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She passes the evening matching her breath with his, her eyes fluttering open and closed while she keeps watch. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/katie_and_percy_hands.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Lost in his private hallucinations, Percy Reid grabs at the empty air. But as if he senses her presence in the room, he reaches for volunteer Katy Jamison and takes her hands. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/josephs-13.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN In his nightly ritual, resident Michael Tyree, 45, prays alone, giving thanks for the blessings in his life. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/josephs-3.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Blossom Williams, certified nursing assistant, left, and Patricia Wudel , executive director of Joseph's House, talk about Rob Wylie. Even as his own health declined, the two note, Wylie remained protective of the women of Joseph's House. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/josephs-2.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Around the dinner table at Joseph’s House, a graceful residential home for HIV positive terminally ill men and women, Ann Dodge, RN, left, and resident Donald Harrell, join hands in prayer before dinner. "People are supposedly coming here to die, but I didn't come here to die and I'm sure quite a few of them here think the same thing. I've got plenty of life in me," says Harrell. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/josephs.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN In a rare moment of letting go, resident Rob Wylie leans on Ann Dodge for support. Staff members at Joseph's House balance their relationships with each resident, making sure they are supportive but not intrusive. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/josephs-11.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Volunteers Will Cole, left, and Kevin Sullivan, support Percy Reid, urging him to put one foot in front of the other as they navigate the stairs. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/kim.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Resident Kim Corbin soaks up her peaceful surroundings as she luxuriates in a bubble bath at Joseph's House. Corbin, 44, said she loved the man who gave her HIV. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/DSC_4707bb.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Ann Dodge, RN, left, assists Kim Corbin with her weekly luxury of taking a bath. At Joseph's House, close bonds frequently develop between staff members and residents. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/DSC_4819.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN AmericCorps volunteer Will Cole sheds silent tears for Percy Reid the morning he died at Joseph's House https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/gurney2.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN It’s a Joseph’s House tradition for volunteers and caregivers to watch their charges go. His body draped in a star-covered cloth, Percy Reid is wheeled away from the airy brick building that give him a home. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/DSC_5019.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Staff and residents sing and comfort each other during a memorial service for Percy Reid at Joseph's House the day he died. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/DSC_9779.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Michael Tyree, usually smiling, attends the bi-weekly community meeting at Joseph's House. Worn down by his illness, he gathers strength from the those around him -- Patricia Wudel, executive director at Joseph's House, and fellow resident Kim Corbin. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/josephs-15.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Cathy Fitch cares for Percy Reid. Joseph's House is small enough for friendships to blossom between staff and residents. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/DSC_5087.jpg Joseph's House ©2008 NIKKI KAHN Moments after his death, staff members and volunteers encircle Rob Wylie and share their memories of the man they called a giant tree. https://nikkikahn.com/confronting-aids monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/jose-redo.jpg CONFRONTING AIDS in D.C. where about 1 in 20 residents is infected A RED RIBBON ­ symbol of the fight against AIDS ­ is tattooed on José Ramirez's neck and posted prominently on the bulletin board in his office. "It's me; it's who I am," says Ramirez, 26, coordinator of the Youth Mpowerment programs at D.C.'s Clinica del Pueblo. "It opens up conversations." Ramirez, who educates young gay and bisexual Latino men about AIDS prevention, is working to slow the increase in cases. A recent Kaiser FamilyFoundation survey found that Hispanics in the District have the highest rate of new AIDS cases in the country, about 110 per 100,000 people. "It really does change your life," says Ramirez who learned of his HIV-positive status as a 17-year-old high school student in Durham, N.C. "I haven't cried about it, yet. I want to be strong about it. I think that's what helps me." ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2008 Nikki Kahn https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/juanita-new.jpg CONFRONTING AIDS in D.C. where more than 90 percent of women with the disease are black According to the D.C. Department of Health, women accounted for a third of all newly reported HIV/AIDS cases between 2001 and 2006, with African­American women being disproportionately affected. Most of those women were of child-bearing age, putting their children at risk. The number of women in the District living with AIDS increased by more than 75 percent in that six-year period. The most common form of transmission for women was heterosexual contact. In the 14 years since she learned she was HIV-positive, Juanita Brown Sims has turned to her faith for support. Sims, 42, shares her poem, "Don't Look at My HIV, You Won't See Me" in the hope of giving support to others who have the virus. What are you looking at Are you looking at my HIV If you is you can't see me. I'm strong, I'm gifted, I'm lovable but most of all I'm free Don't look at my HIV you won't see me. I'm funny, I’'m smart, I'm a mother of three, I am wise and I dress to a tee. So don't look at my HIV you won't see me. I’'m a child of God I don't have to steal, borrow, beg or rob. How funny you say you love me When you always worrying about my HIV. HIV lives with me but it’s not all of me, you see. I am blessed by the God that lives within me He helps me to do my best So you could put your mind at rest, And look at me Not my HIV. Yes I messed up my life But I ain't going down without a fight, I can now sing and dance Because I'm giving my life a second chance. I'm somebody who's willing, ready, able and understanding And I don't mind living out my HIV on this planet So if you keep looking at my HIV You going to be so sorry you missed the God in me. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2008 Nikki Kahn https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/pills-new.jpg CONFRONTING AIDS in D.C. where a patient may take between one and 30 pills a day Michael Manganiello, 50, prepares his evening routine in the warm glow of his fifth-floor Logan Circle apartment. He's been through it once already: one, two, three . . . the pop of a bottle, then the rattle of pills, as he counts them out . . . 11, 12, 13. He ponders the number: "Thirteen — unlucky," he murmurs. Between morning and evening, he takes a total of 27 pills these days. Manganiello grasps a handful, puts them into his mouth, takes a swig of water and swallows. He pauses for a moment, then repeats the ritual with the remaining tablets. "I found out I was positive in 1987. It's been 21 years. Long time," he says. Back in the ’'80s, he remembers, "you got diagnosed and six months later you were dead." Even then, Manganiello's diagnosis seemed more optimistic than most. Eighteen months was his doctor's best guess. In the ’90s his viral load levels soared, indicating the virus was progressing quickly. "I was a viral millionaire," he quips. A partner in the health-care consulting firm HCM Strategists, Manganiello considers himself lucky to be among the few hundred patients taking part in a National Institutes of Health clinical trial investigating interleukin-2, a drug that booststhe immune system when it is under attack by HIV. "The bad thing is that there is this perception that it's a chronic manageable illness and it's not so bad if you get it. That's not the case," Manganiello says. "In some ways it's still a death sentence. It's an incurable disease that's progressive." ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2008 Nikki Kahn https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/needles.jpg CONFRONTING AIDS in D.C. where intravenous drug use is the second-leading cause of transmission Brought together by chance 22 years ago in the cellblocks of the Lorton Correctional Complex, Ron Daniels and Kendall Davis have formed a partnership of sorts on the streets of Southeast Washington. Their mission? HIV prevention. The two share an easy banter after Daniels pulls up in his gold Honda minivan. Shirtless and showing off his tattoos on a sweltering day, Davis produces needles he says he has collected in the woods and counts them for exchange into a red container by the van, where Daniels documents the transaction. Daniels reminds his friend that needles should be used only once. Davis nods, says he has been passing on information that Daniels distributes from the van. He lingers to chat about shared acquaintances and the woes of marriage. When a truck speeds by and spills a few gallons of milk, Davis ignores calls of warning and snags a container. The perfect way to wash down the chocolate cake his friend has brought him. "Imagine if we didn't have a needle-exchange program,‚" says Daniels, who has handed out more than 17,000 needles since launching a program in June for the nonprofit Family Medical and Counseling Services. "We don't give people syringes and needles to help them get high. We give them syringes and needles ... to help keep them clean, healthy and safe till they're able to make better conscious choices and decisions to do something different." ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ©2008 Nikki Kahn https://nikkikahn.com/memories-of-martin-luther-king--jr monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_MLK_II.jpg © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/BERNICE.jpg BERNICE KING "It started with the example and teachings of our mother," Bernice said. "She constantly taught us about service to humanity, and she would recite over and over again the scripture that my father taught us. 'He who would be the greatest among you must be the servant.' We kind of advocated that and accepted that as our life's journey." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_LEWIS.jpg JOHN LEWIS “Dr. King was my inspiration, my leader, my hero. If it hadn’t been for Martin Luther King Jr., I don’t know what would have happened to me, and to so many other people.” © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_ANDY_YOUNG.jpg ANDY YOUNG "The march on Washington grew out of the Birmingham experience .... There had been 60 unsolved bombings, there had been lynchings, they had been castrations ..... It was a vicious mean place and nobody was anxious to take that on." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_JULIAN_BOND.jpg JULIAN BOND “My greatest memory of the march isn’t Dr. King’s speech – I’d heard him speak many times before – it was giving a Coke to Sammy Davis Jr. and him saying ‘Thanks kid.’” © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_JUANITA_ABERNATHY.jpg JUANITA ABERNATHY "We were testing the economic system in the United States of America that had never been tested before. We were bringing to Washington, poor whites, poor blacks, Native Americans, poor Mexican Americans and never before had all of these communities and racial and ethic groups come together to protest the injustices and the economic system in America. That's why he was assassinated – because We were saying to a capitalistic system you can't ignore us anymore. We are no longer invisible in America. You have got to deal with just and We want equality and justice. It had never been challenged before like that." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_JESSE_JACKSON.jpg REV. JESSE JACKSON "He was never far away from realizing the burden he had upon his shoulders. And even those around him, we never really had an appreciation of just how much weight was on his shoulders. He knew that in the struggle that perhaps assassination would be imminent and yet he functioned with a sense of fearlessness." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_MARION_BARRY.jpg MARION BARRY ­ DC Council Member "On the 4th of April Walter Fauntrroy and I were at by the Old People's drugstore at 14th and U we got the word that Dr. King had been assassinated. And Walter called down at Memphis to find out if that was true. We took about 20 minutes of crying and praying, crying and praying, crying and praying We saw the crowds gathering, we saw the molotov cocktails being made and thrown into the stores. We couldn't stop them." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_FRANK_SMITH.jpg FRANK SMITH "Dr. King had courage. In those days it took courage for you to leave the comfort of your house, your wife and kids and go out into the community where you knew you were putting your life in danger. Courage is not something you see in everybody.He knew that he was living in danger everyday. We also knew we had to do this to achieve our objective. The objective was to say to this society we are full citizens who deserve our full citizenship rights." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_WALTER_FAUNTROY.jpg WALTER FAUNTROY "I was born in Washington, D.C. I didn't have to look at a picture of the Constitution. I could see the actual Constitution down at the Archives." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/REV_LOWERY.jpg REV. JOSEPH LOWERY "When I gave the inauguration benediction, it was the first time I enjoyed hearing The Star-Spangled Banner. ... I still don't like the song, but my nation had changed. They told me I could see the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument but I could hardly see it...But I heard Martin's voice. I heard his words from 1963 summoning a nation to come up out of the low land of race and color to the higher ground of content of character. ... Here I was participating in the nation's response to that summons in the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States. So the statue means a lot to me. It is the personification of that voice I heard." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_MARIAN_EDELMAN.jpg MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN "I would never not have gone to the March on Washington which was the coming together of people from across the country to say we want freedom." The civil rights movement had been bubbling up and many of us had gone to jail but this was bringing a whole community together across race and class and a show of unity and a message to the Kennedy administration that civil rights legislation was absolutely essential. And then Dr. King electrified us by embodying our dream and laying out what it was about. this big big massive demonstration and so it was just a collective gathering of people seeking justice and jobs and it was one of the great day's of our lives. And of our nation's life." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_MLKIII.jpg MARTIN LUTHER KING III "He was just daddy to us. We did not perhaps realize who he was – as one of the leaders of the modern Civil Rights movement, maybe until much later. And when I say much later, certainly by the time he was killed we understood. Dad was like a playmate to us when he would come home from the various trips that he took around our nation and world he devoted his energy toward satisfying us he did not have a large quantity of time but the quality was really remarkable." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://nikkikahn.com/portraits monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/Ginsburg-2.jpg Justice Ginsburg Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg © 2013 Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/MLKVOICES_-_BILL_CLINTON.jpg President Bill Clinton "I was thrilled to be able to sign the legislation for a lot of reasons. First of all, Martin Luther King was to me the most inspiring pubic figure in America when I was growing up. He changed our country through his eloquence, through his courage, through his belief in non violence. If the world were as committed now as he was then to social change through active non violence we'd all feel a lot better about our future. He was our generation's Ghandi, our generation's Mandela. And I was thrilled to be able to do it knowing that the monument would be on the Mall because "The I have a Dream" speech that he gave on August 28th 1963 was the most important speech given by an American in my lifetime about America at home. They were lots of people like me who were young when it was given – who memorized it, who were moved to tears, whose hearts soared. know that he would be commemorated at the moment of his greatest impact on all Americans – it was a wonderful feeling." © Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post 2011 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/Obama.jpg President Barack Obama Des Moines, Iowa, Running for Re-Election © 2012 Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/FacesOfMaidan.jpg Viktor Viktor Vaschenko, 60, in Kiev, Ukraine © 2014 Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/PresidentCARTER.jpg President Jimmy Carter President Jimmy Carter  © 2014 Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post ALL RIGHTS RESERVED https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebf58f340/images/face-la.jpg "SURVIVING HURRICANE KATRINA" Louise Samuels, 82, talks about her husband, Grady at the Tower of Strength, Wall of Faith in Baton Rouge, La., on Monday, September 12, 2005. 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