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Ryann Niani Richardson
20
Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia University;
Class of 2011
Raising Awareness of and Combatting
HIV/AIDS in Young People
Signing
* Miss Greater Berks County 2010
*Top 10 - Miss PA 2009
* Miss Philadelphia 2009
"Discovering" new music; Designing clothes;
Event planning
*I'm a superstitious Phillies fan.
*I am dealthy afreaid of "ghosts"
* I slept with a nightlught until I was 18
years old.
Bookings-
Ryann is available for your *School Assemblies *Conferences *Print and Television Advertisements *Public Service Announcements *TV/Radio Talk Shows *Fund-Raising Events *Festivals and Parades *Fashion Shows *Pageants *Corporate Meetings and Events *Autograph Signings *Grand Openings
For bookings send an e-mail with all event information through this website's contact form .
March
*March 5- Hosting "Guess of Dress" and visiting patients at CHOP
*March 6- Miss Philadelphia Contestant Workshop
*March 6 - The American Red Cross Red Ball
*March 7- Nicole Miller Destination Bridal Event
*March 11- Nicole MIller/ Union League Event
*March 13- ACHIEVEability Spring Gala
*March 14- In White Bridal Show
*March 17- MR. WCU
*March 23- My Miss Philadelphia 2009 Farewell Dinner
*March 26- Breakfast with the Queen - honoring Miss Philadelphia 2000 Kate Cohen
*March 27- Miss Philadelphia 2010
April
* April 10- Mr Delaware 2010
* April 17- Delaware HIV Consortium WOW Awards
*April 30- Walter Reed Army Medical Center
May
*May 1- Party for a Purpose
*May 8- Miss Pennsylvania 2010 Contestant Workshop
My Passion: Raising Awareness of and Combating
Over 36 million people are living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death in the world and is the deadliest infectious disease known to humanity. Even more alarming than these statistics is the lack of knowledge of HIV/AIDS among young people. HIV/AIDS education in American schools is minimal at best, leaving millions of high school and college aged students susceptible to irreversible harm and possible death. Today, teenagers and young adults are most at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS and account for over half of all new HIV/AIDS cases in the United States each year. Yet, a study done by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, revealed that in addition to other shocking results, 21% of Americans believed that there was a vaccination available to protect against AIDS. This immense misconception, along with numerous others only helps to further the spread of the virus, which has already claimed over 25 million lives.
The first and most important step in combating HIV/AIDS is educating young people about it. In 2006, MTV gave me the opportunity to conduct an experiment in which I randomly surveyed average, young adults in a shopping mall on their knowledge of HIV/AIDS. The results of that experiment were severely distressing. Over the course of my two hour exercise, I did not locate a single person with an adequate knowledge of basic HIV facts. I asked what HIV is, how it is transmitted and how HIV can be prevented. My findings shook me to my core. The experience prompted me to develop my platform. Since then, I have taken my message out into the community, speaking at the 2007 and 2009 Youth Aids Summit in Baltimore and Philadelphia, respectively, becoming a founding member of think.mtv.com - a social networking community for activists, raising money with AIDS Fund through AIDSwalk Philly, organizing Philadelphia University's 2008 World AIDS Day testing/educational event and developing a unique, Youth Empowerment Project, set to compete for a Pespi Refresh Project Grant. Educating my peers on HIV/AIDS gives them the ability to fight the virus and in turn educate others, who may then do the same. This effect can create a chain that could potentially span across the state, country or even the world. As radical as it may be, this concept is one that could well become a reality.
My plan is to mobilize an army of young educators to spread knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS relevance in their community. The greatest way for a message to be delivered to a group is through a peer - one that might be seen as being in a similar position, and capable of relating to that group. I have every bit of confidence in myself as an able and adequate educator and leader to my peers - the young adults of society, those who will either see the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic or allow it to continue to ravage the earth.
To prevent the onset of HIV, of course would not fully absolve the world of this deadly problem. Americans live in the strongest nation in the world, and have a great responsibility to care not only for themselves as individuals, but to demonstrate a genuine concern for the needs of one another and especially for those who suffer from HIV/AIDS.
Imagine the world without the fear and devastation of HIV/AIDS. It is not an image that I have been able to see thus far in my lifetime, but the year 2010 calls for a change. It calls for an improved formula for fighting HIV/AIDS in the world. There is no more important issue to address than that of the lives of the worlds people. All of which will remain in jeopardy for as long as the HIV/AIDS epidemic runs rampant. We have the power and influence to spark the movement that may well result in the final episode of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Let us in 2010, fully and exhaustively utilize that power.
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Ryann In Recent News
March 29, 2009
http://buzz.yahoo.com/article/1:cbs_3_philade588:25dd8f3ac94b21f7a3ca7064997d2169/Miss-Philadelphia-Stops-By-CBS-3
March 30, 2009
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/Miss_Philadelphia_Ryann_Richardson_03_30_09
http://www.philau.edu/today/headlines/?p=576
March 31, 2009
http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/ThePhiladelphiaTribune/2009040601/15.html
April 16, 2009
http://www.gazette.net/stories/04162009/bowinew113725_32476.shtml
April 19, 2009
http://www.dolanfund.org/press.cfm
April 20, 2009
http://www.phillychitchat.com/2009/04/donors-are-heroes-7th-annual.html
May 11, 2009
http://celebrity.premiere.com/photos/gallery/heidi_hamels_foundation_120509/10725058
May 12, 2009
http://www.phillychitchat.com/2009/05/cole-hamels-and-heidi-hamels-foundation.html
November 2009
http://www.epgn.com/pages/full_story/push?article-FIGHTing+to+remember%20&id=4557581&instance=home_news
December 2, 2009
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/around-town/events/Light-Up-The-City-Mayor-78318092.html
February 10, 2010
http://pyos.org/newsletter/noteworthy-Feb10.pdf
February 21, 2010
http://www.montgomerynews.com/articles/2010/02/21/colonial_news/news/doc4b7c9a2cd1b7c809795646.txt
March 9, 2010
http://www.myvirtualpaper.com/doc/the-philadelphia-tribune/pt0309m1aa001/2010031601/21.html
March 25, 2010
http://www.phillychitchat.com/2010/03/chit-chat-philly-new-weekly-gossip-info_25.html
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