On behalf of
HIVictorious, our Board of Directors and
volunteers for our organization, we extend our sincere and heartfelt thanks for
supporting our efforts of youth HIV/AIDS education and prevention, and
the fight
against AIDS in Wisconsin and the United States. To learn more about our youth
AIDS awareness
poster contest in high schools, please visit:
www.whatifitwereyou.org
HIVictorious is pleased to
announce our partnership with One Heartland to bring Dining Out For Life to
Madison! Stay tuned!
News on AIDS
activists from ACT UP Wisconsin demonstrating in front of the
Wisconsin Department of Health
Services in Madison
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sincerely appreciate your friendship and support!
We are pleased to announce the
winning
posters for the third round of the "What if it Were You?"
youth HIV/AIDS
educational poster contest
in Madison high schools. This is our current project to raise
awareness and involvement, as well as to tackle
AIDS related stigma in
the fight against
HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin
and the United States. The students from Edgewood High School answered the question, "What if you were HIV positive?"
by way of their art and words. The
winning posters
will be displayed throughout Dane County this Summer. A very special thank you to Mayor Dave Cieslewicz,
Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin,
Governor Jim Doyle, Edgewood High School, our sponsors, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation's Johnson and Pabst LGBT Humanity Fund, HIVictorious' Board of Directors and our volunteers. To learn more about this exciting
youth
HIV/AIDS poster project and to see the winning entries, please visit:
www.whatifitwereyou.org
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HIVictorious, Inc. would like to extend a
special thanks to Victor King and
Speckman Law Group PLLC
A special thank you to Matt
Phillips and Michael Silverstein for our new HIVictorious logo design!
Many thanks
to Dawg Dayz Care in Madison
for their support!
Please
visit their
website!
HIVictorious
strives to prevent the spread
of HIV/AIDS in Wisconsin
and throughout the United
States through education,
advocacy, and community
mobilization.
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"Bob
Bowers is a
passionate activist
and educator.
As someone who
has lived with
AIDS for over
20 years, Bob
is not just
a survivor.
He works passionately
to fight complacency
and improve
the lives of
those around
him. His commitment
to teaching
young people
about the importance
of healthy choices
in their lives,
and his advocacy
of quality health
care for those
living with
AIDS, are just
two examples
of his numerous
good works."
Youth
HIV/AIDS educator
Bob Bowers
also known as "Da
Pirate," is a 25-year thriving survivor of HIV/AIDS. To broaden his message of prevention through education,
survival, hope and compassion, he founded HIVictorious, Inc., which is based in
Madison, Wisconsin. He is a powerful and motivating speaker that reaches out to a large array of diverse
audiences. He is a tireless and passionate advocate helping to shape
HIV/AIDS policy. He is also active in fund-raising events, camps for youth affected or
infected by HIV, guest-speaking engagements at colleges, jails, community organizations,
and high schools and middle schools.
Mr. Bowers and friends are
truly dedicated to making a lasting difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS, as
well as addressing AIDS stigma and other social issues. You can watch the below
YouTube or
click here to learn more about Bob and HIVictorious
YouTube
featuring Bob
Bowers,
our Founder
and President on
Channel 27's "People Making a Difference"
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People under 25 are estimated to make
up half of all new HIV infections occurring in the U.S. and HIV
remains a leading cause of death among young people. Many teens who
are infected don’t know it.
In 2006 a shocking 86% of females
diagnosed between the ages of 13 and 19 were infected via
heterosexual intercourse.
Only 57% of 15 to 17 year old females
report using a condom every time during sexual intercourse.
Youth in Wisconsin made up 23% of new HIV
infections in 2008
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HIVictorious, Inc. extends our sincere appreciation to the Mental
Health Center of Dane County for their generous support of our
efforts of youth aids education and awareness in Madison, Wisconsin
and the United States
The mission of the
Mental Health Center of Dane County,
Inc. is to provide individuals and families with high quality,
community based, recovery oriented, mental health, substance abuse,
and advocacy services that respect cultural differences and foster
hope, strength, and self determination. We will give priority to
individuals and families with high needs and low resources.
HIVictorious,
Inc.
extends
our
sincere
appreciation
to the
AIDS
Resource
Center
of
Wisconsin
for
their
generous
support
of our
efforts
to
provide
youth
HIV/AIDS
prevention
through
education
in
Wisconsin
and the
United
States
ARCW is
among
the
largest
and most
comprehensive
AIDS
service
agencies
in the
country.
We
provide
a vast
array of
health
and
social
services
to over
3,000
Wisconsin
residents
living
with HIV
disease.
Through
a wide
variety
of
aggressive
AIDS
prevention
programs,
we make
over
150,000
prevention
contacts
every
year
with
people
who are
at risk
for
contracting
HIV.
