AIDS Walk in DC Oct. 8
Last Saturday, I attended the 2007 Washington DC AIDS Walk along with SGAC members.According to the organization, which organized this event, there were about 6,000 people registered for the walk. On the front of our AIDS walk T-shirts, it says that among every 20 adults in DC, there is one who has HIV.
I felt astonished about this fact. In this capital city, HIV is threatening people’s lives step by step, while busy people always neglect this fact. Fortunately, some people decided to get together to raise awareness of AIDS, to support AIDS research, and to fight back. No one knew or cared who among us had HIV. People walked 5K for the same purpose and they moved each other. Our group finished that 5K in 1 h and 15 minutes.