Youth HIV/AIDS prevention, education, awareness, advocacy-Madison, Wisconsin-United States
AIDS activists, youth hiv/aids educators and long-term survivors-Bob Bowers

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HIV positive speakers in schools-Youth HIV/AIDS education, AIDS activism, long-term AIDS survivors-Bob Bowers-Madison, Wisconsin-United States

 
 
Becca Henry
 
Fight on Girl!

 

What was the reason.....


My eyes are dry now from crying and the sky is still 
gray They count the lives by fives, who knew we could
count so high. I question and asked myself can any
cause be worth so much as the bodies piled high, And 
so far I only come up with NO, in five different languages.

What reason was there behind their lies and covert
conspiracies, Was it religious or political.
I certainly without doubt hope that it was politics.

For if it was religious then no matter what God they
worship, surely they can see that they will be sentenced
in this life and the next!!!

Rebecca Henry
September 26,2001
 
 

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ANGELS
Angels are the guardians of hope and wonder, the keepers of magic and dreams. Wherever there is love, an angel is flying by. Your guardian angel knows you inside and out, and loves you just the way you are. Angels keep it simple and always travel light. Remember to leave space in your relationships so the angels have room to play. Your guardian angel helps you find a place when you feel there is no place to go. Whenever you feel lonely, a special angel drops in for tea. Angels are with you every step of the way and help you soar with amazing grace. After all, we are angels in training; all we have to do is spread our wings and fly!
 
If my days were untroubled and my heart always light, would I seek that fair land where there is no night?
If I never grew weary with the weight of my load, would I search for Gods peace at the end of the road?
If I never knew sickness and never felt pain, would I search for a hand to help and sustain? If I walked without sorrow and lived without loss, would my soul seek solace at the foot of the cross? If all I desired was mine in a day, would I kneel before God and earnestly pray? If God sent no winter to freeze me with fear, would I yearn for the warmth of Spring every year? I ask myself these and the answer is plain, if my life were pleasure and I never knew pain I'd seek God less often and need Him much less, for God is sought more often in times of distress. And no one knows God or sees Him as plain
as those who have met him on the "Pathway of Pain."

Written by Rebecca Henry on February 11, 2001
 
 
 

Your words meant a great great DEAL coming from someone like you who has SURVIVED 17yrs of HIV and AIDS!!!! To be HONEST, there is a part that wants to just GIVE UP NOW, I HAVE FOUGHT a good FIGHT FOR 11 years with this brainstem tumor, ya know? BUT, THEN I LOOK AT YOU, AND WONDER IF I CAN GO ON. It is a TOUGH CALL Bob. Only one that I can make, just know  you are well thought of, and if I get to heaven before you,  I'll show you around the place, DEAL????

Love ya!!!
Becca
 
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hot rod flames tattoos warrior kanji pirate flag skull barbwire spider web tattoos red rose for my dad pirate flag and skull black wind bars phoenix tattoos back piece with flames

Hot rod flames on both sleeves represent the fire within me, that burning desire to live!

Spider web tattoos on elbows on my elbows represent my time served living with AIDS. A life sentence indeed, but not a death sentence!t>

Phoenix tattoo back piece was to mark my 24th year of kicking HIV ass. Rising up from the ashes to face the challenges before me!

 
Wisconsin based youth HIV/AIDS educator, AIDS activist & long-term survivor Bob Bowers, One Tough Pirate, also known simply as "Da Pirate." Bob been living with and surviving HIV/AIDS for 26 years. Bob started as an HIV positive speaker with peer education programs in Los Angeles shortly after his diagnosis. To broaden his personal message of prevention through education, hope and awareness of the disease, Bob founded the nonprofit educational organization, HIVictorious, Inc. in 2005. HIVictorious addresses youth HIV/AIDS education and prevention and provides AIDS awareness in Madison, Wisconsin and throughout the United States through Bob's public speaking and its HIV/AIDS awareness poster contest, "What if it Were You?" Mr. Bowers is a leading and well respected AIDS advocate and leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS. As a long-term survivor of HIV/AIDS, and someone who has lost dozen of friends to AIDS, Bob is wholeheartedly committed to educating today's youth and young adults about the realities of HIV/AIDS, as well as living with AIDS long-term. Mr. Bowers is a champion for hope and survival despite some of the difficult circumstances that we ALL face in life.
 
   

Youth HIV/AIDS educator Bob Bowers at La Follette High School in Madison, Wisconsin-GO LANCERS!

 
 
 
 
HIV positive speaker and AIDS activist Bob Bowers, One Tough Pirate, also known simply as "Da Pirate," has been living with and surviving HIV/AIDS for 27 years. Bob started as a youth HIV/AIDS educator  with peer education programs in Los Angeles shortly after his diagnosis. To broaden his personal message of prevention through education, hope and awareness of the disease, Bob founded the nonprofit HIV/AIDS educational organization, HIVictorious, Inc. in 2005. HIVictorious addresses youth HIV/AIDS education and prevention and provides AIDS awareness in Madison, Wisconsin and throughout the United States through Bob's public speaking and it's AIDS awareness poster contest, "What if it Were You?" Mr. Bowers long-term survivor of HIV/AIDS, and someone who has lost dozen of friends to AIDS, Bob is wholeheartedly committed to educating today's youth and young adults, about the realities of HIV/AIDS as well as living with AIDS long-term. Mr. Bowers is a champion for hope and survival despite some of the difficult circumstances that we ALL face in life.
 
"Compassion is our cure." ~Bob Bowers
 
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