Well, it was bone-chilling cold Wednesday night as the temperatures were falling to close to freezing, but about 60 people braved the weather to make a human AIDS ribbon on the steps of the old state capitol building. I know that my northern readers find it hard to believe that 40 degrees is "bone-chilling", but when you add the NW wind blowing... it was bone-chilling by Tallahassee standards.This visual statement, accented with the red glow sticks, was a simple way to acknowledge the reality behind the statistics read aloud by various clergy about AIDS. As we heard a statistic that spoke to us, we were to break our glow stick and shine a light for those affected by AIDS/HIV. I had many reasons to break mine, but waited for the stats on sub-Saharan Africa, a region that is ravaged by HIV and AIDS.
Many thanks to the clergy and faith leaders who put this event together. A perfect compliment to the words of St. Paul to cast out the darkness and put on an armor of light.
photos by Winnie Miles.
1 comment:
Very nice and as always, you seem to do wonderful things down there.
Peggins
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