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"What if
it Were
You?"
Aired
Thursday
June 19,
2008
Note:
The
photos
that I
added at
the end
of the
clip are
not
accompanied
with
audio.
CONGRATULATIONS
and
THANKS
to
Collin
Burke
from
Memorial
High
School!!
Da Pirate interviewed on 92.1 the Mic after
presenting for the ACT 6 AIDS
Ride
Pirate,
Thank you so much. Can I tell you that I am in awe of your strength. I love to
hear that the good fight is being fought with such courage. It's good to know
people like you are out there.
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Enter HIVictorious in the 'Charity'
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HIV/AIDS. It's truly that simple! Click here for a .pdf
explanation that you can share with
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and supporting our continuing efforts!
just want you to know that
i am not affected by hiv/aids
and don't know anyone who
is. But this website is
the most amazing one i have
ever seen. What you do is
just incredible...so keep
on living and doing what
you do...inspire as many
as you can...so they can
carry on your legacy. Your
family should be so proud
of you.
~ adria
"What if it Were
You?"
As seen in POZ Magazine
Power Surge by Bob Ickes
Collin Burke, a high school senior from Madison, Wisconsin, says he took art class “by
accident.” The teacher soon had Burke and his classmates entering the “What
If It Were You?” AIDS-poster contest. “We had to demonstrate ‘What would you
do if you found you had AIDS,’ ” says Burke, 18. “My poster expresses that I
would try to make the world understand the facts. You know, like a lightbulb
going on.” He took first place out of 100 competitors; the poster
(left) will decorate buses, hair salons and diners throughout
Madison. Says activist Bob Bowers, who sponsors the program through
HIVictorious.org,
“We picked Collin’s poster and thought we knew everything about him—until he
was interviewed by the media and we found out that his uncle died of AIDS
before he was born.” Says Burke: “I wish I had known him.”
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Collin Burke, winner of round two
of "What if it Were You?" poster contest and HIVictorious' President Bob Bowers
stand proudly in front of our bus ad to promote ever day awareness of HIV/AIDS
in Madison, Wisconsin
I
wanted you to know that your presentation
meant a lot to me. Sometimes a medical
student, including myself, loses
focus as to why s/he is there at
medical school. We're bogged down
with so much studying of facts,
figures, body parts, and physiology
that we forget that we chose this
profession because we wanted to
help people, our fellow human beings.
I, myself, was lost in all of my
studying at the UW and forgot the
necessary and absolutely essential
human face of medicine. And you,
Bob, brought me back. You reminded
me that I came to medical school
to help people such as yourself
and to serve as a patient advocate
so that everyone has access to medical
care and receives the respect and
kindness they deserve. So thank
you for coming to speak and saying
the things you did because your
words need to be heard by everyone
and used as motivation to act. In
a way, you're a soldier of hope,
fighting our ignorance, complacency,
fear, and doubt and filling us with
hope that people can change, our
perceptions can change, and that
we will succeed in taking care of
each other, one person at a time.
