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OTP is committed to AIDS
awareness, education, prevention and advocacy in Madison, Wisconsin and the United States
FIGHT ON! |
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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 25 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. |
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Bob Bowers with his
great nieces and nephew
in Oregon |
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Bob and Teresa Bowers photographed
by Max Wendt |
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Bob,
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.
Nathaniel
Chin
UW-Madison Medical Student
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At
the end of 2003, an
estimated 1,039,000 to
1,185,000 persons in the
United States were
living with HIV/AIDS.
CDC estimates that
56,300 new HIV
infections occurred in
the United States in
2006 |
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Youth HIV/AIDS educator
Bob Bowers at La
Follette High School in
Madison, Wisconsin-GO
LANCERS! |
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1 in 4 young
women between the ages
of 14 and 19 in the
United States, 3.2
million teenage girls,
are infected with at
least one of the most
common
sexually transmitted
infections -- human
papillomavirus (HPV),
chlamydia, herpes
simplex virus, and
trichomoniasis. |
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HIV
positive speaker Bob
Bowers doing
youth
AIDS education at
Memorial High School in
Madison, Wisconsin |
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I
just wanted
to
say...THANK
YOU :)...for
coming to
speak with
my school (Sennett
Middle
School), I
appreciated
the time and
effort you
put into
talking to
us about
HIV/AIDS
awareness,
Your story
truly
touched me,
and you're a
blessing to
all of us :)
Sincerely,
-Capriana
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Dear
Bob,
You not only
supplied us
with valuable
information,
you supplied
us with inspiration
and I am so
very happy to
know that there
are
positive people
such as yourself
that are spreading
such important
messages in
this world.
Not since reading
The Diary of
Anne Frank as
a young girl
has one person's
life story touched
such a heartstrings
in me and inspired
me to enjoy
life to it's
fullest. I'll
be sure and
come back and
visit the web
page often so
I can stay updated
on the life
of
Da Pirate.
Take care and
bless you!
Very Sincerely,
Jennifer |
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AIDS education and
awareness of the
disease are vital to
help stop the spread of
HIV
Every hour of every day,
two youth are newly
infected with HIV |
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It was an honor to speak
again at Memorial High
School in Madison,
Wisconsin. As a
long-time
youth HIV/AIDS educator,
Memorial has become
one of my favorite
schools to speak at! I
look forward to
presenting for your
school in the future! |
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AIDS activist and long-term AIDS survivor
Bob Bowers photographed
by Luke Severson in
Tapout
Jersey from our friends at Fight Gear Outlet |
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Check out Da Pirate's
friends at Fight Gear Outlet |
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Bob,
your such an inspiration to me! Peace be with you brother!
~Rob |
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"What if it Were You?" poster contest
and AIDS awareness campaign. HIVictorious' President
Bob Bowers and Collin Burke
who won round two
of the poster contest, stand proudly in front of our bus ad to promote every day
awareness of HIV/AIDS
in Madison, Wisconsin |
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Click here for more information on the AIDS documentary
film-The Fire Within |
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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 25
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. |
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"Compassion is our cure."
~Bob Bowers |
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