STOP THE SPREAD. THESE ARE AIDS RIBBONS AND SO I WANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER I WILL NEVER FORGET THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE’VE LOST TO HIV AND AIDS. HEY, BABY. CLARE MONDO SULLIVAN ALWAYS WEARS HIS SPECIAL JACKET ON WORLD AIDS DAY. SEVERAL OF US ARE. AND AN AGE DEMOGRAPHIC WHERE WE REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL CHALLENGES THAT HIV HAD FOR US AS GAY MEN, FOR MANY, A DIAGNOSIS EARLY ON WAS A DEATH SENTENCE. DOCTORS GAVE PAUL CURTISS ONE WHEN HE WAS 27, JANUARY 27TH OF 1987. I TESTED POSITIVE FOR HIV. THE COUNSELOR AT THE TIME TOLD ME I HAD ONE OR TWO YEARS TO LIVE. CURTIS CREDITS A POSITIVE ATTITUDE AND MEDICAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR KEEPING HIM ALIVE AND HE BECAME AN ACTIVIST. CURTIS CURRENTLY WORKS AT SUNBURST CLINIC, WHERE FREE CONFIDENTIAL TESTING IS OFFERED ALONG WITH RESOURCES ON PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND AWARENESS. HE SAYS THOUGH THERE’S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE, ESPECIALLY SINCE SACRAMENTO IS ONE OF THE TOP 40 HOTSPOTS FOR HIV. ACCORDING TO THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION. THE BIG PROBLEM IS THAT ONE IN SEVEN WE DON’T KNOW THEIR HIV POSITIVE WHO CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE DISEASE. THAT’S THE PROBLEM. PEOPLE NOW CAN LIVE A NORMAL LIFETIME NOW BECAUSE OF THE TREATMENTS AND THE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. SULLIVAN FOUND A GOLDEN RULE SERVICES AND MADE IT HIS LIFE’S WORK TO HELP THOSE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED BY THE DISEASE. HE SAYS OF THE 4500 HIV POSITIVE CASES IN THE COUNTY, 60% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. WE STILL HAVE AN EPIDEMIC HERE IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS SACRAMENTO COUNTY HAS RECEIVED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO CREATE A PLAN ON HOW WE’RE GOING TO ELIMINATE HIV AIDS IN THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY. IN SACRAMENTO, SHELBURNE OR KCRA 3 NEWS. AND THERE ARE ALSO MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT OFFER