"I used to be afraid of dying, I'm not anymore.
I'm more afraid of what happens to the people who live..."
from "And The Band Played On
"Correct Principles are LIGHTHOUSES...
They will not move, They are not odds, You cannot break them, We can only Break Ourselves against them....These are self-evident principles, perhaps not yet habits. We already know them, but what is Common Sense is not Common Practice." The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
"On Coming Home"
"Home is not a place; it is an attitude. It is an attitude which depends on how much we are able to feel at home with ourselves as well as with others. Home is something which happens to a person; homecoming has less to do with geography than it has to do with a sense of personal integrity or inner wholeness.
The most important of all endeavors in life is to come home. The most terrifying of fears is loneliness. It means that one has become a stranger to himself, and consequently, to others. To be lonely is to feel fear, to be forever unsettled, never at rest, in need of more reassurance than life can give.
Someone truly loves us when he brings us home; when he makes us comfortable with ourselves, when he takes from us the strangeness we feel at being who we are. We are loved when we no longer are frightened with ourselves."
"Dawn Without Darkness" - Anthony Padavano
The Mission of the Michael W. Connett LIVING Trust is
"To use the rest of my life the best I can so that the people and places through which my journey leads me will remain a little bit better for me having passed their way..."
Caring for the “Quality of Life” issues of the infected & affected who are now living longer and preventing further infections, as seen thru the eyes of a long term survivor…
The purpose for which The South Bank HIVe is therefore organized is the CommUNITY-Based Funding, Advocacy and Provision of HIVe/Aids Prevention, Education and Social Support Services. Come OUT, Stand Up! – The AESOP Initiative
They will not move, They are not odds, You cannot break them, We can only Break Ourselves against them....These are self-evident principles, perhaps not yet habits. We already know them, but what is Common Sense is not Common Practice." The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
"On Coming Home"
"Home is not a place; it is an attitude. It is an attitude which depends on how much we are able to feel at home with ourselves as well as with others. Home is something which happens to a person; homecoming has less to do with geography than it has to do with a sense of personal integrity or inner wholeness.
The most important of all endeavors in life is to come home. The most terrifying of fears is loneliness. It means that one has become a stranger to himself, and consequently, to others. To be lonely is to feel fear, to be forever unsettled, never at rest, in need of more reassurance than life can give.
Someone truly loves us when he brings us home; when he makes us comfortable with ourselves, when he takes from us the strangeness we feel at being who we are. We are loved when we no longer are frightened with ourselves."
"Dawn Without Darkness" - Anthony Padavano
The Mission of the Michael W. Connett LIVING Trust is
"To use the rest of my life the best I can so that the people and places through which my journey leads me will remain a little bit better for me having passed their way..."
The purpose for which The South Bank HIVe is therefore organized is the CommUNITY-Based Funding, Advocacy and Provision of HIVe/Aids Prevention, Education and Social Support Services. Come OUT, Stand Up! – The AESOP Initiative
• Awareness & Advocacy:
• Education & Empowerment:
• Support:
• OutReach:
• Prevention - Pride & Purpose
"Outside show is a poor substitute
for inner worth." -Aesop
You are moreEven the most intense experience is only an experience you are having. It is not you, and you are not it.You are more than your problems, more than your possessions, more than the pains and pleasures. You are more than the frustrations that sometimes feel so overwhelming.
Too often, out of fear, you cling tightly to things that don't really matter. Imagine the freedom that can come from letting go and stepping back.
What if your most agonizing worries no longer had the power to worry you? What if your most burdensome difficulties no longer had the power to trouble you?
Step back from them, and it is all possible. It's not a matter of running
away, but of putting the world in perspective.
The real person you are, is not defined or limited by the passing circumstances, no matter how intense they may be. Always remember that you are more.-- Ralph Marston
Office of the Attorney General
Attorney General's Office Joins Children's Advocacy Centers
Kick-Off OUR National Child Abuse Awareness Month of APRIL...
