Bevan, Bon Rouleur
5 December 2005 | Southeast Asia, Part Five
Following my last post (my last real one, not the cheap shot I took at trying to get donations for amfAR), I received questions about my interview with Sandra Murillo at the American Foundation for AIDS Research (which I posted). In particular, I received a question about HIV's effect on national security, which made my day since I'd just read a meaty report on it and could respond reasonably intelligently. I got the idea to set up a discussion forum on my site where anyone can post questions about HIV-related issues. I hope to get HIV and Asia experts to contribute to the discussion (but one has to happen before I'll ask them to check it out, so post your thoughts). The forum topics I've set up so far are on national security, HIV and Islam, women's rights, and politics. There's also a section about what's being done, and what you can do. It's very barren now, so please breathe some life into it, it would be cool if it worked. Check out the forum, register, and get involved:
www.rideagainstaids.com/forum
Conversation isn't likely to be inspired by questions alone, so I'm working on a resource page where I'll post interesting articles and websites I come across. Inform yourself!
www.rideagainstaids.com/links
I meant to have this out on World AIDS Day, to give it more relevance and so that people might be more likely to donate to amfAR. Unfortunately I got sick (probably because of that bus trip) and wasn't able to wrap it up in time. In any case, I'd really appreciate it if you'd make a donation to the cause. There is a new donation page, as the old one expired:
www.justgiving.com/pfp/rideagainstaids2
I realize donating is tough. You get some silly e-mail every couple months from some guy you might not even know, and he's asking you to donate your hard-earned money to a charity that, while important, may seem to have a very distant effect. Not to belittle the seriousness of the charity's mission, but rather to hopefully inspire further donations, I've decided to post pictures of all who've donated (anonymous donations aside), and make each picture's size relative to their donation. You've always dreamed of being the biggest kid on your block; now's your chance! Pictures are located in the Hall of Fame:
www.rideagainstaids.com/halloffame
Thanks to Nick F and Jeff S for donating recently.
Also, I have a couple more Asia pictures up, although not the most recent batch yet:
www.rideagainstaids.com/photos3
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