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World AIDS Day service promotes tolerance and testing Two banners hanging above the pulpit at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ portrayed red ribbons, the global symbol of solitary for people with HIV or AIDS. Rev. Jamesetta Ferguson, the church’s pastor, brought them back this year from South Africa, where they were made by women living with AIDS as a way to support themselves. After seeing the devastation and ostracism the disease caused there — including children kicked out of households and families banished from villages — Ferguson was moved to spread awareness of HIV and AIDS in her own community. One result was Sunday afternoon’s service at the church at 1225 W. Jefferson St. to commemorate World AIDS Day, which was formally observed on Dec. 1. “We are here because we want to bring recognition to a disease that is taking over the African-American community because of the lack of knowledge,” Ferguson told members of her church and others in attendance. “We want to inform people
Two banners hanging above the pulpit at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ portrayed red ribbons, the global symbol of solitary for people with HIV or AIDS. Rev. Jamesetta Ferguson, the church’s pastor, brought them back this year from South Africa, where they were made by women living with AIDS as a way to support themselves. After seeing the devastation and ostracism the disease caused there — including children kicked out of households and families banished from villages — Ferguson was moved to spread awareness of HIV and AIDS in her own community. One result was Sunday afternoon’s service at the church at 1225 W. Jefferson St. to commemorate World AIDS Day, which was formally observed on Dec. 1. “We are here because we want to bring recognition to a disease that is taking over the African-American community because of the lack of knowledge,” Ferguson told members of her church and others in attendance. “We want to inform people about this disease and how to be protected, and if in
World AIDS Day service promotes tolerance and testing Two banners hanging above the pulpit at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ portrayed red ribbons, the global symbol of solitary for people with HIV or AIDS. Rev. Jamesetta Ferguson, the church’s pastor, brought them back this year from South Africa, where they were made by women living with AIDS as a way to support themselves. After seeing the devastation and ostracism the disease caused there — including children kicked out of households and families banished from villages — Ferguson was moved to spread awareness of HIV and AIDS in her own community. One result was Sunday afternoon’s service at the church at 1225 W. Jefferson St. to commemorate World AIDS Day, which was formally observed on Dec. 1. “We are here because we want to bring recognition to a disease that is taking over the African-American community because of the lack of knowledge,” Ferguson told members of her church and others in attendance. “We want to inform people
