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<v ->Well, I guess one of the things that I would like to say</v>

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in closing for people living with HIV and AIDS is

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to get involved in their community planning groups

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and things like that.

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Planning councils and things of that nature.

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One of the things that I do in Washington.D.C. that I did

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at our clinic is had our whole support group come

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to planning council meetings.

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Come to PWA meetings because they didn't understand.

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They'd say, "Ah, man, we got bad snacks and we need

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to have this and this and that."

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I say, well if you come to this meeting, you could say that.

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You need and peer groups, ya'll need more money

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to do different things then.

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But you need to come and say that 'cause if you don't,

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how they gonna know?

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And what it did was I said you'd be surprised how you,

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as one individual, have a vote to make something happen.

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That you actually have some power,

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whether you believe it or not.

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And they came and they got into the allocation

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and the priority process and they said,

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"Corrie, you're right."

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Actually, there are four people here who got scholarships

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after coming to the planning council meetings,

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they got scholarships to come here to New Orleans

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from being involved and they was like, "Wow, man.

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"You know, I never would have guessed it."

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Yeah, well, I told you all the time.

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You get involved and do some things and empowered them

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because now they believe and know that my vote counts.

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I mean something.

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So that's about it.