When Melonie proceeded to do her presentation, she first identified three persons to stand up and

On August 19, 1992, a woman named Mary Fisher spoke on a rather sensitive topic in an attempt to change the world. In an address to the Republican National Convention, Fisher lectured on a subject close to her heart, HIV and AIDS. Mary Fisher is an artist, author, and of course political activist. She contracted HIV from her second husband and has since been on a mission to educate people about prevention of the disease and the treatment of people that have HIV or AIDS. Fisher was speaking at the convention in Houston, Texas in an attempt to get people to take action. Fisher wanted people to be informed about the diseases and have a genuine care about those infected. I found her speech exceedingly compelling as well as an exceptional display

In the beginning of her speech, Fisher includes details and anecdotes that appeal to pathos and help persuade the audience emotionally. The topic of AIDS and HIV has a negative and almost shameful connotation surrounding it, so to combat this and

The story focuses on how Chanda and the people around her are affected by AIDS. In the community that Chanda lives in, mentioning AIDS is taboo, and when Chanda felt the loss of her loved ones, she had difficulty finding anyone to talk to. When it was revealed that Chanda’s mother had AIDS, Chanda wanted to change what her community thought of the disease, “I’m tired of lies and hiding and being afraid. I’m not ashamed of AIDS! I’m ashamed of being ashamed” (Stratton 181). Rather than tolerating the truth and hiding from her community, Chanda wanted to teach people that AIDS should not be taboo. She wants them to accept that AIDS is a reality and it is a disease many are affected by. Chanda, Mrs. Tafa, and Esther, who were not afraid of the truth, inspired people to be less sensitive when bringing up the topic of AIDS. Personally, it is understandable why the people in Chanda’s community don’t want to bring up the topic of AIDS. It is human nature to avoid what we fear as our natural instincts tell us to flee from reality. This is related to our human condition, as all humans are terrified by death. Although, if one person bravely stands, many others are empowered to stand up and face their fear. Through her story, Chanda taught the readers that acceptance can be empowering and cause a positive chain reaction of

of HIV infections among Aboriginals, considering infection rate is as high as 3.8% of Canada’s

According to a report published in the February 1998 edition of “Nature”, scientists identified what they believe is the earliest case of AIDs in a man from the Congo in 1959. (Lerner and Hombs 39) By the end of the year 1980, 80 men would have been diagnosed with at least of the opportunistic infections that are a characteristic of AIDs. (Lerner and Hombs 40) AIDs cases in the 1980s increased dramatically not only around the world but in the United States, primarily in larger cities like Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. The numbers of AIDs diagnoses and deaths spiraled out of control throughout the 1980s and towards the end of 1989 there were 117,500 cases of AIDS reported and 89,000 related deaths.(Lerner and Hombs 54) In the

In August 19th, 1992 Mary Fisher Delivered “A whisper of Aids” at the Republican National Convention in Houston, TX. Mary Fisher was born in April 6th, 1948 in Louisville Kentucky. She was married in 1977 but the marriage didn't last long. Then she got married to Brian Campbell and they had one son then adopted another. After Brian requested a divorce he told Mary she was HIV positive and later on she found out she got it from him. Mary was an Artist, Author, and an Aids Activist.She created a support group for families affected by AIDS, and health care workers called “Mary Fisher CARE Fund”. The fact that Mary is HIV positive affects the speech in a huge way. People felt for her and she felt for everyone that was HIV positive or had AIDS.

Mary attempted to bring attention to the quickly spreading disease to an uneducated audience. In her bold and inspiring speech, Mary argues the importance of opening the eyes of Americans and abolishing the hushed whispers of what AIDS really is.

HIV/AIDS is a devastating condition that afflicts many people in the world. It is condition that can be managed for a certain amount of time but will ultimately take the affected individual’s life. Both men and women can develop this disease through sexual contact, substance injections, or any form of blood-to-blood contact. The cases of HIV/AIDS among Euro-Canadians are decreasing whereas the cases in First Nation communities are increasing (Barlow, 2009). “Recent 2011 data indicates that Indigenous people constituted an estimated 12.2 % of all people in Canada newly diagnosed with HIV, which corresponded to an HIV incidence rate that was 3.5 times higher than among non-Indigenous people” (Pearce et al., 2015). Aboriginal women represent 45.3% of the positive test reports for HIV/AIDS, in comparison with

Now many people view this disease in a very different way, and believe that information about it is very important to all people; but most important to the young generation. The speech she gave touched many peoples hearts, including the AIDS community. She did a wonderful job when she gave this speech, because she put emotion into it and used many techniques to draw the audience in. Mary Fisher gave this speech to open peoples eyes to this disease; and she used effective pausing, explanations to unclear items, anecdotes, and repetition to clarify that not just gays or people who inject drugs can receive HIV/AIDS, but that anyone can get it. What will you do to protect yourself and the new generation from this deadly virus?

In 2010 African Americans made up 46% of Americans infected with HIV/AIDS, and they only make up 10% of the American population. Out of the 46% of blacks infected with the disease 88% are females and 19% are males. The question at hand is, what’s causing so many African American woman to be infected in America?

40% of syphilis (all stages), 3% of gonorrhea, and more than 1% of chlamydia cases where either previously documented as HIV co-infected or were concurrently diagnosed

Then I had the audience interact and participate in a candy game. The candy game was a variety of kinds of candy. We had at least one or two chocolate bars in the mixture with several Smarties, lollipops, and jolly ranchers. Each candies represented different situations of choices, for example the lollipops were represented with teen pregnancies, the jolly ranchers represented abstinence, the Smarties represented the STDs and the chocolate candy bars represented HIV. The game was for each person to encountered with at least three different people and to write their names on a sheet of paper. Then, once everyone had at least three people and would pass out the candies. I advise the audience to not eat the candy quite yet. Next, I would ask the audience who has certain kind of candies and tell them what the candy they have chosen represented. The game showed how quickly STDs, HIV/AIDs can spread quickly. Then, once I finished with the presentation, I would announce that we were given free one-minute HIV test outside in our mobile

There are vulnerabilities to HIV that are unique to women. These help to account for the differences in infection rates between men and women worldwide. Some of those vulnerabilities include:

Most of them do not know they carry HIV and may be spreading the virus to others. Here in the U.S., nearly one million people have HIV infection or AIDS, or roughly one out of every 250 people. At least 40,000 Americans become newly infected with HIV each year, and it is estimated that half of all people with HIV in the U.S. have not been tested and do not know they are carrying the virus.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases are an intimate part of many people’s lives. These diseases, one could say, represent a conflict between human and nature. It is a part of nature that humans are inclined to engage in sexual activity . Yet, humans are endangering themselves with the spreading of these diseases. Also, a human oriented disease can take on a life of its own, so to speak, and even turn deadly when nature takes it course. Humans have created antibiotics and other drugs to cure the diseases and help with the symptoms of these diseases, but the complications that can arise from these diseases sometimes have no cure, and it is at this time that nature takes over. Sexually transmitted diseases are