National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

In 1990, at the age of 23 with two small children my mother, Jill Jones, was dianogsted with AIDS and given less than 6 months to live. Today almost 30 years later at the ripe age of 51 she shares her remarkable story. Listen in on our raw conversation about her journey towards healing.

In 1990, at the age of 23 with two small children my mother, Jill Jones, was dianogsted with AIDS and given less than 6 months to live. Today almost 30 years later at the ripe age of 51 she shares her remarkable story. Listen in on our raw conversation about her journey towards healing.

THE READ

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‘A YEAR WITHOUT YOU’ BY JULIAN J. WALKER
‘A YEAR WITHOUT YOU’ BY JULIAN J. WALKER
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WHAT I'VE COME TO KNOW

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REINVENT FREEDOM
DAVE BRIDGEFORTH
REINVENT FREEDOM
DAVE BRIDGEFORTH

I reserved the first of this year for me —a sabbatical of sorts to realign with the everlasting love that is all around me. I removed myself, I fasted, refrained from sharing myself with the world. The first month had disappeared seamlessly into my solitude, pleasantly, like a lingering orgasm, so personal and sweet. Nothing in me wanted to return back to what I once knew, to the noise that fills all of the spaces on earth or to the world’s constant violent tugging at the purity living within my own heart. I was in a consistent state of surrender; letting go of the ever urgent need for attachment. The need to let others know, the need to express myself to anyone, the need to look outward instead of inward.

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DAVE BRIDGEFORTH

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WORDS FROM BRIDGEFORTH

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FALL IN LOVE
FALL IN LOVE
DADDY WARBUCKS
DADDY WARBUCKS
HOW TO HAVE YOUR CAKE & EAT IT TOO
HOW TO HAVE YOUR CAKE & EAT IT TOO
HOW TO EAT THE SUMMER - NOTES ON HOW TO LET YOUR LIFE SPEAK
HOW TO EAT THE SUMMER - NOTES ON HOW TO LET YOUR LIFE SPEAK
BITTER BITCH - It's your secrets that make you sick
BITTER BITCH - It's your secrets that make you sick

HOW TO HAVE YOUR CAKE & EAT IT TOO

WAKE UP YOUR GOD POWER

THE LOUD 100 SHOW 2017 @ THE SCHOMBURG

REGGIE WELLS TALKS TO DAVE

TRACEY AFRICA TALKS TO DAVE

LES BROWN & DAVE TALK MEETING MAYA ANGELOU!

JULIAN BOND TALKS TO DAVE!

DBQ INTERVIEWS

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SEVEN KING
SEVEN KING
JANET MOCK
JANET MOCK
MO'NIQUE
MO'NIQUE
JUSSIE SMOLLETT
JUSSIE SMOLLETT
MAYA ANGELOU
MAYA ANGELOU

LGBTQ ARTIST SHOWCASE

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THE FUNKY SEXY COOL ARTWORK OF KENDRICK DAYE
THE FUNKY SEXY COOL ARTWORK OF KENDRICK DAYE
ARTIST OF THE WINTER - Bryan K. Jones
ARTIST OF THE WINTER - Bryan K. Jones
ARTIST OF THE FALL - XAVIER J. LOPEZ
ARTIST OF THE SUMMER - RYAN WILLIAMS

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