HIVictorious,
Inc. would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Corvallis Elks Charity Trust, Corvallis Elks Lodge
and Linn Benton Community College for sponsoring
HIVictorious in its mission of
youth HIV/AIDS education and prevention, as well as providing every day
awareness of AIDS. Due to their generosity and compassion,
HIVictorious has extended its outreach to the state of Oregon. Starting
May 26th thru June 4th, Bob Bowers, Rebekka Armstrong, Kalee Garland and Rey
Cordova, will be speaking to wide variety of schools and organizations. Please
see our
calendar. Thank you to , the schools, students, staff and organizations, for supporting our
efforts in the fight against
HIV/AIDS in Oregon and the United States!
HIVictorious
would like
to extend
our sincere
and heartfelt
thanks to
Linn
Benton
Community
College
for
supporting
our
efforts
of
youth
HIV/AIDS
prevention
through
education
in the
state of
Oregon.
It has
been an
honor to
present
for your
school
over the
years!
Bob Bowers' work in Madison high schools to
raise awareness about
HIV has been very important to our community. Bob puts a human face
on the issue and he inspires all of us to think about how this
challenge can be overcome, not how it might overcome us. And I have
no doubt that by raising awareness he has saved lives. I'm so
impressed with this work that I proudly hang the winners of his
annual
What if it were you? poster contest in my office to remind me
of this issue every day.
Madison Mayor
Dave Cieslewicz
Thank you
Mayor Dave for supporting
the
fight against HIV/AIDS in Madison, Wisconsin!
Please be sure to
use GoodSearch & GoodShop
on behalf of our organization.
Each time you search
or shop using HIVictorious
under, "Who do you GoodSearch
for?" it helps raise
funds for our ongoing
efforts to provide youth AIDS education and community AIDS awareness. The
above banners have been
pre-populated with HIVictorious,
you don't even have
to type us in.
It truly
couldn't be easier.
Thank you so much for coming to our College. Everyone
that I have spoken with has had nothing but
positive things to say about your talk. You
really touched a lot of people. Students liked the fact
that you applied your idea of "compassion" to a
much broader view of the world. I'm so happy that
you decided to come speak even though you were not
feeling well. You put a human face to
AIDS/HIV...you
were candid, you were real, you were appealing...and the
students could relate with you. So often, it
seems, AIDS/HIV is masked with clinical jargon and the
people are forgotten. Your efforts continuously help
break this misconception. Thank you. The day after you
spoke we were very busy with the free std
testing. Literally hundreds of people showed up to be
tested. I would like to think that your talk helped
convince people to show up and not be ashamed
or embarrassed. All in all, the week was a fantastic
success. We are working on some education literature for
this coming week that will recap on the week before.
This way we can really send home the message on
awareness. I would not be surprised if students next
year contact you to have you come back and speak again.
Keep on fighting and I wish you the best...as does Beloit College.
Sincerely,
Philip Mangis-Beloit College
"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 :)
Youth HIV/AIDS
education at La Follette High
School in Madison, Wisconsin
Education and awareness of HIV/AIDS
are vital for our youth who have never known
a World
without HIV/AIDS
Sadly, every hour of every day two young adults under the age of 25
are infected
with HIV. Youth deserve the truth!
I am writing to you in response to the
presentation you gave the other day about
AIDS at Redondo Union High School. You really opened my eyes to the reality of
this horrible disease and the consequences that accompany unsafe sex and sharing
contaminated needles. You really left an impact on me. Up until the day that you
came in and told your story, our Health class has been very boring. Most of what
we have been learning we either already know about or we aren't that interested
in. I never really thought anything bad could happen to me. When you walked in
the door, I really didn't know why you were there, and when you announced that
you had
AIDS, my mouth dropped to the floor!! It seemed so impossible because
you are such an ordinary guy! Now I realize that although AIDS has to be
"acquired" (as you said), I should still take it seriously. Thank you for taking
the time to come speak to us (twice) and for giving me the opportunity to meet
someone with AIDS.
Sincerely,
Angela-Redondo Union High School
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"We
are not lepers or indispensable; we are
brothers, sister, sons, daughters, parents,
and yes, even grandparents who for one reason
or another were infected with the
AIDS virus.
The "H" in
HIV stands for Human. If we can
unite to end
AIDS, we will hopefully put
right many other divisions that face us
as a world."
~
Bob
Bowers-Founder and President
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If
you would like
Mr. Bowers to speak for your
school or organization, contact us
by: CLICKING HERE
HIV/AIDS awareness
poster contest, "What if it Were You?"
CONGRATULATIONS and thank you to the Edgewood High School participants!
Above photo taken at the Edgewood
High
School poster contest celebration in Madison, Wisconsin. Thank you to Jen Gaber
and Nutshell Catering for catering the event!
Thank
you
to the
wonderful
teachers,
staff
and
awesome
students
for
your
participation
in our
heartfelt
and
passionate
undertaking to educate our youth about
HIV/AIDS and raise awareness in our schools and
community!
Your
compassion
and
commitment
are
deeply
appreciated.
"Get Involved"
"Think
About It"
Listen to our
HIV/AIDS
public
service announcements
and let us know your thoughts
about them!
In
memory of our 25 million brothers and sisters that have
lost their lives to AIDS.
In honor of the 33 million that are courageously
living with
HIV/AIDS.
