Joseph Rogers-Britton and Jeff Moore
Recorded
September 22, 2023
Archived
September 22, 2023
35:22 minutes
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Id:
mby023123
Description
Joseph Rogers-Britton (64) talks with his friend Jeff Moore (56) about the importance of kindness, reflecting on his journey living with HIV and caring for others living with HIV and AIDS.Subject Log / Time Code
Joseph Rogers-Britton (JRB) describes how he fell in love with gardening.
Jeff Moore (JM) asks JRB how his time at Cooper House has been.
JRB talks about the sense of caring that entered his life because of HIV.
JM asks JRB about the stigma some people have around people living with HIV and AIDS.
JRB remembers realizing that growing old with people was not going to be a part of his story.
JRB tells the story of how he and his partner would leave bouquets of roses all over town, collecting the roses from the local park before the winter freeze.
JRB expresses gratitude that living with HIV ultimately brought his partner into his life.
JRB remembers going to many memorials and wakes for people in his life dying from HIV and AIDS, sometimes five a day.
JRB talks about how he can feel his partner and his grandparents with him as he gardens, though they are not here anymore.
JRB talks about the community garden he tends to and its ability to bring together those who are living with those who have passed.
Participants
- Joseph Rogers-Britton
- Jeff Moore