In regards the the "He's the one campaign "

I seen this "He's the One"campaign and I feel that I am in the center of what I think of this campaign.I have read several comments and the reaction towards this. I first want to respond as an educator for over 16 years and then respond to the campaign itself. I have had the great opportunity to talk to people,teach people, gathering their thoughts about this ongoing epidemic(through education and outreach even just through random conversation) that the educational messages about HIV/AIDS doesn't seem to send a state of urgency to the various audiences that need to embrace "YES the fear of this Virus and the realities and responsibilities that come with it", my job as an educator is to put the facts out there,the science,and figure out a way for the audience to connect because the audiences vary so much especially in generation,age or a separateness/disconnectedness towards HIV/AIDS. They never buried friends or sat by bedsides or had an experience to fire up the passion to do something about it. There are four styles of learning-we don't all learn the same way-so this must be considered in designing a curriculum and then factor in the possibility that some audiences I've educated to have various mental disorders,dysfunction or barriers to learning that so many people are affected by and the list goes on.These factors may influence the behavioral choices they make...education can not be just a hour long blueprint of the same old blah blah blah,with the mindset; lets get it done, lets get demographics, lets meet our quota, and then we think they really got it(very doubtful). Lets give HIV AIDS 45 mins of our time and think the audience got it(NOT!).HIV/AIDS deserves the attention and the support it rarely gets since the epidemic began-stigma still is with us.Then opposite to fear you have optimism and the chance these days to survive longer. These life saving drugs that buy us time is a godsend for now but not the end all answer(but right now it's what we have)-I'm not sure I even view the meds like so many people do in a positive light-alot of people think if they do become infected-hell just take a pill or pills and all is good.I've been sick with various health related problems for the last 25 years living with AIDS and buried ALOT of friends/Allies along the way, I was 19, so my perspective may differ from the popular opinion;it is my life experience though and I will be authentic about my own life experience and bring in what I have learned through the experience of others- I deal with HIV/AIDS and do what I can but still the longer I live it's getting harder to distinguish what is a result of getting older and whats HIV/AIDS. I take 16 pills now. meds are and were a part of the reason why I am still here, but so much more went into the mix;like my inner spirituality,listening to my body, my instincts, positive attitude and when I need to feel the sadness or fear that can sometimes accompany living with AIDS I sit with what I'm feeling, worked it out, cried, got angry and whatever else I need to do,then went on. I rarely hold my inner turmoil inside when I am in a difficult place, I let it out,I view it as a cancer that needs to get out in part in order to survive. Okay getting back to the add, yes they could off done it better I agree. I too though believe that if it shook some people up or made a little fear get into them, that's not necessarily a bad thing, fear can be extinguished with education. I do get by looking at the add how it appears but lets face it I know for a fact that people always aren't forthright and upfront about their status and live in denial and have no conviction if they infect someone. I myself am open about my status and don't care if I'm rejected because of it, of course it has hurt in the past but I feel better when I disclose.So in this day and age when infections are on the rise, maybe the campaign wasn't totally bad-I mean they got a reaction.If Fear is a reaction from the possibility that someone can look great, be this hot sexy gay man, or he's a bf that discloses later and that he could be the one that infects you-yeah this is a reality different scenarios happen and there are people that do have sex and don't disclose. I hear conversations at the bar , online and in inner circles of acquaintances that this happens/denial happens-lets not pretend that it doesn't. It is both parties responsibility to talk about HIV/AIDS and or STDs.I don't believe fear in itself is a bad thing,if it's coupled with empowerment/education and what you can do to protect yourself.I'm not going to pretend that this virus is not capable of still taking lives-YES people are still dying FYI!!!!.I think a curriculum anywhere that you are teaching about HIV/AIDS needs at least 3 continuous sessions with breaks in between like a week apart-Factual, audio, visual,testimonials that target the particular audience to sink in.I'm tired of people who are educators not always teaching the HIV/AIDS message and give it the TIME it deserves. The he the one campaign wasn't put together well, it could of been done a little differently-I get it. But ya know we are in real complacent time of all this and this complacency has been going on for years now, we have grown numb, maybe people would motivate if they felt afraid.Please do not misinterpret me about fear, I would never go into a teaching with the intent to scare anyone. I go in with the realities of what this virus can do, what it continues to do...but there is something you can do about it to know your status, and treatments are available. I guess being infected since I was 19 at the brunt of the epidemic I've come from a different perspective at times. I will never forget the friends and mentors that are gone and what they taught me. Through my eyes I have lived the reality of living with AIDS and yes fearful moments when I thought I was gonna die, but I have also embraced the hope of maybe a cure in our lifetime, so I remain optimistic about the future.Again I get why people were so offended by this campaign. I wasn't offended though.There was a reaction that's for sure and that's not always a bad thing. It gets people talking and hopefully we can embrace the good , bad and indifferent opinion in the fight against HIV/AIDS and come up with more affective and progressive programs and services that can wake up peoples-motivation, passion and the connectedness to the epidemic that so very much needed . History must never be forgotten, we must examine where we are in affective messages in our present time, Where we were in history and learn from it, and where are we going with maybe some different ways of getting education across.Still theres a long way to go. In Peace , Greg Sanchez