two Old Hippies.

Bob Skinner is a 61 year old young man, at 25 he moved to San Francisco where his life revolved around the gay life style that SF had to offer. He calls them his three D years;Drugs, Drink and Disco.  He moved back to Florida in 1980 where he pursued his love of horses and became a successful professional horse trainer.  Around 1998 he started to have health issues, night sweats, shingles, thrush, yellow nail syndrome, yes these were all symptoms of HIV infection, did he know this?  No, or just maybe he didn’t want to know what these meant and how high risk he really was.  In 2000 he had finally had his first HIV test, it was on his 50th Birthday, when he got the results of his test, he heard three words that would change his life forever " YOU HAVE AIDS " Bob is not your normal person, he was relieved even when he was told he had 6 months to live.

11 years after his diagnosis of death within 6 months, he is healthier and happier than ever before.  Bob’s life is now devoted to the cause, pretty much 24/7.   He is now an HIV/AIDS Community Health Educator where he speaks at community events to our local schools and local colleges. He is also the President and CEO of Valley AIDS Information Network Inc. a small ASO in Corvallis Oregon.  He is also the first regional director for the board of directors for HIV Alliance in Eugene Oregon.  He is a Master Trainer with the “PSMP” Positive Self-Management Program. He feels he has been given a second chance, and as a result he has dealt with his addictions, he has been clean and sober since his diagnosis, and he says he has found love and he loves where he is at, both in body and mind and soul.

Robert Breining  and Jeromy Dunn will be honoring those that have lost their battle to HIV/AIDS on thie World AIDS Day show. We are encouraging listeners to call in and share names and memories of their family and friends. Call the show at 347-215-9442 to remember your loved one on air.

Robert and Jack will be dicuss  coming out as someone living with HIV/AIDS and all tha tgoes with telling others you are HIV positive. Call in and share your experience with"telli your partner,parents,family,friend or boss. 347-215-9442

Jeff Berry will  also be coming on POZIAM RADIO to speak about the photos that were submitted for this years A Day With HIV in America.

Jeff Berry is the editor of Positively Aware, an AIDS advocate, HIV+ for 20+ years and a member of the AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition & Fair Pricing Coalition.

Positively Aware published a few photos in their magazine and all of them on the website at www.adaywithhivinamerica.com

PositivelyFrisky.com is an invite-only site that gives a fun and lighthearted community forum to those living with HIV. It strives to create a stigma-free environment and build a strong community of those who may have been struggling with their status in the gay community as a whole.

PositivelyFrisky.com will virtually unite the millions of HIV-positive men, women, and their friends across the English-speaking world. Members can interact through live chat and rich web messaging, enjoy a multiple-photo upload function, and create profiles that are protected from standard Internet search engines, adding yet another unique level of privacy for members. The forum will also only be accessible by members personally inviting other members, or from an invite from their trusted physician.

Aaron Laxton is a 32 y/o graduate student from St. Louis Missouri with a passion to help others. On June 6, 2011 he got news that would forever change his life, he was HIV positive. Aaron prior to this was a national youth speaker that spoke all over the United States. It was looked into the face of this diagnosis that he knew what he had to do.

Almost instantly Aaron started to blog each day about his journey with HIV and now has quite a following from around the world on YOUTUBE. Aaron also works locally in St. Louis, Missouri to educate others about HIV as well as letting his story help others. Aaron is currently in school for his Masters of Social Work and he plans on specializing to work with HIV/AIDS outreach and education. This week an interview featuring Aaron is being released on positivelite.com.Additionally Aaron is also in the midst of raising over 20,000 dollars for teh AIDS Lifecycle in which he will ride next summer. The Aids Lifecycle is a 545 mile bike ride over 7 days from San Francisco to LA. Visit Aaron Youtube Channel My HIV Journey

Chris Vucetic is a 25 year old male, who has been diagnose with HIV since September 17, 2008 five days before his 22nd birthday. He had struggled with it from the moment he left that doctors office. He knew nothing about HIV except just the negative things.

The toughest decision for him to make was to discuss his diagnosis with his family. That being his mother and brother. This was not with fear they would shut him out or be upset with him, but the fact his father had taken his life in front of his mother May 2007. He waited 2 weeks to tell his family, and when he did his mother cried a little but said she would be by his side no matter what.   As of January 2010, he is the youngest person ever to be appointed as a board member at FACT Bucks County, a non-profit organization whose efforts are to raise awareness, and raise money that goes to assist those in need the are affected and infected with HIV/AIDS. He hopes his story reached people young and older, newly diagnosed, diagnosed for years, and those struggling with their status, and show that he did it and they can and will too. Life is a fabulous thing and show them that his success story accepting his status and you too can have that. He has always wanted to write a book to raise awareness, and help others struggling with life being HIV+ showing them he's done it and you can and will too!  He is grateful for the support team he has, family and friends, and if it wasn't for them he wouldn't be where he is today.

Daniel Bauer is the official successor to the legendary Harry Houdini, and was on the climb to becoming one of the world’s most successful magicians and escape artists since the Houdini era. He has appeared on NBC, FOX and WB networks; commanded stages across the globe at sold out venues and has appeared on the cover of many magazines and is most popularly described as "one of the most soul piercing performers of our time" by HX Magazine.

In 2002, while preparing for a second world tour, backed by a multi-million dollar brand, Daniel learned he was HIV positive from a required ‘insurance’ policy medical check. This news became the back-bone of the sponsoring company to pull out, claiming the show had now become a liability.

 

Daniel presents his newest speaking program, BLUNT where he shares the intimate details of what happened to him back in 2002, the discrimination he faced and how life is today. Daniel will discuss the deep dark places he allowed himself to enter such as substance abuse, near fatal suicide attempt and more. Audiences / Listeners will have the opportunity to ask Daniel any questions about his life. Everything is on the table for discussion and he will be blunt (not crude) in his responses about what is really going on in society today. Audiences will be left with a message of hope and courage, he will break down the walls of stigma, and he will educate you on the facts vs. the myths about those living with HIV / AIDS. 

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