Richard has spoken at Georgetown
University, NYU, University of Florida at Gainesville, American University,
Georgia Southern State, SUNY at Stony Brook, Pratt Institute in New York, Harvey Milk High School, various
AIDS groups and organizations, Mbita and Kisumu, Kenya. Richard
has been interviewed on shows hosted by John Walsh, Montel Williams, Dick
Clark, Sally Jesse Raphael as well as CNN and Voice of America.
A 22 minute DVD is now available for
viewing the 2004 Mbita, Kenya, World AIDS Marathon.
If you are a college, business, club, AIDS or cancer organization, etc. and
would like to hear Richard speak about the following:
- His surviving HIV, brain cancer and running marathons,
- Why he wrote the book, Jodi, The
Greatest Love Story Ever Told, and why he and his wife are still married?
- Why his foundation, the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation exists? Do we
really need another AIDS foundation?
- Discuss AIDS facts as well as first hand experiences from two World
AIDS Marathons in Kenya.
Why did Richard return to Kenya
in 2006?
- How much effect could the December 2004 Mbita, Kenya World AIDS
Marathon have had on reducing the number of new HIV cases in Kenya from December,
2003 to December 2005? Kenya was one of only two African countries to reduce
the rate of new HIV cases from 2003-2005.
- What really needs to be done to reduce the rate of new HIV cases and
reduce the stigma associated with AIDS?
- What
novel approaches Richard is taking to get people involved starting at the age
of 6, and how the plan is working?
- How to instill a philanthropic lifestyle in children of all ages and
why we must realize that we are our brothers’ keeper?
- What steps you can do for a quarter to make sure a child is never sent
home from school because he did not have a pencil?
- What steps you can take for $1 to make sure a child in Africa has shoes?
- Richard presents a 22 minute DVD of the 2004 World AIDS Marathon which was professionally edited in America.
- Why we are clearly not winning the war against AIDS? FACT: For every person who starts taking AIDS medicine today, three people will become infected with HIV.
If you would like to hear Richard
speak about any of the above subjects and / or view the 2004 World AIDS Marathon DVD please contact Richard at richardbpc@yourdesign2.com.
The DVD features (1), photos of the Little Lambs project, a home for
50-60 orphans substantially funded by the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation, (2),
AIDS skits and various events to raise AIDS Awareness, and (3), the story of
AIDS widows put to music as they march along the marathon route. This same DVD
will be offered to television networks to broadcast free of charge. Voice of America has
already requested the DVD. Richard and his wife, Jodi, recently appeared on the
television show, Healthy Living, in Africa as well as Internet TV for one week
beginning January 23rd. Richard also has some very rough footage of
the 2006 Kisumu, Kenya World AIDS Marathon and he’d be glad to share a few
minutes of that footage as well. For those of you who could not make it to the
2006 Kisumu World AIDS Marathon, here is a
link to view some photos of the marathon and the dinner for 500 orphans, http://yourdesign2.com/wam/index.html.
The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation
kept its promise by making the 2006 and 2007 World AIDS Weekend a memorable event for
orphans, runners, people whose lives have been affected by AIDS, and the people
of Kisumu. Richard hopes that others will help contribute towards these
expenses so money can be donated to various AIDS projects, http://www.richardmbrodsky.org/support.html
and these events can happen more often. Donations can be made via either
website, http://www.richardmbrodsky.org
or http://www.worldaidsmarathon.com
or by mailing a check to the Richard M.
Brodsky Foundation at the address noted above.
For 2007, the Richard M. Brodsky Foundation focused on shipping running shoes, clothing and school supplies to Africa. When Richard heard that children were being sent home from school because they did not have a pencil and when he personally ran with a five year old child who had no shoes; Richard’s board members concurred that they need to do their part to help alleviate the situation. Richard said his foundation would also like to have events where orphans are fed more often than just once a year and each time there might be a different theme to the dinner. Perhaps the orphans in Africa could develop pen pals in America and the American children could send a present to their new pals. Introducing a child to philanthropic causes at a young age could have a profound effect on a child’s life.
For 2008, we are planning to sponsor another World AIDS Marathon and we are hoping we can increase the number of participants from 215 to 500+. The registration fee for Kenyans is under $1 so technically the more runners who show up the more money the Foundation loses. But the Kenyans have a great time at these Events and we did have 140 people testing for HIV last year. Naturally we have to rely on sponsors to cover the cost for these Events as well as additional donations, so the foundation can make donations to the projects which it supports, as noted on the foundation and marathon websites.
Senator Barack Obama has wished Richard Brodsky success for all four World AIDS Marathons since 2004. Says Richard, “It would be my greatest wish to inform Senator Obama that people in America are truly supportive of people in Africa whose lives have been affected by AIDS.”
Above… The Richard M. Brodsky Foundation
sponsored a dinner where 500 Orphans were fed on November 30th at
the YMCA in Kisumu, Kenya
Below… Even Zeus came to the start of the
marathon and there was no photo alteration to this picture. Imagine, the
Supreme God of Greek Mythology coming to bless our marathon some thousands of
years after the original marathon in Greece. May Zeus bless us with a
cure for AIDS in 2007.
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