D-REK's Angels and Warriors

06/18/2026

life is wild, now it the HIV would just disappear.

06/12/2026

I'm happy to announce D-REK's Angels & Warriors plans to attend The Nonprofit Leadership Roundtable for Coastal Georgia this December!

Want to support our mission? We are currently seeking donors, sponsors, business partners, and community supporters to help us continue our HIV advocacy, outreach, and annual Toy Drive.

I'd love to start meeting with organizations and business leaders soon. Let me get past this heart surgery first, then it's full speed ahead.

After recovery, it's Toy Drive season and we're going all in.

If you'd like to support our work, let's connect.

AngelsandWarriors.org

06/12/2026

Share this page tell your friends to follow as the website had been updated and there is new opportunities to partner with us.

Join Angels & Warriors to fight HIV stigma, support children with congenital heart disease, and get involved in community initiatives. Make a difference today.

06/12/2026

45 years after AIDS was first reported, HIV long-term survivor Tom Duane honors loss, resilience, activism, and hope for ending AIDS.

06/11/2026

Today I had the opportunity to briefly speak with Burt Jones at his rally. While I didn't get a photo with him, I was able to introduce myself and represent the millions of Americans whose lives have been impacted by HIV.

As a Republican living with HIV, I believe it's important to engage leaders directly. Advocacy isn't about shouting from the sidelines. It's about showing up, having conversations, building relationships, and ensuring our voices are heard.

Every meaningful change starts with a conversation.

06/11/2026

06/08/2026

Why is Facebook just people posting real life scenarios now just to get engagement? Y'all that bored ?

06/05/2026

I know the first one had the wrong date my bad I'm juggling doctors and heart that's running with a hole in it. (The hole has been there) just got bad over the past year.

AngelsandWarriors.org

06/05/2026

Some of the strongest statistics and facts you can use for an HIV Long Term Survivors Day post are:

June 5 is observed as HIV Long Term Survivors Awareness Day because it marks the anniversary of the first reported AIDS cases in the United States in 1981.

An estimated 1.2 million people are living with HIV in the United States, and roughly 300,000 are considered long term survivors who were diagnosed before effective combination therapy became available in 1996.

Long term survivors include people who have lived with HIV for more than 10 years, people diagnosed before 1996, and those who acquired HIV at birth or in early childhood.

More than half of people living with diagnosed HIV in the United States are now age 50 or older, a reflection of how treatment has transformed HIV from a fatal diagnosis into a manageable chronic condition for many.

Nearly half of clients served by the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program were age 50 and older, showing the growing impact of aging with HIV.

A post for D-REK's Angels & Warriors could read:

> Today we honor HIV Long Term Survivors.

We honor those who were diagnosed when there were no effective treatments.

We honor those who buried friends, partners, family members, and entire communities.

We honor those who were told they would never grow old and proved the world wrong.

More than 300,000 Americans are considered long term HIV survivors, and more than half of all people living with HIV in the United States are now over age 50. Their survival is not an accident. It is resilience. It is sacrifice. It is a fight that never truly ended.

To every survivor, including those of us infected as children, those diagnosed in the darkest years of the epidemic, and those still carrying the memories of those we lost:

Your story matters.

Your survival matters.

Your legacy matters.

We are D-REK's Angels & Warriors.

Still here. Still fighting. Still standing. ❤️🎗️
AngelsandWarriors.org

06/01/2026

I'm now an official member on NHAAN from NMAC. The work continues I look forward to working with my peers.