Black History Month - AIDS Activist Prudence Mabele
Follow us on Instagram: @bitchstory.pod The latest episode is here: Black History Continuing our Black History Month theme, the other badass lady in the current episode of Bitchstory is a South African AIDS activist from the peak of the epidemic in the 90's. AIDS is a cause near to my heart. I volunteered for an AIDS organization as soon as I graduated from college, and it changed my life! With the Trump Administration running amok and trampling rights and knowledge left and right, I fear that we will have some set backs in this area as well. In fact, HIV statistics are already muddy. Some sources say rates are down, others that rates are up. People just aren't talking about it like they used to. But we can't become complacent because, if you weren't around or aware in the 90's..it was very scary! Prudence Nobantu Mabele: A Pioneer in HIV Activism and Women’s Rights Prudence Nobantu Mabele was a South African activist and trailblazer in th...