Aids Walk Sunday

My friend Katryn's parents both died of AIDS in the 80s. I know this isn't a run, but it is a good cause, and I will be out there on Sunday to support her and ASA. Here is a letter from her.

Twenty years ago, we saw tapered stonewash jeans, the marriage of Demi Moore and Bruce Willis and the fall of the Berlin Wall.

It was also, however, a momentous year in the AIDS movement. In 1987: Ronald Regan first publicly acknowledged the AIDS virus, the public blood supply began routine testing, condom ads first emerged on television, AIDS Services of Austin first opened its doors due to the increasing prevalence of HIV in Central Texas, the first AIDS Walk Austin was held to memorialize and to raise much-needed funds, and my father was diagnosed with and died of AIDS.

Today, some things have changed. Well over a million people are living in this country with HIV. It’s a public health crisis unlike any we’ve seen before. We can’t change the history of this epidemic, but we can do our part to be community heroes and to affect our future and that of our children.

I ask you to consider supporting me in my AIDS Walk campaign this year. You can contribute online or come out to the Walk next Sunday and support the cause in person.

Thank you so much for your support. With a little commitment and a lot of passion, WE CAN BE HEROES.

Katryn

View my interview on Fox 7 about the 20th Anniversary AIDS Walk Austin.

Contribute to my AIDS Walk Fundraising Campaign.