What's Going On: Ryan White's Legacy, BlackStar Film Festival. The Masterman Race Forum

Published: Aug. 21, 2020, 7:02 p.m.

b'Ryan White has a youth of 13 years who acquired AIDS through a blood transfusion. This happened in the early eighties when an AIDS diagnosis was a death sentence and he was only given a few months to live. Instead Ryan White survived five more years living a life with significance. Shunned by his community, he found his voice and became an advocate for tolerance and a better understanding of HIV and AIDS. Ryan didn\\u2019t live to see it come to be but today the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program has provided services for more than half a million people. We\\u2019ll talk about his legacy with Laura W. Cheever, M.D., Sc.M., Physician and Associate Administrator, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration.

In the middle of a pandemic and in the wake of the social unrest following the tragic death of George Floyd students at Masterman created a forum so they could have the necessary conversation around bias discrimination and social unrest. I speak with student organizers Jasmine Dixon and Alison Fortenberry along with fellow student Aden Gonzalez.

First, earlier in the week I had a chance to speak with Maori Karmael Holmes
Artistic Director & CEO, BlackStar about the BlackStar Film Festival about this remarkable event that highlights some of the most exciting voices in the cinematic arts. It got underway underway on Thursday August 20th and continues through August 26th.
https://www.blackstarfest.org/'