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.
Very nice and as always, you seem to do wonderful things down there.
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