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1、防治艾滋病英语演讲稿im elizabeth glaser. eleven years ago, while giving birth to my first child, i hemorrhaged and was transfused with seven pints of blood. four years later, i found out that i had been infected with the aids virus and had unknowingly passed it to my daughter, ariel, through my breast milk, a
2、nd my son, jake, in utero.twenty years ago i wanted to be at the democratic convention because it was a way to participate in my country. today, i am here because its a matter of life and death. exactly - exactly four years ago my daughter died of aids. she did not survive the reagan administration.
3、 i am here because my son and i may not survive four more years of leaders who say they care, but do nothing. i - i am in a race with the clock. this is not about being a republican or an independent or a democrat. its about the future - for each and every one of us.i started out just a mom - fighti
4、ng for the life of her child. but along the way i learned how unfair america can be today, not just for people who have hiv, but for many, many people - poor people, gay people, people of color, children. a strange spokesperson for such a group: a well-to-do white woman. but i have learned my lesson
5、 the hard way, and i know that america has lost her path and is at risk of losing her soul. america wake up: we are all in a struggle between life and death.i understand - i understand the sense of frustration and despair in our country, because i know firsthand about shouting for help and getting n
6、o answer. i went to washington to tell presidents reagan and bush that much, much more had to be done for aids research and care, and that children couldnt be forgotten. the first time, when nothing happened, i thought, they just didnt hear me. the second time, when nothing happened, i thought, mayb
7、e i didnt shout loud enough. but now i realize they dont hear because they dont want to listen.when you cry for help and no one listens, you start to lose your hope. i began to lose faith in america. i felt my country was letting me down - and it was. this is not the america i was raised to be proud
8、 of. i was raised to believe that others problems were my problems as well. but when i tell most people about hiv, in hopes that they will help and care, i see the look in their eyes: its not my problem, theyre thinking. well, its everyones problem and we need a leader who will tell us that. we need
9、 a visionary to guide us - to say it wasnt all right for ryan white to be banned from school because he had aids, to say it wasnt alright for a man or a woman to be denied a job because theyre infected with this virus. we need a leader who is truly xxmitted to educating us.i believe in america, but
10、not with a leadership of selfishness and greed - where the wealthy get health care and insurance and the poor dont. do you know - do you know how much my aids care costs? over 40,000 dollars a year. someone without insurance cant afford this. even the drugs that i hope will keep me alive are out of
11、reach for others. is their life any less valuable? of course not. this is not the america i was raised to be proud of - where rich people get care and drugs that poor people cant. we need health care for all. we need a leader who will say this and do something about it.i believe in america, but not
12、a leadership that talks about problems but is incapable of solving them - two hiv xxmission reports with rexxmendations about what to do to solve this crisis sitting on shelves, gathering dust. we need a leader who will not only listen to these rexxmendations, but implement them.i believe in america
13、, but not with a leadership that doesnt hold government accountable. i go to washington to the national institutes of health and say, show me what youre doing on hiv. they hate it when i xxe because i try to tell them how to do it better. but thats why i love being a taxpayer, because its my money a
14、nd they must feel accountable.i believe in an america where our leaders talk straight. when anyone tells president bush that the battle against aids is seriously under-funded, he juggles the numbers to mislead the public into thinking were spending twice as much as we really are. while they play gam
15、es with numbers, people are dying.i believe in america, but an america where there is a light in every home. a thousand points of light just wasnt enough: my house has been dark for too long.once every generation, history brings us to an important crossroads. sometimes in life there is that moment w
16、hen its possible to make a change for the better. this is one of those moments.for me, this is not politics. this is a crisis of caring.in this hall is the future - women, men of all colors saying, take america back. we are - we are just real people wanting a more hopeful life. but words and ideas are not enough. good thoughts wont save my family. whats the point of caring if we dont do som