The Office of Attorney General Jack Conway and the Kentucky Association of Children's Advocacy Centers (KACAC) kicked-off National Child Abuse Awareness Month with a celebration of hope and healing at the Capitol today. More than 5,000 pinwheels lined the front lawn to honor the victims served by the state's 15 regional Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) in 2011. Pinwheels are used as the symbol for child abuse prevention. "Each pinwheel signifies a child that has suffered as a result of this heinous crime," said Deputy Attorney General Patrick Hughes. "The Attorney General's Office is committed to working hand-in-hand with Children's Advocacy Centers, social workers, prosecutors and law enforcement to protect Kentucky kids from abuse."
Working to create A Synergistic South Bank CommUNITY where “ WE seek and value opinions, viewpoints and perspectives from others to create solutions that are better than those that would have been created on our own”
"The South Bank" refers to the Cities on the Ohio River across from Cincinnati. But the South Bank of Northern Kentucky is much more and includes the Communities and Neighborhoods encompassed by Boone, Kenton and Campbell CountiesTrue patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else.
- Clarence Darrow
Pause 4 Peace
Although Pause 4 Peace is an annual international event held every April 7 at 12:00 noon, It's a simple notion that everyone, everywhere could do daily... It's easy, simple and requires no money. Pause 4 Peace was designed to be something everyone could do, no matter where they live. Wherever in the world you happen to be, pause for one minute to think or meditate or pray about making world peace a reality.
"This is the role of the peacemaker...
and it is the soul of this nation..."
"The only thing necessary
for the triumph of evil is
for good men to do nothing"
We have the power to make our world better for all people. Pause 4 Peace is just one step to take in that direction. If intelligent, compassionate people work together there is nothing we cannot accomplish! We must set aside our differences and look at the entire world, not just our own backyard. Whether it is Pause 4 Peace, volunteering at a homeless shelter or just opening a door for someone, everyone has the power to make our world a better place. Despite different cultures, religions, philosophies and political systems we are all, each and every person on the planet far more alike than dissimilar.
The South Bank HIVe On-Line CommUNITY Based HIV/AIDS, Social Service and Survivor's Support Network“He who conceals his disease cannot expect to be cured” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2004 South Bank Steel Magnolia Recipients According to founder and creator of the award, Michael W. Connett, “My goal was to use the bright flame of Fairness & Diversity that was burning upon the unanimous passage of Covington's new & improved Human Rights Ordinanceand at that time, in honor of the occasion, the "South Bank Steel Magnolia" Award was created. It was inspired by both the Movie and the tree that still grows in the front yard of my boyhood home in Dayton! It is my Honor to recognize the following for their contributions and commitment to bettering the “Quality of Life” for our South Bank CommUNITY: · Ms. Pamela Mullins, Former City Commissioner & one of the architects of the Ordinance. Also a Governing Council member of AVNK · Emad & Tonya Ajwa of T & M Deli and T & M II for the advancement of Fairness… · Bar HumBug – Bart & Staff, for understanding and caring that “We’re all in this together…” and welcoming us with arms wide open… · Matthew Ashcraft - As someone who has "Been there, Done that - Dayton, Ky. circa late 80's" WE support this extraordinarily BRAVE young man.... · GetOneFree.com, Bob & Donna Berendsen – Childhood friends who always made me comfortable and took away the strangeness I often felt at being me… · The No. Ky Health Dept. HIV/AIDS Care Coordinator Department –Simply because I love y’all and I couldn’t have made it this far without your arms to fall safely back on… · The Girls @ “Patty’s Blankets”/My Mom… |
The MWCLT/SouthBankHIVe 10th Anniversary
2010 South Bank Steel Magnolia Awards:
Mykey & The Gang @ 701 Bar
GLSEN Cinti
Nada Rice - AVNK Dinner Coordinator
The I.N.D.Y. Project
Lane Chapel CME
Timothy Liedel Designs
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