Name: Audrey AndersonBirth Date: September 16, 1955Title: Audrey AndersonHIV Diagnosis: UnknownI have HIV. And I have had it for a long time, 7 years.African American - Memphis, TennesseeID: ST-TNZ-AU-0291Name: Tina P. Birth Date: December 3, 1972Title: Native HawaiianHIV Diagnosis: UnknownBe safe – take care of you. Don’t put yourself at risk; unsafe sex, using IV drugs. I used to think I was invincible but that wasn’t the case of course. Now I live the best way I can and try to have hope for the future. Memphis, Tennessee ID: ST-TNZ-TI-0292Name:Deb RunionBirth date: February 3, 1950Title: UntitledHIV Diagnosis: October 18, 1992AIDS Diagnosis: December 19, 1995Date of Death: November, 2005She walks on a path winding and full of changes but wide enough to accommodate friends.The girl has no knowledge of strangers – only magicians. She carries the world in her hand; he holds mysteries in his pocket. Sometimes they journey alone, sometimes together. Her cup of security is priceless – encrusted with the jewels of family, washed in the silver and gold of friends. They are her Holy Grail.The key of wisdom she wears around her neck resting near her heart for it is the Key to Heaven and the kingdom is within. Water of grace, the girl bears it in pots fashioned from the healing clay of mercy; she submerges herself in the black depths of mystery and walks on that ocean’s bottom, maintaining her life by breathing the air of forgiveness innate to the Creator’s womb. She meets the bear of romance with respect. Pulling berries from her pocket, she offers a gift. Standing bear sings her the song of power and they part.The Cobra lays coiled in the center of her path. She kneels humbly before it, honouring the mystery and power it possesses. The serpent strikes her heart, but only lightly grazes her skin as though anointing her with a kiss.The wall of death is high and deep, but transparent. She sees into the world beyond and is not afraid. Laughing, she drops the cloth of flesh and dons the feather fabric preferred by Spirit. Without restriction her soul flies. Deb Runions is a Tennessean, a Democrat, a student of theosophy, a writer, a teacher, and an AIDS activist. She is also a daughter, sister, widow, mother and grandmother. Her message is this: AIDS is here to heal-not just those of us who have the infection but American society as a whole. ID: ST-TNZ-TI-0293TENNESSEEClick Thumbnails to View & Enlarge Each Doll
Name: Audrey Anderson
Birth Date: September 16, 1955
Title: Audrey Anderson
HIV Diagnosis: Unknown
I have HIV. And I have had it for a long time, 7 years.
African American - Memphis, Tennessee
ID: ST-TNZ-AU-0291
Name: Tina P.
Birth Date: December 3, 1972
Title: Native Hawaiian
HIV Diagnosis: Unknown
Be safe – take care of you. Don’t put yourself at risk; unsafe sex, using IV drugs. I used to think I was
invincible but that wasn’t the case of course. Now I live the best way I can and try to have hope for the future.
Memphis, Tennessee
ID: ST-TNZ-TI-0292
Name:Deb Runion
Birth date: February 3, 1950
Title: Untitled
HIV Diagnosis: October 18, 1992
AIDS Diagnosis: December 19, 1995
Date of Death: November, 2005
She walks on a path winding and full of changes but wide enough to accommodate friends.
The girl has no knowledge of strangers – only magicians. She carries the world in her hand; he holds
mysteries in his pocket. Sometimes they journey alone, sometimes together. Her cup of security is priceless –
encrusted with the jewels of family, washed in the silver and gold of friends. They are her Holy Grail.
The key of wisdom she wears around her neck resting near her heart for it is the Key to Heaven and the
kingdom is within. Water of grace, the girl bears it in pots fashioned from the healing clay of mercy; she
submerges herself in the black depths of mystery and walks on that ocean’s bottom, maintaining her life by
breathing the air of forgiveness innate to the Creator’s womb. She meets the bear of romance with respect.
Pulling berries from her pocket, she offers a gift. Standing bear sings her the song of power and they part.
The Cobra lays coiled in the center of her path. She kneels humbly before it, honouring the mystery and power
it possesses. The serpent strikes her heart, but only lightly grazes her skin as though anointing her with a kiss.
The wall of death is high and deep, but transparent. She sees into the world beyond and is not afraid.
Laughing, she drops the cloth of flesh and dons the feather fabric preferred by Spirit. Without restriction her
soul flies. Deb Runions is a Tennessean, a Democrat, a student of theosophy, a writer, a teacher, and an AIDS
activist. She is also a daughter, sister, widow, mother and grandmother. Her message is this: AIDS is here to
heal-not just those of us who have the infection but American society as a whole.
ID: ST-TNZ-TI-0293
TENNESSEE
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