Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Project (RED)

I was recently thinking about society and what is going on in our own country and throughout the world. I love Project (RED); it was created by U2 frontman Bono and Bobby Shriver the chairman of DATA. The following is a list of companies that participate in it:

The GAP
Motorola
American Express
Emporio Armani
Converse
Apple
Hallmark

These companies have special products, and for each one sold a percentage of the sale goes toward the Global Fund and helps women and children affected by HIV/ AIDS in Africa.

Now of course our problems are more widespread than this, everyone knows and understands that, but we have to start somewhere. Think about joining Project (RED), and making a difference. I did. I think it is better than standing or sitting around and hoping for things to change; it is actually helping things to change.

http://www.joinred.com/ - You can join Project (RED), read what it's all about, and read the latest Project (RED) news on this website.

I wrote a poem incorporating some of the words that the Gap uses on their t-shirts for Project (RED), it's personal, but I thought I'd share.

You would think that people would be tired of the way things are, tired that 38.6 million people have HIV.

But on a Friday night most guys and girls are just thinking about whether or not they scored or if they will.

Guys and girls go out and get hammered and do things they regret, having casual and sometimes unprotected sex because socially we accept.

People want to be desired, I say this factually, but that doesn't mean we can't promote monogamy.

And I am bored with that behavior, and I remain shocked and surprised that half of all the new people that have AIDS are under the age of 25.

AIDS and HIV are not only epidemics that we all have to be aware of and endure; however, most do not even hear about the campaigns against the genocide and the message to "Save Darfur".

When we feel wired and have a lot of energy we should use it and do something to help feed the one in seven people who go to sleep hungry.

If we all shared, let's think about this economically, this is not about charity, it's all about equality.

We need to learn the fact that each like should be treasured, how we respect ourselves and each other's lives is how it's measured.

Get inspired, dare to dream, be a contributor to society, don't just take, you would be amazed what a difference ONE can make.

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