Lifebeat Daily Diary
Tuesday July 27 - Blockbuster Pavillion, Charlotte, NC ACO - Metrolina AIDS Project

Thankfully a steady cloud cover helped to keep the heat bearable. The activity in the southern states seems to be just a little slower. I don't know if its because the south is a little more conservative.

We had a number of mothers come by the table today picking up condoms and information for their daughters and sons. One mother was with her teenage daughter and was gathering materials and condoms and telling her daughter that they were going to go over the information at home. The daughters's face turned five shades of red. The mother told her "Look I don't know when you are going to start but I know that I am going to make sure you know how to protect yourself."

I spoke to them about the rising rate of infection among adolescents and how great it was that her mother was actually talking to her about everything. One of the problems with this high rate is that so many young women are not getting the information that they need.

That is one of the reasons that being a part of Lilith Fair has been so invaluable to us. We have been able to reach hundreds of thousands of young women and men during these years that we travelled with the tour. Maybe just maybe reading our information changed a behavior and ultimately saved a life.