Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/30/17

Song Of The Day....

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“How hurtful it can be to deny one's true self and live a life of lies just to appease others.” ― June Ahern

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/29/17

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"'Radioactive' is the fall out of my life's inspirations, a testament to my ability to survive it all and to tell the story." - Yelawolf

Song Of The Day,,,, & Daily Reflection 06/28/17

Song Of The Day....

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“Tomorrow. The word hangs in the air for a moment, both a promise and a threat. Then it floats away like a paper boat, taken from her by the water licking at her ankles.” ― Thrity Umrigar

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/27/17

Song Of The Day....

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“So I will always lean my heart as close to your soul as I can.” ― Hafez

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/26/17

Song Of The Day....

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“And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.” ― Jacqueline Carey

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/23/17

Song Of The Day....

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“I'm not a snob. I'm just better than everyone else.” ― Season Vining

All Hands on Deck to #KillTheBill: National Networks of PLHIV call for Community Emergency

Dear Community,
YOUR HELP IS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY.
URGENT: The U.S. Senate is likely to vote next week to decimate healthcare for people living with HIV.

The result will be unnecessary death and suffering.

That is why today, Thursday, June 22, we, the undersigned, are issuing this urgent emergency call for a nationwide mobilization to defeat the Trump Administration and Senate Republicans’ plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA, or “Obamacare”) and replace it with their deadly “American Health Care Act” (AHCA, or "Trumpcare").

We implore people living with HIV (PLHIV) and everyone who loves us to take IMMEDIATE ACTION to contact your Senators to kill the AHCA. PWN-USA has put together a #KillTheBill Resource Centerto provide you with the tools you need to make an impact.

This is not exaggerated rhetoric. This is not a rehearsal. This is for real. The AHCA is so catastrophic that 6 members of the President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) resigned in protest late last week. If you get insurance through Medicaid or the Affordable Care Act (an insurance exchange), you personally are at tremendous risk. 23 million Americans may lose coverage over the next decade; 14 million may lose it next year.

While much of the media is focused on the various investigations underway, the real right-wing agenda—leaving tens of millions uninsured by replacing the ACA with the so-called “American Health Care Act”—has moved ahead at an alarming rate. If you value the lives of PLHIV, other with preexisting conditions, and of those who rely on Medicaid for health care, take action this moment, right now, before you check your next email.

Six Republican Senators are especially high-priority targets as they have not yet committed to vote for the AHCA, or have expressed serious reservations about it: Sen. Murkowski (Alaska), Sen. Flake (Arizona), Sen. Gardner (Colorado), Sen. Collins (Maine), Sen. Heller (Nevada), Sen. Portman (Ohio), Sen. Capito (West Virginia).

What we are asking of you:

Contact your Senators in-district office today to set up a meeting with people living with HIV (PLHIV), especially if you are in Alaska, Colorado, Maine, Ohio, Nevada, or West Virginia. If you aren't there but know someone there, forward them this email now.
Mark your calendars now for the National HIV Call-In Day, Monday June 26th and organize everyone you know to make calls (add graphic for call in day)
Forward this email to alert other PLHIV, our loved ones, our families and our allies and mobilize them into action, especially anyone you know who lives in AK, AZ, CO, ME, NV, OH, or WV;
Submit letters to the editor or an op-ed article to your local newspapers and online media immediately. Here is a link to talking points you can use. We will also have an op-ed template available soon on the #KillTheBill Resource Page
Call your Senators every day and demand they vote NO on this terrible bill. You can use the HIV Hotline, 866-246-9371, to be connected to your Senator's office. You can find more info here. National HIV Call-In Day is Monday, June 26, but you can and should call every day.

If the Senators or their staff will not agree to an appointment, go to their offices, go to their homes, go to where they shop for their groceries, go anywhere you can make your voice heard;

There is no graver or more immediate threat to people living with HIV in the U.S. than this proposed deadly “American Health Care Act."

We need all hands on deck to persuade these uncommitted Senators to oppose the AHCA when it comes up for a vote next week.

To do this, we must work together, immediately.

Help us mobilize nationally to convince uncommitted Republican Senators that for many of us, our lives depend upon their vote. You can find resources here, including a guide to setting up a meeting with your Senators, talking points, additional information and how to customize your message specific to the targeted states.



We must defeat this bill. Our lives depend on it.

Please help.

Yours in solidarity, anger and action,

Positive Women’s Network - USA
HIV Modernization Movement - Indiana
National Working Positive Coalition
Positive Iowans Taking Charge (PITCH)
Positively Trans
Prevention Access Campaign (#UequalsU)
RiseUpToHIV
Sero Project
U.S. People Living with HIV Caucus

Song Of The Day,,,, & Daily Reflection 06/22/17

Song Of The Day....

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“All my problems bow before my stubbornness.” ― Amit Kalantri

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/21/17

Song Of The Day....

“Tell me, tutor,' I said. 'Is revenge a science, or an art?” ― Mark Lawrence

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/20/17

Song Of The Day....

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"You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back." - Barbara De Angelis

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/19/17

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“They talked in the shorthand of old friends and shared memories.” ― Dee Henderson

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/16/17

Song Of The Day....

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“I am more than my scars.” ― Andrew Davidson

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/15/17

Song Of The Day....

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"Every time I start feeling sexy I trip." - Lena Dunham

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/14/17

Song Of The Day....

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“The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.” ― Jalaluddin Rumi

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/13/17

Song Of The Day....

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“Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” ― Barry Finlay

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/12/17

Song Of The Day....

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"Come on now, it is a known fact that a woman do carry an evening bag at dinner time. There's no getting around that! You see it on channel seven, between 'All My Children' and 'Jeopardy','Another World', 'Dallas', and the whole bit. An evening bag is a must! You have to carry something! No lady is sure at night." - Junior LeBeija

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/09/17

Song Of The Day....

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“Love may be harder to find in some people, but when they do love you know it must be something marvelous.”
― Criss Jami

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/08/17

Song Of The Day....

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“Poets are never unemployed, just unpaid.” ― Kathy Skaggs

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/07/17

Song Of The Day....

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"My favorite part of a roller-coaster ride is when you're going up and you're slightly scared and really excited. You don't know what's coming next but you know it's going to be good. You can't handle it, go on the carousel." - Gina Gershon

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/06/17

Song Of The Day....

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“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.” ― Gwendolyn Brooks

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/05/17

Song Of The Day....

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“When you feel someone else's pain and joy as powerfully as if it were your own, then you know you really loved them.”
― Ann Brashares

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/02/17

Song Of The Day....

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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” ― Rudyard Kipling

Song Of The Day.... & Daily Reflection 06/01/17

Song Of The Day....

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"The best place in the world is inside a hug." - J. Quest