Breaking the Silence on HIV

emPower Magazine Editorial Director/Publisher DeShuna Spencer writes about HIV in the District of Columbia:

Recently, while boarding the subway, an ad inside of the train car caught my attention. In big black letters the poster read: 1 in 20 people live with HIV. From first glance, one might’ve thought the ad was referring to an African country where HIV is devastating entire families and communities. But the statistics were actually referring to the District of Columbia, my own backyard. After conducting further Google research at home, I learned that Washington DC has the highest AIDS rate among major cities. And what’s even more alarming, 9 out of 10 women who test positive in the District are black.

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