{"id":134565,"date":"2016-12-07T11:29:03","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T16:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&p=134565"},"modified":"2016-12-07T11:29:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T16:29:03","slug":"building-on-world-aids-day-raise-your-voice-video-engages-faith-community-in-aids-awareness","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/building-on-world-aids-day-raise-your-voice-video-engages-faith-community-in-aids-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Building on World AIDS Day, \u201cRaise Your Voice\u201d Video Engages Faith Community in AIDS Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spoken-word artist Jon Jorgenson combines faith, art, and advocacy in new video<\/em><\/p>\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Following last week\u2019s World AIDS Day, You-Tube artist Jon Jorgenson produced a video urging people of faith to use their voices to \u201craise your voice\/raise your hope\/reach out a lifeline\u201d to people suffering from AIDS and extreme poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. The video is a partnership between Jorgenson and the ONE Campaign to engage Christians in the United States in the fight against AIDS and extreme poverty in Africa.<\/p>\n

ONE teamed up with Fullscreen Creator Network management to collaborate with influential talent like Jorgenson to develop unique projects that leverage their passions and give their massive audiences access to issues that they believe in.<\/p>\n

Jon Jorgenson is an author, speaker, and spoken word poet whose YouTube videos have been viewed by more than 15 million people. Jon partners with numerous organizations including Awana International, Moody Bible Institute, the Willow Creek Association, and hundreds of other churches, colleges, and conferences all over the globe. His spoken word poetry provides a dynamic and creative experience that captures the imagination of audiences everywhere. As a former Broadway actor, Chicago native, and very lucky husband, Jon hopes to provide a fresh, unique voice to some of life\u2019s most difficult and challenging questions.<\/p>\n

Watch the video<\/a> or read the transcript below.<\/p>\n

CREDIT: JON JORGENSON<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve never been very good at math<\/em><\/p>\n

but here\u2019s a few numbers for you<\/em><\/p>\n

4,500 Africans die every day of preventable, treatable disease<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1\/2 of children dying under the age of 5 die from malnutrition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

17,000 women are infected with HIV every week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 billion people live in extreme poverty (less than $2.00\/day)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, we can be sadistic about statistics<\/em><\/p>\n

but it\u2019s hard to ignore a face<\/em><\/p>\n

with a name, and a family, and a future<\/em><\/p>\n

if we can remove this space<\/em><\/p>\n

this giant chasm between the scale of emergency and the scale of response<\/em><\/p>\n

we can give them a place in tomorrow<\/p>\n

<\/em>Now you may say,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

HIV is a fallacy<\/em><\/p>\n

but it does destroy millions<\/p>\n

<\/em>poverty doesn\u2019t bother me<\/em><\/p>\n

but it does incarcerate billions<\/p>\n

<\/em>all thoughts of disease<\/em><\/p>\n

we avoid with ease<\/em><\/p>\n

but for the least of these<\/em><\/p>\n

they\u2019re present realities<\/em><\/p>\n

and just because the names are forgettable<\/em><\/p>\n

doesn\u2019t mean their symptoms aren\u2019t preventable<\/em><\/p>\n

this epidemic is untenable<\/em><\/p>\n

so we can either ignore it<\/em><\/p>\n

or raise your voice<\/p>\n

<\/em>raise your voice<\/em><\/p>\n

for those without the choice<\/em><\/p>\n

to know well what well feels like<\/em><\/p>\n

for whom the opportunity to experience<\/em><\/p>\n

the feeling of healing is peeling away<\/em><\/p>\n

like seconds drip from the face of the clock<\/em><\/p>\n

like tears drip from the face of the hurting<\/em><\/p>\n

Africa is churning day after day<\/em><\/p>\n

while face after face is turning away<\/em><\/p>\n

and race after race is learning today<\/em><\/p>\n

that some help is on the way<\/em><\/p>\n

but there\u2019s a scarcity\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

a rarity<\/em><\/p>\n

not of charity<\/em><\/p>\n

but of justice<\/em><\/p>\n

1 billion starving people is not sad<\/em><\/p>\n

it\u2019s unjust<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>and if you must know where God is in all of this<\/em><\/p>\n

he\u2019s already there<\/em><\/p>\n

he cares for the crying<\/em><\/p>\n

he\u2019s close to the hungry<\/em><\/p>\n

he is with those in the dust<\/em><\/p>\n

God is already with them<\/em><\/p>\n

he\u2019s waiting for us<\/em><\/p>\n

so raise your voice<\/em><\/p>\n

raise your hope<\/em><\/p>\n

reach out a lifeline<\/em><\/p>\n

cause they need a rope<\/em><\/p>\n

so widen your scope<\/em><\/p>\n

and raise your voice<\/em><\/p>\n

raise it for the abused<\/em><\/p>\n

the sick<\/em><\/p>\n

the dead and the dying<\/em><\/p>\n

make the hurting no longer alone in their crying<\/em><\/p>\n

I know it sounds big<\/em><\/p>\n

but we have to keep trying and trying and trying and trying<\/em><\/p>\n

and praying and praying and praying\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

that\u2019s all I\u2019m saying<\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s another number for you\u2026<\/p>\n

<\/em>1 (every voice brings us 1 step closer to changing everything)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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