World AIDS day, Mondo Guerra designed t-shirts

Speaking of World AIDS day, how cool is this? Mondo Guerra, that insanely talented designer from Project Runway is debuting a t-shirt line at Piperlime today (I don't see them on sale yet) to which the proceeds will benefit amFAR. I am in the airport getting ready to board, but had to quick post this. By the way, everything is running incredibly smooth Mitchell International today. And Air-Tran has free onboard wi-fi. Hooray.

World AIDS Day, DC bound

It's World AIDS day today. There usually isn't a lot of media frenzy over this day of rememberance and advocacy, but it's important to realize the disease still exists. In 2009, there were 443 new HIV infections in Wisconsin, an 11% increase than 2008 (source). There is a difference between HIV and AIDS. HIV is the infection that over time will lead to a syndrome called AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) characterized by a low Tcell (CD4 count) and/or certain opportunistic infections. In Milwaukee, there's an excellent service organization called AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) that provides prevention, needle exchange, testing, medical/dental/mental healthcare, social services, housing and food pantry.

I'll be heading to DC today for a USAID project over the next week. I have a few great DC-related posts coming down the pike (along with some of my tourist photos).

I'll see in DC.